List of Portuguese ambassadors in the Netherlands
The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to the Netherlands lists the Ambassador of Portugal in the Netherlands on. The two countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1641.
The Portuguese embassy (Legation until 1957) has resided in the Dutch capital, The Hague , with an interruption from 1760 to 1762 when it was in Amsterdam . In the 19th century the Portuguese legations in Brussels and The Hague were temporarily occupied by a common ambassador.
Heads of mission
Surname | image | Term of office | Remarks |
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Tristão de Mendonça Furtado | April 9, 1641 - August 1641 |
Special ambassador | |
Br Dinis de Lencastre | July 1641 - August 1641 |
Secret Mission | |
Francisco de Andrade Leitão | May 11, 1642-29. June 1644 |
Special Envoy, accredited May 14, 1642 | |
Feliciano Dourado | 1643 to 1650 | Embassy secretary | |
Francisco de Sousa Coutinho | July 1643 - September 1650 |
Ambassador, accredited July 14, 1643 | |
Antonio Vieira |
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April 1646 - July 1646 |
Secret Mission |
Antonio Vieira |
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December 1646 - before October 1648 |
Secret Mission |
Francisco Ferreira Rebelo | 1648 to 1650 | agent | |
Luís de Portugal | 1648 | Special ambassador | |
João de Meneses | 1650 | Special ambassador | |
Antonio de Sousa Macedo | September 1650 - May 1651 |
Ambassador, accredited March 4, 1651 | |
Antonio Raposo | 1652 to 1656 | Permanent representative | |
Fernando Teles de Faro | July 1658 - May 1659 |
Special Envoy, accredited July 22, 1658 | |
Feliciano Dourado | 1659 | Posted | |
Luís Álvares Ribeiro | May 1659 to 1659 | representative | |
Henrique de Sousa Tavares | December 1659 –9. August 1661 |
Special Ambassador, accredited December 10, 1659 | |
Henrique de Sousa Tavares | 1661 to 1663 | Special Envoy, accredited January 26, 1662 | |
Diogo Lopes Ulhoa | 1663 -5. August 1669 |
Permanent Representative, accredited April 10, 1664 | |
Diogo Lopes Ulhoa | September 1663 - November 1663 |
Special envoy | |
Francisco de Melo Manuel da Câmara | 1669 -24. October 1670 |
Special Envoy, accredited April 1, 1664 | |
Moseh Curiel or Jerónimo Nunes da Costa | 1670 to 1690 | Chargé d'affaires | |
Diogo de Mendonça Corte Real | May 1691-18. February 1694 |
Special envoy, accredited May 30, 1691 | |
Francisco de Sousa Pacheco | 1694 - September 1709 |
Special Envoy, accredited April 28, 1694 | |
Francisco Henriques Carneiro | 1709 to 1710 | Chargé d'affaires | |
João Gomes da Silva , Conde de Tarouca | 1710 to 1726 | Ministro Plenipotenciário , accredited in 1710 | |
Alexandre Nunes da Costa | 1710 | diplomatic agent | |
Manuel de Sequeira | 1720 to 1722 | Permanent Representative, accredited July 31, 1720 | |
Diogo de Mendonça Corte Real | 1723 -2. July 1728 |
Special envoy, accredited June 14, 1723 | |
Álvaro Nunes da Costa or Nathan Curiel | 1723 to 1728 | diplomatic agent | |
Luís da Cunha |
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1728 to 1748 | Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited in 1728 |
Gonçalo Manuel Galvão de Lacerda | 1737 | Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
Manuel Freire de Andrade e Castro | 1748 -28. December 1748 |
Special envoy, accredited June 14, 1748 | |
Joaquim José Pereira Fidalgo da Silveira | 1749 (?) | Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
José da Silva Pessanha | 1752 -4. June 1753 |
Special envoy, accredited in 1752 | |
Martinho de Melo e Castro | October 21, 1753 - July 1756 |
Special Envoy, accredited October 26, 1753 | |
António Freire de Andrade Encerrabodes | October 25, 1756 -30. May 1759 |
Special envoy, accredited on October 29, 1756 (stay in The Hague until June 26, 1759) | |
Domingos Luís da Costa | 1759 to 1760 | agent | |
Domingos Luís da Costa | 1760 to 1762 | consul | |
Pedro da Costa de Almeida Salema | 1762 -19. March 1766 |
Ministro , accredited August 30, 1762 | |
José Antonio de Sá Pereira | 1762 | Ministro Plenipotenciário, did not run | |
José de Sá Pereira | 1762 | Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
José Vasques Álvares da Cunha | March 12, 1766 - September 1776 |
