List of Portuguese ambassadors in Sri Lanka

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Sri Lanka lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Sri Lanka . The two states have had diplomatic relations since 1953, which go back to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1505 and the time of today's Sri Lanka as the Portuguese colony of Ceylon .

A Portuguese representative in Sri Lanka was accredited for the first time in 1953. Portugal maintained its own representation (legation, comparable to an embassy ) in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo between 1955 and 1975. Since then the country has belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in India , the second accreditation in Sri Lanka (as of 2019).

There is a Portuguese honorary consulate in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Sri Lanka

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Sri Lanka
Vasco Vieira Garin		January 10, 1949 - 1955	Ministro Plenipotenciário with official seat in New Delhi , accredited in Colombo on January 7, 1953
Álvaro Brilhante Laborinho		May 27, 1955-31. August 1955	Charge d'Affaires at the newly opened legation in Colombo
Álvaro Brilhante Laborinho		from 1956	Ministro Plenipotenciário with official seat in Karachi , accredited in Colombo on February 2, 1956
Carlos Alberto Empis Wemans		February 12, 1956 -1. June 1956	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
Fernando de Magalhães Cruz		June 1, 1956-4. April 1959	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
José Moreira de Campos Alves		April 5, 1959-15. October 1961	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
Sérgio Alexandre Ayres Trindade de Sacadura Cabral		October 15, 1961 -24. June 1964	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
Carlos Alberto Soares Simões Coelho		June 24, 1964 -1. March 1968	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
Gabriel Maria da Costa Mesquita de Brito		March 1, 1968 -31. January 1972	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires at Colombo Headquarters
Gil Pessanha de Alcoforado Saldanha		1972 -24. June 1975	Transitional Chargé d'affaires at Colombo Headquarters, accredited January 10, 1972
Luis Gaspar da Silva		from 1977	Ambassador based in New Delhi, accredited in Colombo on February 4, 1977
João Eduardo Monteverde Pereira Bastos		from 1980	Ambassador, accredited March 17, 1980
António Manuel da Veiga and Meneses Cordeiro		from 1982	Ambassador, accredited July 5, 1982
António Telo Moreira de Almeida de Magalhães Colaço		from 1985	Ambassador based in New Delhi, accredited in Colombo on January 22, 1985
Álvaro Manuel Soares Guerra		July 6, 1988 - December 22, 1992	Ambassador, accredited August 2, 1988
José Augusto Baptista Lopes e Seabra		from 1993	Ambassador based in New Delhi
Marcello de Zaffiri Duarte de Mathias		from 1994	Ambassador based in New Delhi, accredited in Colombo on April 8, 1994
Manuel Marcelo Monteiro Curto		from 1998	Ambassador based in New Delhi, accredited in Colombo on October 12, 1998
Francisco Manuel Guimarães Henriques da Silva		From 2001 onwards	Ambassador based in New Delhi
Joaquim José Lemos Ferreira Marques		from 2002	Ambassador based in New Delhi
Luís Filipe Carrilho de Castro Mendes		from 2007	Ambassador based in New Delhi
Jorge Ayres Rosa de Oliveira		from 2011	Ambassador based in New Delhi
João do Carmo Ataíde da Câmara		since 2015	Ambassador based in New Delhi

See also

• Portuguese-Sri Lankan Relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Sri Lanka at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on November 22, 2019
2. ↑ Overview of the consular contact details in Sri Lanka in the portal of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry for travelers and Portuguese abroad, accessed on November 22, 2019
3. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Sri Lanka , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 22, 2019
4. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in India , Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 22, 2019