List of Portuguese ambassadors in Hungary

The Portuguese Embassy in Budapest

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Hungary lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Hungary . The two states have maintained diplomatic relations since 1974.

However, a Portuguese embassy existed before the Second World War and was probably opened after 1920.

The Portuguese embassy in Budapest is located in MOM Park, Alkotás Utca house number. 53.

In Hungary there are no other consulates or honorary consulates of Portugal.

List of Heads of Mission (incomplete before 1974)

Portuguese representative in Hungary

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Hungary
Carlos Sampaio Garrido		July 27, 1939 - April 23, 1944	Ministro plenipotenciário , saved around 1,000 Jews from Nazi persecution and is therefore one of the Righteous Among the Nations
Carlos da Conceição Nunes Portela		1974	Charge d'Affaires , on 21 October 1974 accredited , the first representative of Portugal in the newly opened embassy in Budapest
Fernando Delfim Maria Lopes Vieira		November 10, 1974 - September 7, 1981	Ambassador , accredited November 15, 1974
José Joaquim de Mena e Mendonça		September 21, 1981 - June 8, 1985	Ambassador, accredited September 30, 1981
Carlos Manuel Durrant Pais		June 23, 1985 - January 24, 1986	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Zózimo Justo da Silva		January 25, 1986 - November 21, 1990	Ambassador, accredited January 30, 1986
António Baptista Martins		December 19, 1990 - May 23, 1994	ambassador
José Miguel Crespo Queirós de Barros		August 11, 1994 - March 6, 1999	ambassador
João Carlos Bessa Pinto Versteeg		March 8, 1999 - January 31, 2003	Ambassador, accredited March 18, 1999
Luis Filipe Carrilho de Castro Mendes		February 3, 2003 - January 31, 2007	ambassador
Francisco Manuel Guimarães Henriques da Silva		February 19, 2007 - December 16, 2009	ambassador
Hernán Leandro Amado		December 17, 2009 - April 25, 2010	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Jorge Mendes		April 26, 2010 - January 3, 2015	Ambassador, accredited September 6, 2010
Maria José Teixeira de Morais Pires			Ambassador, accredited since April 27, 2015

See also

• List of Portuguese diplomatic missions abroad
• Portuguese-Hungarian relations

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Ambassador to Hungary  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview of diplomatic relations with Hungary at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Overview of diplomatic relations with Hungary at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 13, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} List of Portuguese representatives in Hungary at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on October 13, 2019
3. ↑ Overview of Portugal's consular contact details in Hungary , website for travelers and Portuguese abroad at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on February 22, 2018