Special envoy, accredited on March 18, 1766 (payments until November 17, 1776) | |
Domingos Luís da Costa | 1771 to 1776 | agent | |
Francisco José de Horta Machado | March 4, 1777 -3. October 1778 |
Special envoy, accredited March 18, 1777 (present until May 20, 1779) | |
Augusto António de Sousa Holstein | May 1779 -17. May 1781 |
Special Envoy, accredited May 21, 1779 | |
Gregório Raimundo Vidal | 1780 -17. December 1780 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
José Teotónio de Almeida Beija e Noronha de Melo e Castro | April 28, 1782-29. September 1787 |
Special envoy, May 1, 1782 | |
Antonio de Campos Silva | October 2, 1787-29. July 1790 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Antonio de Araújo e Azevedo | August 4, 1790-12. August 1802 |
Special envoy, accredited August 9, 1790 | |
João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas | August 1, 1802-20. February 1810 |
Special envoy, August 5, 1819 | |
Francisco José Maria de Brito | December 30, 1818-21. May 1822 |
Special envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, on site until May 6, 1822 | |
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo | May 6, 1822-15. October 1822 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Camilo Martin's location | October 13, 1822-22. October 1823 |
Chargé d'affaires, accredited October 15, 1822 (left October 24, 1823) | |
Francisco José Maria de Brito | 1823 | Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo | October 22, 1823-19. October 1824 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Luis António D'Abreu e Lima , Visconde da Carreira | October 19, 1824 - October 1830 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
Luís António d'Abreu e Lima | October 19, 1824 -1828 |
Special Envoy and Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 19, 1824 | |
Visconde de Canelas | 1829 | miguelist representative | |
Visconde da Carreira | 1830 – October 1830 |
Liberal head of mission | |
Antonio Candido de Faria | 1835 -27. April 1837 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Visconde de Seisal | 1840 -11. July 1840 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Antonio Candido de Faria | August 20, 1840 -1. August 1844 |
Chargé d'affaires, August 21, 1840 | |
Nuno Barbosa de Figueiredo | August 16, 1844 -3. October 1845 |
Chargé d'affaires, August 20, 1844 | |
Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun , Conde da Azinhaga | May 13, 1846 -28. July 1847 |
Chargé d'affaires, accredited May 14, 1846 | |
Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun | January 16, 1848 -3. April 1851 |
Permanent Representative ( Ministro Residente ), accredited January 18, 1848 | |
Visconde de Seisal | from July 17, 1851 | Special ambassador based in Brussels, accredited in The Hague on July 22, 1851 | |
Miguel Marins de Dantas | from May 2, 1870 | Ministro Plenipotenciário (non-resident), accredited May 3, 1870 | |
Marquês de Angeja | January 26, 1871 –17. February 1872 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited February 1, 1871 | |
Miguel Marins de Dantas | from February 17, 1872 | Ministro Plenipotenciário (not based locally), accredited on February 17, 1872 | |
Conde de Tomar | from January 2, 1875 | Ministro Plenipotenciário (non-resident), accredited January 5, 1875 | |
Conde de Rilvas | September 13, 1881-25. July 1883 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário (not resident on site), accredited September 25, 1881 | |
Conde de S.Miguel | July 26, 1883 -11. May 1886 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited September 19, 1883 | |
Vicente Pinheiro Machado de Melo e Almada , Visconde de Pindela | August 11, 1886-27. February 1892 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, August 12, 1886 | |
Barão de Sendal | March 2, 1892-14. January 1894 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Conde de Tovar | January 14, 1894 -2. March 1896 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 18, 1894 | |
Conde de Selir | April 27, 1896-25. April 1908 |
Permanent representative ('' Ministro Residente ''), from December 24, 1901 Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
João de Oliveira Sá Camelo Lampreia | June 6, 1908-15. November 1910 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited June 16, 1908 | |
