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 Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the ...

to the

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and Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Portuguese Embassy is located at 11 Belgrave Square,

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. The current ambassador is Manuel Lobo Antunes,''The Times'' - Court Circular, 30 November: "His Excellency Mr Manuel Lobo Antunes was received in audience by The Queen and presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own Letters of Credence as Ambassador from the Portuguese Republic to the Court of St James's."
/ref> who succeeded João de Vallera in 2016.

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

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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...