List of ambassadors of Portugal to China
The Portuguese ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Lisbon to the Government of the People's Republic of China .
History
List of representatives
Diplomatic agrément
Diplomatic accreditation
Ambassador
Observations
Residence
List of heads of state of Portugal
Emperor of China
Term end
May 18, 1727
May 28, 1727
Alexandre Metelo de Sousa e Meneses
Embaixador
Bangkok
Peter III of Portugal
Yongzheng Emperor
July 16, 1727
May 1, 1753
Francisco Xavier Assis Pacheco e Sampaio Melo
Ministro Plenipotenciário
Bangkok
Peter III of Portugal
Qianlong Emperor
June 8, 1753
January 1, 1862
José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
Minister Plenipotentiary: resident in Macao , accredited in Japan and Siam . Between 1862 and 1902, diplomatic representatives of Portugal in China combine their functions with those of Governor of Macao and Timorese. (Lista de governadores de Macau [pt ] )
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
March 18, 1902
December 3, 1862
Visconde da Praia Grande de Macau
Legation to China, Japan and Siam .
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
April 22, 1863
April 22, 1863
José Rodrigues Coelho do Amaral
Legation to China, Japan and Siam .
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
August 14, 1866
October 26, 1866
José Maria da Ponte e Horta
Legation to China, Japan and Siam .
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
June 3, 1868
August 3, 1868
António Sérgio de Sousa
Legation to China, Japan and Siam .
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
January 27, 1872
February 27, 1872
Visconde de S. Januário
Legation to China, Japan and Siam .
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
September 16, 1875
January 1, 1874
Januário Correia de Almeida
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
September 16, 1875
José Maria Lobo D'Ávila
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
September 27, 1876
September 27, 1876
Visconde de Paço de Arcos
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
September 25, 1878
November 27, 1879
Joaquim José da Graça [pt ]
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
March 8, 1883
May 23, 1883
Tomás de Sousa Rosa
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
July 25, 1886
January 26, 1887
Firmino José da Costa
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
April 28, 1887
Tomás de Sousa Rosa
Missão Especial
non resident
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
November 5, 1887
João José da Silva
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Luís I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
February 5, 1889
Francisco Teixeira da Silva
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
March 31, 1890
April 2, 1890
Coronel Francisco Augusto Ferreira da Silva
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
October 28, 1890
October 28, 1890
Custódio Miguel Borja
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
April 15, 1891
Custódio Miguel Borja
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
December 23, 1893
March 24, 1894
José de Sousa Horta e Costa
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
February 11, 1897
May 12, 1897
Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
July 5, 1900
August 13, 1900
José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
October 10, 1902
January 24, 1902
January 23, 1902
José de Azevedo Castelo Branco [pt ]
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
August 10, 1903
October 20, 1903
February 21, 1904
José de Azevedo Castelo Branco [pt ]
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
November 19, 1904
November 19, 1904
Gabriel de Almeida Santos
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
March 2, 1905
Ignácio de Costa Duarte
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
December 2, 1907
Martinho Teixeira Homem de Brederode
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
April 25, 1908
December 2, 1907
Gabriel de Almeida Santos
Chargé d'affaires
Bangkok
Carlos I of Portugal
Empress Dowager Cixi
January 1, 2006
April 25, 1908
April 25, 1908
Barão de Sendal
also accredited in Bangkok and Tokyo.
Beijing
Manuel II of Portugal
Puyi
October 7, 1910
September 30, 1911
Henrique O'Connor Martins
Chargé d'affaires
Beijing
Manuel José de Arriaga
Puyi
May 19, 1913
Diplomatic agrément
Diplomatic accreditation
Ambassador
Observations
Residence
List of heads of state of Portugal
List of premiers of China
Term end
January 10, 1913
January 20, 1914
José Batalha de Freitas
*In 1919 the legation was transferred to Bangkok .
