List of ambassadors of Portugal to Spain
| Ambassador of Portugal to Spain | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since April 4, 2025José Augusto Duarte | |
| Style | His Excellency (formal) Mr. Ambassador (informal) |
| Residence | 88 Calle Lagasca, Madrid |
| Appointer | President of the Portuguese Republic with the advice and consent of the Government |
| Website | Embaixada de Portugal em Espanha |
The Ambassador of Portugal to Spain is the highest legal representative of Portugal to the Kingdom of Spain through the Embassy of Portugal in Madrid.
History
Relations between Portugal and the Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula that would later constitute modern Spain, especially the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Castile, date back to the 12th century, when Portugal was established as an independent political unit.
On 5 October 1143, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile signed the Treaty of Zamora in which he recognized Afonso Henriques as King of Portugal.[1]
A formal Portuguese diplomatic mission to Spain has existed since 1669. The first Portuguese ambassador, Count Miranda, was accredited to the Spanish court from 1668 to 1670.
The permanent Portuguese embassy in the capital, Madrid, is located in a villa built in 1908 at number 88 Calle Lagasca.[2]
A Portuguese consulate general is also located there, with two others in Barcelona and Seville, and a vice-consulate in Vigo. Portuguese honorary consulates in Spain also exist in A Coruña, Badajoz, Bilbao, Cáceres, Las Palmas de Gran Canária, Málaga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and in Ceuta.[1]
List of representatives
| Name | Portrait | Period | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Portugal | |||
| Henrique de Sousa Tavares (Conde de Miranda) |
13 June 1669 – 1670 |
Ambassador | |
| João da Silva, marquês de Gouveia (pt) | 1670 – 2 October 1673 |
Ambassador | |
| Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo (pt) | 1676 – 1679 | Envoy | |
| Diogo Gomes de Figueiredo | 1676 | Special Envoy | |
| Mendo de Fóios Pereira | 1679 – 1686 | Envoy | |
| António de Freitas Branco | 1686 – 1688 | ||
| José de Faria | 1688 – 1699 | Envoy | |
| Manuel Jacques de Magalhães (Visconde da Fonte Arcada) (pt) |
1689 | Special Envoy on a Special Mission | |
| Pedro de Figueiredo de Alarcão | 1690 | Special Envoy on a Special Mission | |
| Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real | 1694 – 13 December 1703 |
Special Envoy | |
| João de Almeida Portugal (Conde Assumar) (pt) |
1705 – 22 July 1712 |
Special Envoy at the Court of Charles VI | |
| D Henrique Henriques | 1712 | ||
| Pedro de Vasconcelos e Sousa (pt) | 1716 – 5 October 1718 |
Special Ambassador | |
| Manuel Sequeira | 1718 – 16 September 1719 |
Representative, on 20 February 1719 accredited | |
| Luís da Cunha | May 1719 – 4 September 1720 |
Special Ambassador | |
| António Guedes Pereira | 1720 – 1727 | Special Envoy | |
| Joaquim Severino Gomes | February 1725 – March 1725 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José da Cunha Brochado (pt) | 8 June 1725 – 29 December 1725 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 8 June 1725 accredited | |
| Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses (Marquês de Abrantes) |
19 March 1727 – 1729 |
Special Ambassador, on 25 December 1727 accredited | |
| Padre Manuel Ribeiro | 1729 – 1731 | ||
| Pedro Alvares Cabral | 1729 – 21 March 1735 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Conde de Tarouca | 1737 – ? | Ambassador | |
| Tomás Teles da Silva (Visconde de Vila Nova de Cerveira) (pt) |
October 1746 – February 1753 |
Special Ambassador | |
| Rodrigo Xavier Teles de Castro e Silveira (Conde de Unhão) | February 1753 – 2 November 1757 |
Special Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| António de Saldanha da Gama | September 1757 – April 1760 |
Special Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| José da Silva Pessanha | February 1760 – 1 May 1762 |
Special Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Aires de Sá e Melo (pt) | 29 November 1764 – 30 January 1775 |
Ambassador, on 9 December 1764 accredited | |
| João Crisóstomo Pereira Barbosa | 22 May 1771 – 14 July 1772 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Amador José da Costa Asso | 30 July 1772 – 8 February 1773 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho (pt) | 6 March 1775 – 6 February 1780 |
Special Ambassador, on 10 March 1775 accredited | |
| António Lobo da Costa Gama | 14 January 1780 – 2 November 1782 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Miguel Lúcio de Portugal e Castro | 8 June 1780 – 16 January 1781 |
Ambassador | |
| António Lobo da Costa Gama | 16 January 1781 – 2 November 1781 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Henrique de Meneses (Marquês de Louriçal) | 2 November 1781 – 29 May 1787 |
