List of Portuguese ambassadors in Trinidad and Tobago

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

In 1978 the first Portuguese ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Portugal's representative with official residence in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, was accredited . Portugal did not open its own embassy in the local capital Port of Spain afterwards, the country continues to belong to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Venezuela, whose head of mission is secondly accredited in Trinidad and Tobago (as of 2019).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago

Surname	image	Accreditation date	Remarks
Trinidad and Tobago
Walter Ruivo Pinto Gomes Rosa		from 1978	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited to Port of Spain on August 31, 1978
Pedro Martim da Cunha Veiga Madeira de Andrade		from 1982	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited to Port of Spain on June 23, 1982
Duarte Vaz Pinto da Fonseca de Sá Pereira de Castro		from 1989	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited to Port of Spain on July 6, 1989
Júlio Francisco de Sales Mascarenhas		from 1994	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited to Port of Spain on December 2, 1994
Fernando Manuel Oliveira de Castro Brandão		May 5, 1999 -27. September 2002	Ambassador based in Caracas, accredited to Port of Spain on June 14, 2000
Vasco Luís Pereira Bramão Ramos		March 24, 2003 -18. May 2005	Ambassador based in Caracas
João Pedro de Noronha Brito Câmara		March 19, 2005 -1. April 2005	Transition Charge d'Affaires at Headquarters Caracas
José Manuel da Costa Arsénio		May 2, 2005 -21. March 2006	Ambassador based in Caracas
Emídio da Veiga Domingos		March 22, 2006 -28. November 2006	Transitional Chargé d'affaires at the Caracas headquarters
João José Gomes Caetano da Silva		November 29, 2006 -9. January 2011	Ambassador based in Caracas
Mário Alberto Lino da Silva		January 11, 2011 -30. March 2014	Ambassador based in Caracas
Fernando Manuel de Jesus Teles Fazendeiro		2014– July 24, 2017	Ambassador based in Caracas
Carlos Nuno Almeida de Sousa Amaro		since September 13, 2017	Ambassador based in Caracas

See also

• Relations between Portugal and Trinidad and Tobago
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 16, 2019
2. ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Trinidad and Tobago at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on November 16, 2019
3. ^ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Venezuela at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on November 16, 2019