List of Portuguese ambassadors in Turkey

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The list of the Portuguese Ambassador to Turkey lists the Ambassador of Portugal in Turkey on. The two states have had direct diplomatic relations since 1843.

The Visconde de Seixal accredited to 1843 the first Portuguese Ambassador to Constantinople Opel , on 24 June 1844, the Portuguese Embassy took (then Legation) there go on stream.

The Portuguese legation existed in Constantinople until the First World War in 1914, and in 1941 it reopened in the new Turkish capital Ankara . In 1960 it was made an embassy .

Heads of mission

Portuguese Ambassador to Turkey
Surname image Term of office Remarks
TurkeyTurkey Turkey
José Maurício Correia Henriques June 24, 1844
- August 1641 		Ministro resident
Luis Carlos Rebello August 14,
1844-25. October 1852 		representative
Manuel de Clamouse Brown May 1,
1854-25. May 1859 		Charge d'Affaires , from April 26, 1858 resident Ministro
José Barbosa e Silva from 1862 Chargé d'affaires
Eduardo Pinto Soveral 1865
-6. July 1870 		Chargé d'affaires
Eduardo Pinto Soveral June 12,
1871-19. September 1878 		Ministro Plenipotenciário
Visconde Carnide April 22, 1883-
June 1883 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited May 8, 1883
Conde de Carnide 1889
-13. January 1890 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited in 1889
Barão de S. Pedro July 26, 1890
-30. August 1890 		Ministro Plenipotenciário
Alfredo Mesquita December 6, 1912
-3. November 1914 		probably Chargé d'Affaires, last representative of Portugal in Constantinople
Francisco de Assis Maria de Oliveira de Almeida Calheiros e Meneses April 10, 1941
- July 1944 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 16, 1941, first representative of Portugal in Ankara
Luis de Castro e Almeida Mendes Norton de Matos July 1944
-16. April 1945 		Chargé d'affaires
Emílio Patrício April 16, 1945
-10. September 1946 		Chargé d'affaires, accredited April 16, 1945
José Caetano Lobo D'Ávila da Silva e Lima October 24, 1945–? Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited October 24, 1945
José Mendes Vasconcelos Guimarães (Riba Tâmega) May 17,
1947-20. February 1949 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited June 2, 1947
António José Aniceto de Siqueira Freire May 17,
1947-20. February 1949 		Chargé d'affaires
José Weinholdz de Bívar Brandeiro November 14, 1953
-6. April 1956 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited on November 23, 1953
Luis de Castro e Almeida Mendes Norton de Matos April 7,
1956-4. April 1959 		Ministro Plenipotenciário, accredited April 19, 1956
José Joaquim de Mena e Mendonça April 4,
1959-19. February 1960 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Alberto Carlos Liz-Teixeira Branquinho February 19, 1960
-4. July 1964 		Ambassador, accredited on March 3, 1960 (Legation raised to embassy)
Martim Machado de Faria e Maya Junior August 6, 1964
-6. October 1968 		Ambassador, accredited August 28, 1964
Henrique Guilherme Augusto de Figueiredo da Silva Martins October 21,
1968-15. January 1972 		Ambassador, accredited October 24, 1968
Antonio Pinto de Mesquita de Melo Mexia e Vasconcelos January 18, 1972
-6. June 1977 		Ambassador, accredited February 25, 1972
Armando Ramos de Paula Coelho June 30,
1977-15. February 1981 		Ambassador, accredited July 12, 1977
Manuel Dias Guimarães February 15,
1981-10. July 1981 		Chargé d'affaires
Francisco Anunciação Bonifácio da Piedade Miranda July 10, 1981
-24. June 1984 		Ambassador, accredited August 12, 1981
Sérgio Manuel Pinto Martinho June 25, 1984
-4. January 1985 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
Carlos Augusto Fernandes January 31, 1985
-5. December 1987 		Ambassador, accredited February 18, 1985
Sérgio Manuel Pinto Garrido December 5, 1987
-31. May 1988 		Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
José Manuel Borges Gama Cornélio da Silva May 31, 1988
-12. October 1990 		Ambassador, accredited June 21, 1988
Francisco Pessanha de Quevedo Crespo October 30, 1990
-28. February 1994 		Ambassador, accredited November 27, 1990
Duarte Vaz Pinto da Fonseca de Sá Pereira de Castro July 28,
1994-26. April 1997 		Ambassador, accredited August 5, 1994
José Guilherme de Mendonça Stichini Vilela June 9, 1997
-23. October 2000 		Ambassador, accredited July 3, 1997
António Raul Freitas Monteiro Portugal January 10, 2001
-5. September 2004 		ambassador
Jorge Alberto Nogueira de Lemos Godinho October 30, 2004
-3. June 2006 		ambassador
José Manuel de Carvalho Lameiras December 4, 2006
–20. July 2010 		ambassador
Luísa Margarida de Carvalho Bastos de Almeida July 27, 2010
–8. April 2012 		Ambassador
Jorge Tito de Vasconcelos Nogueira Dias Cabral 2012
-10. August 2016 		Ambassador, accredited May 4, 2012
Maria Paula Vieira Ferreira Leal da Silva since September 26, 2016 Ambassador, accredited on November 8, 2016

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with Turkey at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 16, 2019
  2. ↑ a b List of the Portuguese ambassadors in Turkey at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on September 16, 2019