Francisco Maria de Sousa Ribeiro Telles GCIH • GOM • GCM (born 10 May 1953) is a

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diplomat, who served as the

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of the

Community of Portuguese Language Countries The Community of Portuguese Language Countries ( Portuguese: ''Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa''; abbreviated as the CPLP), also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth (''Comunidade Lusófona''), is an international organization and pol ...

, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from January 2019 until July 2021.CPLP - Francisco Telles Ribeiro
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Career

Telles Ribeiro served as Portuguese Ambassador to

Cabo Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym ...

(2002-2006), Portuguese Ambassador to

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

(2007-2012), Portuguese Ambassador to

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(2012-2016) and Portuguese Ambassador to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

(2016-2018).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ribeiro Telles, Francisco Executive Secretaries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries Living people 1953 births Portuguese diplomats University of Lisbon alumni

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Ambassadors of Portugal to Angola Ambassadors of Portugal to Brazil