List of Portuguese ambassadors to the Soviet Union

The Portuguese Embassy on Grokholsky Street in Moscow

The list of Portuguese ambassadors to the Soviet Union lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal to the Soviet Union (USSR). The two states maintained direct diplomatic relations between 1974 and the end of the USSR in 1990. Relations went back to the Portuguese-Russian relationship that had existed since 1779 .

In 1974 Portugal opened its embassy in Moscow , which has remained in place even after the transition from the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation in 1990.

Portuguese Ambassador to the Soviet Union

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Soviet Union
Pedro Martim da Cunha Veiga Madeira de Andrade		October 17, 1974 -24. October 1974	Chargé d'affaires
Mário Viçoso Neves		October 24, 1974 -6. May 1977	Ambassador , accredited October 28, 1974
Fernando de Magalhães Cruz		June 25, 1977-15. October 1980	Ambassador, accredited July 7, 1977
António Augusto de Medeiros Patrício		October 25, 1980-14. March 1984	Ambassador, accredited November 4, 1980
Sérgio Alexandre Ayres Trindade de Sacadura Cabral		April 14, 1984 -5. September 1990	Ambassador, accredited May 16, 1984

See also

• Portuguese-Soviet relations
• Portuguese-Russian relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Russia at the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 19, 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Russia at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on September 19, 2019