List of Portuguese ambassadors in Czechoslovakia

The Portuguese Embassy in Prague

The list of Portuguese ambassadors in Czechoslovakia lists the ambassadors of the Republic of Portugal in Czechoslovakia . The two states maintained diplomatic relations between 1921 and 1993. Relations were replaced by Portuguese-Czech relations in 1993 with the re-establishment of today's Czech Republic .

Relations between the two countries, going back to the 15th century, were re-established after the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 with the establishment of direct diplomatic relations in 1921. After diplomatic relations were broken off in 1937, the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and the subsequent World War I until 1945, the now socialist Czechoslovakia joined the Eastern Bloc . The anti-communist dictatorship in Portugal remained at a distance from Czechoslovakia until the end of the Portuguese Estado Novo regime with the left-wing Carnation Revolution in 1974. After that, both countries renewed their diplomatic relations, and Portugal set up its own embassy in Prague for the first time.

Heads of mission

Portuguese representative in Czechoslovakia

Surname	image	Term of office	Remarks
Czech Republic
Francisco Pessanha Quevedo Crespo		November 6, 1974 - November 18, 1974	Charge d'Affaires , 1974 as the first representative of Portugal in Czechoslovakia accredited
António Telo Moreira de Almeida de Magalhães Colaço		November 18, 1974 -27. October 1977	Ambassador , accredited November 18, 1974
António Eduardo de Carvalho Ressano Garcia		December 30, 1977 -6. September 1979	Transitional Chargé d'affaires, accredited January 31, 1978
João Uva de Matos Proença		September 27, 1979-16. July 1981	ambassador
José Manuel Duarte de Jesus		July 16, 1981-10. November 1981	Transitional Chargé d'Affaires
António Baptista Martins		November 11, 1981 -8. May 1982	Ambassador, accredited November 12, 1981
Fernando Matos da Costa Figueirinhas		July 14, 1983 -24. March 1984	Chargé d'affaires
Mário Júlio de Melo Freitas		March 24, 1984 -7. April 1987	Ambassador, accredited April 12, 1984
Carlos Manuel Durrant Pais		April 10, 1987- April 1989	Chargé d'affaires
Luís Vasconcelos Pimentel Quartim Bastos		1989 – November 1993	Ambassador, accredited June 12, 1989
Fernão Manuel Homem Gouveia Favila Vieira		1993	Ambassador, accredited November 9, 1993

See also

• Portuguese-Czechoslovak relations
• Portuguese-Czech relations
• Foreign policy of Portugal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with the Czech Republic at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on October 7, 2019
2. ↑ List of Portuguese representatives in the Czech Republic at the diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on October 7, 2019