List of Portuguese ambassadors in Samoa

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Samoa lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Samoa . The two states have had direct diplomatic relations since 1995.

Portugal did not set up its own embassy in Samoa afterwards, the Portuguese ambassador in Australia is also responsible for Samoa and is double-accredited in the Samoan capital Apia (as of 2019). The first Portuguese ambassador was accredited there in 1997.

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Samoa

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Samoa
Zózimo Justo da Silva		1997 -31. January 2001	Ambassador based in Canberra, accredited to Apia on April 29, 1997
José Ernest Henzler Vieira Branco		February 12, 2001 -26. January 2005	Ambassador based in Canberra
António Augusto Jorge Mendes		January 15, 2005 -25. April 2010	Ambassador based in Canberra
Rui Quartin Santos		May 2, 2010 - December 2, 2012	Ambassador based in Canberra
Paulo Jorge Sousa da Cunha Alves		June 14, 2013 –7. August 2018	Ambassador based in Canberra, accredited in Apia on December 4, 2014
Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva		since October 26, 2018	Ambassador based in Canberra

See also

• Samoan-Portuguese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Overview of diplomatic relations with Samoa at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 13, 2019
2. ↑ List of Portuguese representatives in Australia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 13, 2019