Ambassador Pedro Costa Pereira

Born on November 28, 1962, in Luanda, Angola. Three children.

Graduated in International Relations in the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Lisbon Technical University

Post-graduate degree in European Studies in the College of Europe (Bruges)

Assistant in the College of Europe (1986-1988)

Assistant in the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Lisbon Technical University

• Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990
• Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in November 1992
• In the Portuguese Embassy in Paris, in December 1994
• In the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union, in July 1998
• European Affairs Advisor to the Prime-Minister, in August 2002
• Head of Department at the Directorate-General for European Affairs, in August 2004
• Minister-Counsellor in the Portuguese Embassy in Brasilia, in September 2005
• Deputy Director-General at the Directorate General for Foreign Policy, in Lisbon, and National Coordinator for the Ibero-American Conference, in August 2009
• Deputy Permanent Representative in the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the EU, since May 2011.
• Director-General for European Affairs, since October 1st 2014
• Ambassador, since August 2015
• Director-General for Foreign Policy, since July 1st 2017
• Permanent Representative do NATO, since December 9th 2019