António Maria Bartolomeu Ferreira | September 7, 1911-11. September 1916 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited November 16, 1911 | |
António Carlos dos Santos Bandeira | October 4, 1916 -8. December 1925 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 13, 1916 | |
José do Carmo da Câmara | December 8, 1925-28. November 1926 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Francisco Roberto da Silva Ferrão de Carvalho Marténs | November 28, 1926-28. March 1928 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited January 14, 1927 | |
António Maria Bartolomeu Ferreira | June 19, 1928 –1. August 1928 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
Francisco dos Santos Tavares | September 5, 1928-16. August 1941 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário | |
António Augusto Leite Faria | March 24, 1945-15. July 1947 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 7, 1945 | |
Mário Malheiro Reymão Nogueira | July 15, 1947-19. September 1948 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
Domingos de Sousa Holstein , Duque de Palmela | September 4, 1948 -8. September 1948 |
Special Ambassador, accredited September 4, 1948 | |
Fernando Quartim de Oliveira Bastos | September 18, 1948-29. February 1956 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 5, 1948 | |
João de Barros Ferreira da Fonseca |
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February 29, 1956 -9. July 1964 |
Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited March 14, 1956, accredited as Ambassador since August 16, 1957 |
Alberto Carlos Liz-Teixeira Branquinho | July 23, 1964 -31. December 1966 |
Ambassador, accredited September 4, 1964 | |
Alvaro Brilhante Laborinho | February 4, 1967 -28. July 1969 |
Ambassador, accredited February 23, 1967 | |
Constantino Ribeiro Vaz | July 28, 1969 -12. September 1970 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Carlos Augusto Lencastre da Veiga | September 12, 1970-19. October 1971 |
Ambassador, accredited October 13, 1970 | |
Carlos Augusto Fernandes | January 17, 1972-19. May 1974 |
Ambassador, accredited February 10, 1972 | |
Rui Manuel Pereira Goulart D'Ávila | May 19, 1974 -23. October 1974 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
Salvador Augusto de Sousa Sampaio Garrido | October 23, 1974 -10. July 1976 |
Ambassador, accredited November 7, 1974 | |
Fernando Manuel da Silva Marques | July 12, 1976-10. September 1976 |
Ambassador, accredited September 13, 1976 | |
Fernando de Magalhães Cruz | October 15, 1980 -1. February 1987 |
Ambassador, accredited November 12, 1980 | |
Francisco Manuel Baltazar Moita | October 10, 1987 -6. July 1991 |
ambassador | |
António Guilherme Lopes de Oliveira Cascais | July 8, 1991 -26. December 1995 |
Ambassador, accredited August 21, 1991 | |
João Rosa Lã | December 27, 1995-12. June 1999 |
Ambassador, accredited January 17, 1995 | |
Gonçalo Aires de Santa Clara Gomes | 1999 -2. September 2002 |
Ambassador, accredited June 16, 1999 | |
João Manuel Guerra Salgueiro | September 29, 2002-20. January 2005 |
ambassador | |
Fernando Manuel de Mendonça d'Oliveira Neves |
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February 1, 2005 -14. March 2005 |
ambassador |
Júlio Francisco de Sales Mascarenhas | November 28, 2005 -29. July 2008 |
ambassador | |
Manuel Nuno Tavares de Sousa | September 15, 2008 -5. November 2011 |
ambassador | |
Jorge Manuel da Silva Lopes | November 6, 2011 -27. March 2012 |
Transitional Chargé d'Affaires | |
José Bouza Serrano | April 4, 2012 –9. September 2016 |
ambassador | |
Rosa Maria Bettencourt Amarante de Ataíde Batoréu Salvador e Brito | since October 6, 2016 | Ambassador, accredited on October 12, 2016 |
See also
Web links
Commons : Portuguese Ambassador to the Netherlands - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- List of Portuguese ambassadors in the Netherlands at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Website of the Portuguese Embassy in the Netherlands (Portuguese and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with the Netherlands at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on 6 September 2019
- ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in the Netherlands at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on 6 September 2019