List of Portuguese ambassadors in Cyprus

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Cyprus lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Cyprus . The two countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1975.

On January 16, 1976 , the first Portuguese representative in Cyprus was accredited in Nicosia . The country continued to belong to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Italy until the Portuguese embassy opened in Nicosia in 2005.

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Cyprus

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cyprus
Virgílio Armando Martins		since 1976	Ambassador based in Rome , accredited January 16, 1976
João Nuno Perestrello Botelheiro Cavaco		since 1982	Ambassador based in Rome, accredited on May 4, 1982
Luís Gonzaga Ferreira		since 1985	Ambassador based in Rome, accredited March 27, 1985
Francisco Pessanha Quevedo Crespo		since 1986	Accredited Ambassador based in Rome, November 29, 1988
Luís Gaspar da Silva		Since 1993	Ambassador based in Rome, accredited January 11, 1993
João Diogo Nunes Barata		from 1994	Ambassador with official seat in Rome
José Filipe Mendes Morais Cabral		since 2000	Ambassador with official seat in Rome
Vasco Taveira da Cunha Valente		since 2002	Ambassador with official seat in Rome
Antonio Jorge Jacob de Carvalho		November 28, 2005 -25. April 2011	Ambassador based in Nicosia, accredited on December 9, 2005
João Bernardo de Oliveira Martin's Weinstein		December 28, 2011 –22. August 2013	Transition Charge d'Affaires at Headquarters Nicosia
João Manuel Pina Perestrello Cavaco		September 20, 2013 -27. April 2014	Chargé d'affaires at the official residence in Nicosia
Maria Manuela Freitas Bairos		since May 1, 2018	Ambassador based in Nicosia, accredited on July 26, 2018

See also

• Portuguese-Cypriot relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Cyprus at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on November 15, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Cyprus at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 15, 2019