Ambassador, on 3 November 1782 accredited | |
| José Fernandes da Silva | 29 May 1787 – 20 October 1787 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Diogo José de Noronha (pt) | 20 October 1787 – February 1789 |
Ambassador, on 23 October 1787 accredited | |
| Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo | February 1789 – June 1789 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Diogo de Noronha | June 1789 – November 1789 |
Ambassador | |
| Diogo de Carvalho Sampaio | November 1789 – July 1790 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Diogo de Noronha | July 1790 – November 1791 |
Ambassador | |
| Diogo de Carvalho Sampaio | November 1791 – July 1792 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Diogo de Noronha | July 1792 – August 1793 |
Ambassador | |
| Diogo de Carvalho Sampaio | August 1793 – July 1794 |
probably Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Diogo de Noronha | July 1794 – October 1795 |
Ambassador | |
| Diogo de Carvalho Sampaio | 20 October 1795 – June 1796 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Alexandre de Sousa Holstein (pl) | 1796 | Ambassador | |
| Diogo de Carvalho Sampaio | July 1796 – 27 February 1801 |
Special Ambassador, on 25 July 1796 accredited | |
| José Manuel Pinto | 1798 | Official | |
| Diogo de Noronha | 23 July 1798 – 11 November 1798 |
Envoy, on 24 July 1798 accredited | |
| José Maria de Sousa | 20 February 1801 – February 1801 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Miguel Vieira de Abreu | April 1801 – August 1801 |
Agent without position | |
| Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho | July 1801 – August 1801 |
Minister Plenipotentiary to sign the Treaty of Badajoz (1801) | |
| Cipriano Ribeiro Freire (pt) | 13 August 1801 – 5 April 1805 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Aires José Maria de Saldanha Albuquerque (Conde de Ega) (pt) |
May 1805 – 1 November 1807 |
Ambassador, on 10 May 1805 accredited | |
| Pedro de Sousa Holstein | 14 July 1809 – 26 May 1812 |
Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Supreme Central Junta, on 23 July 1809 accredited | |
| Joaquim Severino Gomes | 26 July 1812 – 27 July 1814 |
Chargé d'affaires, accredited to the Cortes of Cádiz | |
| José Luís de Sousa (pt) | 27 July 1814 – 1817 | Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, on 26 April 1820 again accredited | |
| Domingos António de Sousa Coutinho (Conde do Funchal) |
1817 – ? | ||
| António Saldanha da Gama (Conde de Porto Santo) |
12 July 1820 – February 1825 |
Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Joaquim Severino Gomes | 27 July 1821 – 18 December 1821 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Manuel de Castro Pereira (pt) | 2 November 1821 – 2 October 1822 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Joaquim Freire de Andrade Salazar de Eça | 28 September 1822 – ? | Chargé d'affaires, on 1 October 1822 accredited | |
| Jacob Frederico Torlade Pereira de Azambuja | 1823? | Chargé d'affaires | |
| António Saldanha da Gama (Conde de Porto Santo) |
2 January 1824 – February 1825 |
Ambassador | |
| Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real (Conde de Subserra) |
April 1825 – July 1825 |
Ambassador (Embaixador Ordinário) | |
| Joaquim Severino Gomes | July 1825 – 15 August 1826 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Luís de Sousa Botelho Mourão e Vasconcelos (Conde de Vila Real) | 8 September 1826 – 15 November 1829 |
Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| José Guilherme Lima | 9 November 1826 – 4 July 1828 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Conde da Figueira | 27 June 1828 – 1834 |
Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Kingdom of Portugal (1830–1910) | |||
| Alexandre Tomás de Morais Sarmento (Visconde do Banho) (pt) |
1830 | Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Guilherme Lima | 20 March 1830 – 31 July 1833 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Visconde do Banho | 6 March 1834 – 19 December 1834 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Guilherme Lima | 20 December 1834 – 15 May 1837 |
Chargé d'affaires, on 31 December 1834 accredited | |
| Francisco de Almeida Portugal (Conde de Lavradio) (pt) |
1835 | Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Joaquim António Velez Barreiros (Barão da Luz) |
16 April 1837 – 7 November 1837 |
Chargé d'affaires, on 15 May 1837 accredited | |
| José Guilherme Lima | 8 November 1837 – 11 July 1845 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 10 November 1837 accredited | |
| João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun (Duque de Saldanha) | 7 November 1840 – 4 October 1841 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 19 November 1840 accredited | |
