Foreign relations of Portugal are linked with its historical role as a major player in the Age of Discovery and the holder of the now defunct Portuguese Empire. Portugal is a European Union member country and a founding member of NATO. It is a committed proponent of European integration and transatlantic relations. João Gomes Cravinho is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal.
Paula Jon Dobriansky is an American diplomat,public official,and foreign policy expert who served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001–2009) and the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland (2007–2009). A specialist in Central/East European affairs and the former Soviet Union,trans-Atlantic relations,and political-military affairs,Dobriansky held key senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. presidents.
Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes,better known as Ana Gomes,is a Portuguese former diplomat and politician of the Socialist Party (PS).
Francisco Seixas da Costa,GCC,CMG,is a retired Portuguese diplomat. He was also member of Portuguese governments. He is now consultant in the private sector and media commentator on international affairs.
João Cardona Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese politician. He served,among other positions,as member of the Portuguese Parliament,member of the European Parliament (1989–1994),and as the Portuguese Territory Administration Minister between 1995 and 1999. He is a member of the PS political party. Cravinho has a degree in engineering.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the diplomatic service and combined foreign and defence ministry of the European Union (EU). The EEAS is led by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP),who is also President of the Foreign Affairs Council and vice-president of the European Commission,and carries out the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs,is the Portuguese governmental department responsible for the formulation,coordination,and execution of the foreign policy. The Ministry has its headquarters in the Palácio das Necessidades,in Lisbon. Its current head is the Minister of Foreign Affairs,João Gomes Cravinho. There are three Secretaries of State which are part of the Ministry:Portuguese Communities;Internationalization;and Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
João Vale de Almeida is a former senior European diplomat and Portuguese national.
Maria João RodriguesGOIH is a Portuguese academic and politician who served as Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Group of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) from 2014 until 2019. Since 2017 she is also President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS),succeeding Italian politician Massimo d'Alema.
Carlos Zorrinho is a Portuguese politician and university professor. He has undertaken the positions of Secretary of State,leader of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group at the Portuguese Parliament,and is currently a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the S&D group.
António JoséMartins Seguro is a Portuguese politician for the Socialist Party (PS). Seguro was Secretary General of the PS from 2011 until September 2014,and he was the leader of the largest opposition party in the Portuguese Parliament.
Manuel Lobo AntunesComIH •GCIH •ComM is a career diplomat and former politician who serves as the current Portuguese Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Pedro Manuel Dias de Jesus Marques is a Portuguese politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He is currently the Vice-President for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. He previously served as Secretary of State for Social Security,between 2005 and 2011,and as Minister of Planning and Infrastructure in the government of Prime Minister António Costa,between 2015 and 2019.
Ana Paula Vitorino is a Portuguese politician who most recently served as Minister of Maritime Affairs from 2015 to 2019,in the XXI Constitutional Government. She is a member of the Socialist Party. From 2005 to 2009,Vitorino served as the Secretary of State for Transport. Elected as a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic in the 2019 Portuguese legislative election she resigned in mid-2021,to be replaced by Sofia Andrade.
João Titterington Gomes Cravinho is a Portuguese diplomat and politician who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister António Costa since 2022. Previously,he had served as Minister of National Defence.
Maria Fernanda Rollo is a Portuguese university professor specialising in the history of Portugal in the 20th century and in the history of engineering. She served as Secretary of State for Science,Technology and Higher Education in the XXI Government of Portugal between November 26,2015,and October 17,2018.
João Neves da Fontoura was a Brazilian lawyer,diplomat and politician. He was born in Cachoeira do Sul,Rio Grande do Sul,on 16 November 1887 and died in Rio de Janeiro on 31 March 1963.
