List of Portuguese ambassadors to the United States

Portugal's embassy in Washington

The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to the United States lists the Ambassador of Portugal in the United States on. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1783. On October 30, 1794 , the first Portuguese ambassador to Washington was accredited

Portugal maintains its embassy today at 2012 Massachusetts Avenue.

In addition, Portugal has six consulates general in the USA (Boston, New Bedford, New York, Newark, San Francisco and Providence) and twelve honorary consulates (Chicago, Hawaii, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Naugatuck, New Orleans, Palm Coast, Phoenix , Tulare and Puerto Rico).

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Washington

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Cipriano Ribeiro Freire		October 30, 1794 -30. January 1801	first Portuguese diplomat in the USA; left the embassy on April 7, 1799
João Paulo Bezerra		1801
José Rademaker		April 24, 1805 - July 10, 1816	Chargé d'affaires of the embassy and consul
José Correia da Serra		July 22, 1816 - August 31, 1820
José Amado Greon		December 4, 1820-25. June 1822	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Joaquim Barroso Pereira		June 27, 1822– August 17, 1822	Chargé d'affaires
Francisco Solano Constâncio		September 30, 1822-1823	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Joaquim Barroso Pereira		1824– January 29, 1829	Chargé d'affaires sent by King D. Pedro IV
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Jacobo Torlade Pereira de Azambuja		January 29, 1830-1834	Chargé d'affaires , posted by King D. Miguel I ; arrived at the embassy on August 26, 1828
Joaquim César de la Figaniére e Morão		January 11, 1832 -28. August 1838	Chargé d'affaires, sent by King D Pedro IV; left the embassy on May 31, 1838
João de Almeida de la Figaniére		June 1, 1838 - October 1, 1839	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Antonio Cândido de Faria		October 2, 1839 - November 20, 1839	Chargé d'Affaires remained in the embassy until April 24, 1840
Barão de Wiederhold		November 21, 1839-26. December 1840	Interim business agent,
Joaquim César de la Figaniére e Morão		December 30, 1840 -24. December 1866	second appointment, this time as a full ambassador; head of the embassy since December 27, 1840; since 23 August 1854 also special envoy
Manuel Garcia da Rosa		December 24, 1866 -30. May 1867
Miguel Martins D'Antas		May 31, 1867 - December 11, 1869	Ambassador and special envoy, head of the embassy since May 30, 1867; left the embassy on October 26, 1869
António Maria da Cunha Pereira Sotto Maior		October 26, 1869 –11. January 1872	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
João de Sousa Lobo		January 12, 1872 -10. November 1874	Ambassador and special envoy, head of the embassy since January 11, 1872; left the embassy on August 20, 1874
Baron of Santana (Barão de Sant'Anna)		November 11, 1874-27. September 1876	Ambassador and special envoy did not leave the embassy until November 25, 1876
Gustavo Amsink		November 25, 1876 -8. October 1878	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Jacinto Augusto de Santana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Bettencourt (2nd Visconde das Nogueiras)		October 8, 1878 -24. January 1888	Ambassador and special envoy
Baron von Almeirim (Braamcamp Freire)		January 24, 1888 - October 27, 1889	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Tomás de Sousa Rosa		December 23, 1889 -24. May 1894	Ambassador and special envoy, stayed at the embassy until June 20, 1894
Ignácio Rodrigues da Costa Duarte		June 20, 1894 -3. July 1895	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Augusto de Sequeira Thedim		July 3, 1895 - November 21, 1895
Luis Augusto M. de Pinto D'Azevedo Taveira		November 21, 1895-28. April 1896	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Visconde de Santo Thyrso		May 6, 1896 -24. December 1901	Ambassador and special envoy, head of the embassy since April 28, 1896; left the embassy on September 30, 1901
Luiz Augusto de Moura P. de Azevedo Taveira		October 7, 1901-24. April 1902	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
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José Francisco de Horta Machado da Franca (Visconde D'Alte)		May 12, 1902 - October 3, 1933	Ambassador and special envoy, head of the embassy since April 24, 1902; left the embassy on May 12, 1933
Gabriel da Silva		May 12, 1933– September 15, 1933	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
João António de Bianchi (3rd Visconde de Bianchi)		September 17, 1933-23. July 1947	Ambassador and special envoy, head of the embassy since September 15, 1933; on June 30, 1944, the Legation was raised to the status of full embassy
Pedro Teotónio Pereira		August 12, 1948 - February 11, 1950	Head of the embassy since August 1, 1948
Manuel Farrajota Rocheta		February 11, 1950 -6. June 1950	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Luis Esteves Fernandes		June 23, 1950 - July 8, 1961	Head of the embassy since June 6, 1950
Pedro Teotónio Pereira		September 15, 1961-13. November 1963	second appointment; Head of the embassy since August 14, 1961
José Eduardo de Menezes Rosa		November 13, 1963 -2. March 1964	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
Vasco Vieira Garin		April 8, 1964-30. June 1971	Head of the embassy since March 2, 1964
Antonio Cabrita Matias		June 30, 1971 - November 23, 1971	Interim Chargé d'Affaires
João Manuel Hall Themido		December 6, 1971-13. February 1981	Head of the embassy since December 6, 1971
Vasco Luís Caldeira Coelho Futcher Pereira		June 13, 1981– May 17, 1982	Head of the embassy since May 4, 1981
Leonardo Charles de Zaffiri Duarte Mathias		September 8, 1982 -2. June 1986	Head of the embassy since August 30, 1982
João Eduardo Monteverde Pereira Bastos		August 29, 1986 -5. August 1991	Head of the embassy since July 28, 1986
Francisco José Laço Treichler Knopfli		September 6, 1991 -6. March 1995	Head of the embassy since August 15, 1991
Fernando António de Lacerda Andresen Guimarães		May 5, 1995– May 13, 1999	Head of the embassy since March 26, 1995
João Alberto Bacelar da Rocha Páris		August 10, 1999 -9. January 2002	Head of the embassy since May 18, 1999
Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino		October 9, 2002 - December 5, 2006
João de Vallera		June 1, 2007– January 16, 2011
Nuno Filipe Alves Salvador e Brito		February 23, 2011 –4. October 2015	Head of the embassy since February 7, 2011
Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital		since January 28, 2016

See also

• Relations between Portugal and the United States
• List of diplomatic missions in the United States
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Ambassador to the United States  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview of diplomatic relations with the United States , website of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Portuguese Embassy website in the United States (Portuguese and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Portuguese Ambassadors to the United States Website of the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed February 20, 2017