| Office1: | Ambassador of Angola to the UN |
| Term End1: | 1988 |
| Successor1: | Manuel Pedro Pacavira |
| Office2: | Ambassador of Angola to the UK |
| Term Start2: | 1988 |
| Term End2: | 1989 |
| Successor2: | Luís Neto Kiambata |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Angola to France |
| Term Start3: | 1989 |
| Term End3: | 1992 |
| Predecessor3: | Luís José de Almeida |
| Successor3: | Boaventura Cardoso |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Angola to Singapore and Indonesia |
| Term Start4: | 2002 |
| Term End4: | 2006 |
| Predecessor4: | Position established |
| Successor4: | Flávio S.C. Fonseca |
| Nationality: | Angolan |
| Party: | MPLA |
Elísio de Figueiredo served as the first ambassador of Angola to the United Nations from 1976 to 1988 as well as the Minister of Industry.
On 16 March 1979, de Figueiredo, in his letter to the United Nations, requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the question of South Africa's continuous acts of aggression in Angola.[1]