Ambassador Luís de Almeida Sampaio
Permanent Representative
Dr.ª Manuela Teixeira Pinto
Deputy Permanent Representative
(Deputies Committee - DPRC)
ASSISTANTS
Mrs. Maria José Girão
Assistant
POLITICAL SECTION
Mr. Henrique Azevedo
Consellor
(Political Committee, NRC, NUC, Belarus, Moldova, Iraq, Syria, Counter-terrorism, NATO-EU,
NATO-OSCE, NATO-UN)
Mr. Filipe Ramalho Ortigão
First Secretary
(Secretary of Delegation-CCG, Press Officer, CPD, NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
PCSC/Partnerships/MD/ICI/SPS, NGC, Civil Budget, Libya,NNHQ, Building Integrity, Contributions)
Mr. Guilherme Oliveira
PEPAC-MNE
DEFENCE SECTION
Mr. Vasco Ávila
Defence Counsellor
(DPPC)
Mrs. Maria Sofia Macedo
PEPAC-MNE
MILITARY AFFAIRS, SECURITY AND DEFENCE PROGRAMS
Capitan (N) António Monteiro
Military Counsellor
(Security Officer, IC, RPPB, Military Budget, Alternate Civil Budget, ASB)
Colonel (AF) Luís Morais
Military Counsellor
(AMDC, AVC, OPC/KFOR/Iraq/Syria/AGS, GRPs, , DPPC(R), DCBI, VCC, CS, LC, SEEGROUP, NAEW&FC,
Western Balkans, JISR, Counter-terrorism, Projecting Stability)
Tenant-Colonel (A) João Albuquerque Barroso
Military Counsellor
(CNAD, Missile Defence, NADEF COL, Nuclear and ADN Issues, Afghanistan, OPC/RS, Central and East Asia, Pakistan,
Arms Control, HLTF, AGS, Partnership Interoperability Platform)
Capitan (N) José Azevedo
Military Counsellor
(Cyber-Defence Committee, OPC Maritime, C3B, COEC, CEPC, ASB, UNSCR 1325, EAPC (SALW))
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Mrs. Lurdes Leal Schmitz
(Communications)
maria.leal@mne.pt
Mrs. Maria José Pereira
REGISTRY
Mrs. Isabel Hoffmann
Mr. José Valente da Silva
RESIDENCE ASSISTANTS
Mr. José Perico
Mr. Luís Freitas dos Santos
