Luís de Almeida Sampaio

Ambassador of Portugal

Czechia

Luís de Almeida Sampaio is the Ambassador to Prague since 2019. Prior to that, he was the Permanent Representative of Portugal in the North Atlantic Council, Ambassador in Berlin, Belgrade and Algiers. In 2007, he was the Middle East Peace Process Coordinator for the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union. In 2003-2004 he served as the President of the Portuguese Institute for Development Cooperation. Previously, he was the Political Advisor to the COMSFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Diplomatic Advisor to the Portuguese EC Commissioner and Deputy Director of the Private Office of NATO’s Secretary General. Mr. Sampaio obtained a Law degree from the University of Coimbra.