| Simão da Silva Ferraz de Lima e Castro (Conde de Rendufe) |
27 March 1846 – 2 November 1846 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 27 March 1846 accredited | |
| António Bernardo da Costa Cabral (Conde de Tomar) |
1 December 1846 – 12 August 1847 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 3 December 1846 accredited | |
| José António Soares Leal (pt) | 13 August 1847 – 24 November 1847 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Vasco Pinto de Sousa Coutinho (Visconde de Balsemão) |
26 November 1847 – 12 April 1848 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Miguel Martins Dantas (pt) | 13 April 1848 – 7 November 1848 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| António Bernardo da Costa Cabral (Conde de Tomar) |
8 November 1848 – 4 May 1851 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 8 November 1848 accredited | |
| Luiz Victorino de Noronha | 27 July 1851 – 5 August 1852 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 29 July 1851 accredited | |
| José Ferreira Borges de Castro | 6 August 1852 – 5 November 1853 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Conde da Azinhaga | 6 November 1853 – 22 October 1856 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 6 November 1853 accredited | |
| Luiz Augusto Pinto de Soveral (Marquês de Soveral) (pt) |
31 January 1857 – 13 July 1866 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 29 February 1857 accredited | |
| António José de Ávila (Conde D’Ávila) |
26 September 1866 – 27 December 1867 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 26 September 1866 accredited | |
| Frederico Francisco de la Figaniére e Mourão (pt) | 27 December 1867 – 10 March 1868 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Visconde de Alte | 10 March 1868 – 16 November 1869 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 14 March 1868 accredited | |
| João de Andrade Corvo | 1869 – 1 June 1870 | Minister Plenipotentiary, on 17 November 1869 accredited | |
| Pedro da Costa de Sousa de Macedo (Conde de Vila Franca do Campo) (pt) |
18 July 1870 – 31 March 1871 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 1 August 1870 accredited | |
| Guilherme Street de Arriaga e Cunha | 31 March 1871 – 18 December 1871 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José da Silva Mendes Leal (pt) | 18 December 1871 – 13 April 1874 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 18 December 1871 accredited | |
| Miguel Martins Dantas | 21 September 1874 – 14 February 1977 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 24 September 1874 accredited | |
| José Maria do Casal Ribeiro (Conde do Casal Ribeiro) (pt) |
20 March 1875 – April 1875 |
Minister Plenipotentiary on a Special Mission, on 22 March 1875 accredited | |
| Joaquim Tomás Lobo de Ávila (Conde de Valbom) (pt) |
15 February 1877 – 2 April 1979 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 15 February 1877 accredited | |
| Guilherme Street de Arriaga e Cunha | 2 April 1979 – 31 July 1879 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Maria do Casal Ribeiro (Conde do Casal Ribeiro) |
31 July 1879 – 1 October 1881 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 18 August 1879 accredited | |
| João de Andrade Corvo | 6 October 1881 – 28 June 1883 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| José da Silva Mendes Leal | 16 August 1883 – 3 July 1886 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 16 August 1883 accredited | |
| José Maria do Casal Ribeiro (Conde do Casal Ribeiro) |
20 November 1886 – 28 September 1891 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 22 November 1886 accredited | |
| Miguel Aleixo António do Carmo de Noronha (Conde de Paraty) (pt) |
16 March 1892 – 15 July 1892 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Manuel de Noronha e Brito de Menezes de Alarcão (Conde de São Miguel) | 15 July 1892 – 27 November 1893 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 16 July 1892 accredited | |
| Henrique de Macedo Pereira Coutinho (Conde de Macedo) (pt) |
4 December 1893 – 18 September 1902 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 14 December 1893 accredited | |
| António Maria Tovar de Lemos Pereira (Conde de Tovar) (pt) |
13 October 1902 – 5 October 1910 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 16 October 1902 accredited | |
| Portugal | |||
| Francisco de Oliveira Calheiros e Menezes | 5 October 1910 – 11 April 1911 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Augusto César de Almeida Vasconcelos Correia | 11 April 1911 – 12 October 1911 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| José Relvas | 19 October 1911 – 13 January 1914 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 30 October 1911 accredited | |
