List of Portuguese ambassadors in Swaziland

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The Portuguese embassy in Maputo, since 1976 also responsible for Swaziland

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Swaziland lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Swaziland (officially Eswatini since 2018).

A representative of Portugal was accredited there for the first time in 1969. Portugal opened its embassy in the Swaziland capital Mbabane as early as 1968; since the embassy was closed in 1976, Swaziland has belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese ambassador in Mozambique , who is second accredited in Mbabane (as of 2019 ).

A Portuguese honorary consulate has been set up in the Swaziland capital Mbabane .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Swaziland
Surname image Term of office Remarks
Flag of SwazilandFlag of Swaziland Swaziland
Manuel Lopes da Costa September 6,
1968-13. January 1969 		Transition Charge d'Affaires at the newly opened headquarters in Mbabane
João Morais da Cunha Matos January 13,
1969-11. September 1972 		Ambassador based in Mbabane, accredited February 12, 1969
António de Almeida Leite Cruz November 25,
1972-28. April 1976 		Ambassador based in Mbabane, accredited January 19, 1973
José César Paulouro das Neves from 1985 Ambassador based in Maputo, accredited to Mbabane on July 16, 1985
Francisco José Laço Treichler Knopfli from 1989 Ambassador based in Maputo, accredited in Mbabane on June 6, 1989
Manuel Lopes da Costa from 1992 Ambassador based in Maputo, accredited in Mbabane on June 9, 1992
Rui Gonçalo Chaves de Brito e Cunha from 1995 Ambassador based in Maputo, accredited in Mbabane on September 14, 1995
António Taveira da Cunha Valente from 2000 Ambassador based in Maputo, accredited June 15, 2000 in Mbabane
António Luiz da Silva Sennfelt from 2002 Ambassador based in Maputo
José Joaquim Esteves dos Santos de Freitas Ferraz from 2005 Ambassador based in Maputo
Mario Godinho de Matos since 2008 Ambassador based in Maputo
José Augusto de Jesus Duarte from 2013 Ambassador based in Maputo
Maria Amélia Maio de Paiva since 2016 Ambassador based in Maputo

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Swaziland at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 22, 2019
  2. ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Swaziland at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 22, 2019
  3. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Mozambique at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on November 22, 2019