The Portuguese Ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally in the United Kingdom as Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the Portuguese Republic to the King and Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Portuguese Embassy is located at 11 Belgrave Square, London.
The current ambassador is Nuno Brito, who succeeded Manuel Lobo Antunes in 2022.
List of highest-ranking Portuguese envoys to Britain
Legation (1641–1924) The following list of heads of mission comes from the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Name Portrait Title Appointment Presentation Termination Appointer Notes Ambassador John IV of Portugal Ambassador Resident Minister Special Minister Resident (?) Minister Ambassador Extraordinary Resident Minister ? Francisco de Melo (e Torres ?) Ambassador ? ? ? Ambassador ? Luisa, Queen Regent Ambassador Ambassador ? ? Ambassador ? ? Ambassador ? ? Ambassador ? Afonso VI of Portugal Envoy ? Resident Minister ? ? Minister ? ? Envoy ? Envoy Extraordinary ? ? Peter, Prince Regent Ambassador ? Ambassador ? Ambassador Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary ? Envoy ? ? Peter II of Portugal Envoy Ambassador Extraordinary ? ? Envoy Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary Ambassador with no title ? John V of Portugal Envoy Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary ? ? Chargé d'affaires ? Ambassador Extraordinary ? Chargé d'affaires ? Envoy Extraordinary ? Envoy Extraordinary Resident Minister ? Envoy Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary Chargé d'affaires ? Envoy Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary Joseph I of Portugal Envoy Extraordinary Envoy Extraordinary ? Envoy Extraordinary ? ? ? Ambassador Extraordinary ? ? Chargé d'affaires ? Plenipotentiary Chargé d'affaires ? Envoy Extraordinary Chargé d'affaires ? ? Official ? Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Maria I of Portugal Chargé d'affaires ? Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? John, Prince Regent Ambassador Extraordinary ? Emissary ? Agent ? ? Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? Special mission (?) ? Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? Minister Plenipotentiary Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? Ambassador in special mission (?) ? John VI of Portugal Chargé d'affaires ? Chargé d'affaires ? Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? Ambassador Extraordinary ? Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ? ? Maria II of Portugal Minister Plenipotentiary ? ? ? Michael I of Portugal Agent ? ? ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary ? ? ? - ? Minister Plenipotentiary Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Maria II of Portugal Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Luís I of Portugal Minister Plenipotentiary Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Carlos I of Portugal Minister Plenipotentiary ? ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary Minister Plenipotentiary ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Minister Plenipotentiary ? Interim chargé d'affaires ? Teófilo Braga, President of the Provisional Government of the Portuguese Republic Minister Plenipotentiary Interim chargé d'affaires ? Bernardino Machado Minister Plenipotentiary Minister Plenipotentiary João do Canto e Castro Interim chargé d'affaires ? António José de Almeida Minister Plenipotentiary Manuel Teixeira Gomes
Embassy (1924–present) The following list of heads of mission comes from the Diplomatic Institute of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Name Portrait Title Appointment Presentation Termination Appointer Notes José Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos Ambassador Manuel Gomes da Costa Tomás António Garcia RosadoAmbassadorÓscar CarmonaRui Ennes UlrichAmbassadorAlberto de OliveiraAmbassadorFrancisco de Assis Maria de Oliveira de Almeida Calheiros e MenesesInterim chargé d'affaires ?Armindo Rodrigues de Stau MonteiroAmbassadorDomingos de Sousa Holstein BeckAmbassadorHenrique Bacelar Caldeira QueirózInterim chargé d'affaires—Rui Ennes UlrichAmbassadorAlbano Pires Fernandes NogueiraInterim chargé d'affaires—Francisco Craveiro LopesPedro Teotónio PereiraAmbassadorJoão Manuel Hall ThemidoInterim chargé d'affaires—Américo TomásJoão de LucenaInterim chargé d'affaires—Augusto Rato PotierInterim chargé d'affaires—Adolfo do Amaral Abranches PintoAmbassadorSalvador Augusto de Sousa Sampayo GarridoInterim chargé d'affaires—Manuel Farrajota RochetaAmbassadorJosé Manuel de Villas-Boas de Vasconcelos FariaInterim chargé d'affaires—António Auusto Braga Leite FariaAmbassador1969?João de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto MaiorInterim chargé d'affaires—Gonçalo Luís Maravilhas Correia Caldeira CoelhoAmbassadorJoão de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto MaiorInterim chargé d'affaires—António de SpínolaAlbano Pires Fernandes NogueiraAmbassadorJoão Diogo Correia Saraiva Nunes BarataInterim chargé d'affaires—António Ramalho EanesVirgílio Armando MartinsAmbassadorPedro Paulo de Moraes Alves MachadoInterim chargé d'affaires—João Carlos Lopes Cardoso de Freitas CruzAmbassadorJosé Maria de Almeida Sherman de Lemos MacedoInterim chargé d'affaires—Mário SoaresJoão Manuel Hall ThemidoAmbassadorManuel Henrique de Mello e Castro de Mendonça Côrte-RealInterim chargé d'affaires—António Augusto Marques da Costa Vaz PereiraAmbassadorAntónio Leal da Costa LoboAmbassadorJosé Gregório Faria QuiterresAmbassadorJorge SampaioFernando António de Lacerda Andersen GuimarãesAmbassador—António Nunes de Carvalho Santana CarlosAmbassador—Aníbal Cavaco SilvaAntónio Nunes de Carvalho Santana CarlosAmbassador Extraordinary—Cristina CastanhetaInterim chargé d'affaires—João de ValleraAmbassador—Manuel Lobo AntunesAmbassadorMarcelo Rebelo de SousaNuno Filipe Alves Salvador e BritoAmbassador—
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