Beijing
Manuel José de Arriaga
Xiong Xiling
March 13, 1925
September 25, 1925
October 8, 1925
João António de Bianchi
Beijing
Bernardino Machado
Xu Shiying
March 25, 1929
March 25, 1929
March 31, 1930
Luís Esteves Fernandes
Chargé d'affaires
Nanjing
António de Oliveira Salazar
Tan Yankai
January 6, 1931
January 6, 1931
December 30, 1930
Armando Navarro
*In 1937 the legation was transferred to Shanghai .
Nanjing
António de Oliveira Salazar
Chiang Kai-shek
February 7, 1938
July 11, 1938
João Maria da Silva Lebre e Lima
Ministro Plenipotenciário
Shanghai
António de Oliveira Salazar
H. H. Kung
October 16, 1945
October 11, 1946
João de Barros Ferreira da Fonseca [de ]
[ 4]
Nanjing
António de Oliveira Salazar
Chiang Kai-shek
November 1, 1949
June 11, 1946
Joao Rodrigues Simoes Affra
Chargé d'affaires
Nanjing
António de Oliveira Salazar
Chiang Kai-shek
December 18, 1950
April 19, 1979
April 26, 1979
João de Deus Pereira Bramão Ramos
Encarregado de Negócios
Beijing
António Ramalho Eanes
Hua Guofeng
September 10, 1979
September 10, 1979
September 19, 1979
António Eduardo de carvalho Ressano Garcia
[ 5]
Beijing
António Ramalho Eanes
Hua Guofeng
July 13, 1982
June 3, 1982
June 8, 1982
António Leal da Costa Lobo
Beijing
António Ramalho Eanes
Zhao Ziyang
June 1, 1985
August 10, 1985
August 19, 1985
Octávio Neto Valério
1961: Mr. Nyerere stated in the National Assembly that recognition accorded to the Portuguese Consul-General, Senhor Octavio Neto Valerio, to be Consul-General for Portugal in Tanganyika had been revoked from October 17.[ 6]
Beijing
António Ramalho Eanes
Zhao Ziyang
August 31, 1989
September 24, 1989
September 29, 1989
José Manuel Peixoto de Vilas Boas de Vasconcelos Faria
Beijing
Mário Soares
Li Peng
October 30, 1993
October 13, 1993
November 15, 1993
José Manuel Duarte de Jesus
[ 7]
Beijing
Mário Soares
Li Peng
April 6, 1997
April 6, 1997
April 15, 1997
Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino
[ 8]
Beijing
Jorge Sampaio
Li Peng
September 28, 2002
October 7, 2002
António Nunes de Carvalho Santana Carlos
[ 9]
Beijing
Jorge Sampaio
Zhu Rongji
October 1, 2006
October 2, 2006
Rui Quartin-Santos
[ 10]
Beijing
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Wen Jiabao
May 6, 2010
May 8, 2010
July 30, 2010
José Tadeu da Costa Soares
Beijing
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Wen Jiabao
April 22, 2013
Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira
10th Portuguese ambassador in Beijing[ 11]
Beijing
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
Li Keqiang
[ 12]
References
^ Ta Chen, Chinese Migrations, with Special Reference to Labor Conditions, p. 40
^ Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman JohnsonThe Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, p. 563
^ Edited by David Shambaugh, Eberhard Sandschneider, Zhou Hong, China-Europe Relations: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects, p. 86
^ João de Barros Ferreira da Fonseca
^ António Eduardo de carvalho Ressano Garcia
^ Octávio Neto Valério
^ José Manuel Duarte de Jesus
^ Pedro Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino
^ António Nunes de Carvalho Santana Carlos
^ Rui Quartin-Santos
^ Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira
^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) , [1] , Acesso - Instituto Diplomático -"Anexos 1. Diplomatas Portugueses acreditados na China de 1902 a 1997 (Ministros Plenipotenciários e Encarregados de Negócio)" p. 260 , A NORMALIZAÇÃO DAS Moisés Silva Fernande, RELAÇÕES LUSO-CHINESAS E A QUESTÃO DA RETROCESSÃO DE MACAU À CHINA, 1974-1979 published by the
Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Luso Chinesa [pt ] , [2]
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