List of Portuguese ambassadors in Suriname

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Suriname lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Suriname . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1977.

In 1995 , the first Portuguese ambassador to Suriname, Portugal's representative, based in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, was accredited . Portugal did not open its own embassy in the Surinamese capital Paramaribo afterwards, the country continues to belong to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Venezuela, whose head of mission is secondly accredited in Suriname (as of 2019).

There is a Portuguese honorary consulate in the Surinamese capital Paramaribo .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Suriname

Surname	image	Accreditation date	Remarks
Suriname
Júlio Francisco de Sales Mascarenhas		from 1995	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited in Paramaribo on November 24, 1995
Fernando Manuel Oliveira de Castro Brandão		from 1999	Ambassador based in Caracas
Vasco Luís Pereira Bramão Ramos		from 2003	Ambassador based in Caracas
José Manuel da Costa Arsénio		from 2005	Ambassador based in Caracas
João José Gomes Caetano da Silva		since 2006	Ambassador based in Caracas
Mário Alberto Lino da Silva		from 2011	Ambassador based in Caracas
Fernando Manuel de Jesus Teles Fazendeiro		since 2014	Ambassador based in Caracas
Carlos Nuno Almeida de Sousa Amaro		since 2017	Ambassador based in Caracas

See also

• Portuguese-Surinamese relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with Suriname at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 17, 2019
2. ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Venezuela at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on November 16, 2019