List of Portuguese ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates

The list of Portuguese ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal to the United Arab Emirates .

The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1976, and the first Portuguese ambassador was accredited in 1981 in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi . Portugal opened its own embassy there in 2011 , until then the Portuguese representative in Saudi Arabia had been double accredited there .

The Portuguese embassy in Abu Dhabi resides in Villa A 42 in the Marina Office Park, Dubai Marina district.

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
United Arab Emirates
Pedro Paulo Morais Alves Machado		1981	Ambassador based in Riyadh , accredited in Abu Dhabi on December 29, 1981
José Manuel Waddington de Matos Parreira		1989	Ambassador based in Riyadh, accredited in Abu Dhabi on June 23, 1989
José Henrique Barbosa Ferreira		1994	Ambassador based in Riyadh, accredited in Abu Dhabi on October 5, 1994
Pedro Manuel Sarmento Vasconcelos e Castro		1995	Ambassador based in Riyadh, accredited in Abu Dhabi on March 24, 1995
Jorge Raúl da Silva Preto		1999	Ambassador based in Riyadh, accredited in Abu Dhabi on October 9, 1999
Jaime van Zeller Leitão		2011–9. September 2016	first Portuguese ambassador with official residence in Abu Dhabi, accredited there on September 20, 2011
Joaquim Alberto de Sousa Moreira de Lemos		since August 26, 2016	Ambassador based in Abu Dhabi, accredited there on October 9, 2016

See also

• Relations between Portugal and the United Arab Emirates
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates , website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on November 4, 2019
2. ↑ List of the Portuguese ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on November 4, 2019