Francisco António Duarte Lopes, 59, has been appointed the new Ambassador of Portugal in Washington. A career diplomat, he has served as permanent representative of Portugal to the United Nations (UN) since 2017.
He replaces Nuno F. Alves Salvador E. Brito who became Ambassador of Portugal to the United States in 2011.
Prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations , Ambassador Mr. Duarte Lopes served at Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon, where he was promoted to the rank of Ambassador in December 2015. He had previously assumed the rank of Political Director in July 2014. He was Director-General for European Affairs from January 2012 and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for European Affairs from June 2011 to January 2012. From October 2009 until June 2011, he was the diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister.
From August 2005 to September 2009, Ambassador Duarte Lopes was the coordinator at Portugal’s Permanent Representation to the European Union, where he was previously Counsellor in charge of Institutional Affairs. From 2003 to 2004, he was Director for Institutional Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Prior to that he served as an adviser to the Secretary of State for European Union Affairs from 2002 to 2003.
He also headed the Ministry’s Human Resources Section between 2000 and 2002 and served as Chargé d’affaires at Portugal’s Embassy in Denmark from 1995 to 200.
Born in Castelo Branco, Portugal, Ambassador Duarte Lopes holds a law degree from the Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa. He began his professional service as an attaché in the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Section in 1989, before being posted to Pakistan from 1993 to 1995.
The Embassy of Portugal in Washington , D.C. is located at 2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW and can be contacted by telephone on 202 35 054 00 as well as by email info@embassyportugal-us.org.
Born in Angola, prior to his appointment as Ambassador of Portugal in Washington, Nuno F. Alves Salvador E. Brito was Director General for European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Co-Chair of the Luso-Spanish Commission for Trans-border Cooperation, Counselor of the Portuguese Economic and Social Council, Political Director at Portugal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Co-Chair of the U.S.-Portuguese Standing Bilateral Commission. Past experiences also include service in the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993), Chief of the Cabinet of the Secretary of Defense (1995), Deputy Permanent Representative of Portugal at the United Nations (1999), and Principal Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister (2005). Brito joined Portugal’s Diplomatic Service in March 1984. He previously served at the Portuguese Embassy in Washington, DC in 1987. He obtained a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon.
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