Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Francisco Ribeiro Telles | |
Office: | 8th Executive Secretary of the Lusophone Commonwealth |
Term Start: | 1 January 2019 |
Term End: | 17 July 2021 |
Predecessor: | Maria do Carmo Silveira |
Successor: | Zacarias da Costa |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1953 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Alma Mater: | University of Lisbon |
Francisco Maria de Sousa Ribeiro Telles GCIH • GOM • GCM (born 10 May 1953) is a Portuguese diplomat, who served as the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth, from January 2019 until July 2021.[1]
Telles Ribeiro served as Portuguese Ambassador to Cabo Verde (2002-2006), Portuguese Ambassador to Angola (2007-2012), Portuguese Ambassador to Brazil (2012-2016) and Portuguese Ambassador to Italy (2016-2018).[1]