| Armando Navarro | 13 January 1914 – 13 August 1914 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Augusto de Vasconcelos | 13 August 1914 – 3 March 1918 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 29 August 1914 accredited | |
| António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz | 4 March 1918 – 10 October 1918 |
Minister Plenipotentiary | |
| Vasco Francisco Caetano de Quevedo | 10 October 1918 – 15 February 1919 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Manuel Teixeira Gomes | 15 February 1919 – 24 April 1919 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 23 February 1919 accredited | |
| Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa (pt) | 14 May 1919 – 17 May 1921 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 27 May 1919 accredited | |
| Vasco Francisco Caetano de Quevedo | 17 May 1921 – 8 May 1922 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| João Carlos de Melo Barreto (pt) | 8 May 1922 – 19 June 1926 |
Minister Plenipotentiary, on 16 May 1922 accredited | |
| João Carlos de Melo Barreto | 19 June 1926 – 26 January 1935 |
Re-accredited as Ambassador on 14 October 1926; the Legation was elevated to Embassy in June 1926 | |
| José Mendes de Vasconcelos Guimarãe (Riba Tâmega) | 27 January 1935 – 23 December 1936 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Pedro Teotónio Pereira | 18 January 1938 – 16 June 1938 |
Special agent on a special mission with the civil war government of General Franco | |
| Pedro Teotónio Pereira | 16 June 1938 – 10 October 1945 |
Ambassador at the Portuguese Embassy in San Sebastian, on 25 June 1938 accredited | |
| Manuel Antas de Oliveira | 10 October 1945 – 1 April 1946 |
Chargé d'affaires at the Portuguese Embassy reestablished in Madrid | |
| António Faria Carneiro Pacheco (pt) | 1 April 1946 – 19 January 1954 |
Ambassador, on 25 April 1946 accredited | |
| José Nosolini Pinto Osório da Silva Leitão | 21 February 1954 – 4 January 1959 |
Ambassador, on 4 March 1954 accredited | |
| Luis Jorge da Costa | 4 January 1959 – 11 July 1959 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Venâncio Augusto Deslandes (pt) | 11 July 1959 – 11 June 1961 |
Ambassador, on 13 July 1959 accredited | |
| Luis da Câmara Pinto Coelho (pt) | 21 September 1961 – 9 October 1968 |
Ambassador, on 6 October 1961 accredited | |
| Manuel Farrajota Rocheta | 7 December 1868 – 6 August 1974 |
Ambassador, on 19 December 1968 accredited | |
| Amândio Mourão de Mendonça Côrte-Real da Silva Pinto | 6 August 1974 – 2 November 1974 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| José Eduardo de Meneses Rosa | 2 November 1974 – 4 June 1977 |
Ambassador, on 14 November 1974 accredited | |
| Victor José da Costa da Cunha Rego (pt) | 8 June 1977 – 14 December 1979 |
Ambassador, on 21 June 1977 accredited | |
| Manuel Barreiros Martins | 14 December 1979 – 23 April 1980 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| João de Sá Coutinho Rebelo Sotto Maior | 24 April 1980 – 8 March 1984 |
Ambassador, on 21 May 1980 accredited | |
| João Carlos Lopes Cardoso de Freitas Cruz (pt) | 15 March 1984 – 30 December 1984 |
Ambassador, on 26 April 1984 accredited | |
| Gonçalo Aires de Santa Clara Gomes (pt) | 30 December 1984 – 19 February 1985 |
Chargé d'affaires | |
| Fernando José Reino | 19 February 1985 – 21 June 1988 |
Ambassador, on 21 February 1985 accredited | |
| José César Paulouro das Neves | 26 June 1988 – 10 July 1990 |
Ambassador, on 3 July 1988 accredited | |
| Carlos Alberto Soares Simões Coelho | 11 July 1990 – 4 October 1993 |
Ambassador, on 18 September 1990 accredited | |
| Leonardo Charles de Zaffiri Duarte Mathias (pt) | 13 October 1993 – 29 April 1999 |
Ambassador, on 4 November 1993 accredited | |
| António Manuel de Mendonça Martins da Cruz (pt) | 12 May 1999 – 4 April 2002 |
Ambassador, on 22 June 1999 accredited | |
| João da Rosa Lã (de) | 29 July 2002 – 21 October 2004 |
Ambassador | |
| José Filipe Moraes Cabral | 28 October 2004 – 30 October 2008 |
Ambassador | |
| Álvaro José Costa de Mendonça e Moura | 11 November 2008 – 14 April 2013 |
Ambassador | |
| José Tadeu da Costa Soares | 5 April 2013 –14 October 2014 |
Ambassador, on 4 September 2013 accredited | |
| Francisco Pimentel de Mello Ribeiro de Menezes | December 2014 –January 2020 |
Ambassador, on 8 January 2015 accredited | |
| João Mira Gomes | February 2020 –2025 |
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| José Augusto Duarte | since 4 April 2025 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Spain". Portal Diplomático. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ "Embassy of Portugal in Spain". Portal Diplomático. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
- ^ "List of Portuguese Ambassadors in Spain". the Diplomatic Institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2025-12-30.