List of Portuguese ambassadors in Sierra Leone

The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to Sierra Leone lists the Ambassador of Portugal in Sierra Leone on. The countries have direct diplomatic relations that date back to the arrival of the Portuguese explorers in Sierra Leone in 1440.

A Portuguese ambassador was first accredited in 1987 in the Sierra-Leonean capital Freetown . Portugal did not open its own embassy there; since the beginning of relations, the country has belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in Senegal , based in Dakar , which is to be accredited for and in Sierra Leone (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Source:

Surname	image	Term of office
Carlos Maria Moniz Tavares de Matos Taquenho		from 1987
Fernando Pinto dos Santos		from 1989
Jorge Raúl da Silva Preto		from 1994
João Luís Niza Pinheiro		from 1999
António Augusto Montenegro Vieira Cardoso		from 2005
Carolina Cordeiro Cabral ( chargé )		2009
Rui Alberto Manupella Tereno		from 2009 on
Paulo Jorge Pedreira do Nascimento		since 2014
Vítor Paulo da Costa Sereno		since 2018

See also

• Portuguese-Sierra-Leonean relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Sierra Leone , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 21, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Senegal , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 21, 2019