BIO

Francisco Ribeiro Telles was appointed Executive Secretary of CPLP in 2018. He started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal in 1983 and served in a number of positions, including the Office of the Prime Minister and the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN in New York. He was twice the consultant/adviser for international relations at the Civil House of the President of the Portuguese Republic. Between 2002 and 2018, he was Portugal’s ambassador to Cape Verde, Angola, Brazil, and Italy. Distinguished with the Portuguese Orders of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Infante D. Henrique and Grand Officer of the Order of Merit, and several foreign orders, Telles holds a degree in history from the Classic University of Lisbon.