Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital
Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital, GOC, GCIH, ComIH is a Portuguese diplomat born on 27 September 1958, São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda. He currently serves as Portuguese Ambassador to the United States and to The Bahamas.[1]
His Excellency Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital | |
|---|---|
| Portuguese Ambassador to the United States | |
| Assumed office 10 September 2015 | |
| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (10 September 2015 – 9 March 2016) |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho (10 September 2015 – 26 November 2015) António Costa (26 November 2015 – Present) |
| Preceded by | Nuno Brito |
| Portuguese Ambassador to The Bahamas | |
| Assumed office 13 March 2017 | |
| President | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (13 March 2017 – Present) |
| Prime Minister | António Costa (13 March 2017 – Present) |
| Permanent Representative of Portugal to the European Union | |
| In office 19 March 2012 – 10 September 2015 | |
| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva (19 March 2012 – 9 March 2016) |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho (19 March 2012 – 10 September 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel Maria Rito de Oliveira Afonso de Fezas Vital |
| Children | 2 |
Career
Ambassador Fezas Vital graduated from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a bachelors in Social and Judicial Sciences. He then studied International Trade at the Free University of Brussels. Shortly after, in 1983, he joined the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he started his diplomatic career as an attaché.[2]
Throughout his diplomatic career Fezas Vital he held posts not only in embassies but also in international organisations to which Portugal is a member, namely the Portuguese Representation for NATO and the Western European Union.
In 1996, three years before transfer of sovereignty over Macau, he was appointed diplomatic adviser to Governor Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira.
After his posting in Macau, Ambassador Fezas Vital returned to Portugal to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until he was appointed Consul General of Portugal in São Paulo in 2000.
In 2010 he was appointed Ambassador and in March 2012 he became the Representative of Portugal to the European Union, a post he held until being posted to the US as Ambassador of Portugal.
Honours
National honours
Commander of the Order of Prince Henry (7 December 1987)[3]
Grand Officer of the Order of Christ (26 March 2012)[3]
Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (9 April 2012)[3]
Foreign honours
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Commander of the Order of Civil Merit, Spain (20 March 1989)[4]
Commander by Number of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain (30 November 2007)[4]_-_Commander_1st_Class_BAR.png.webp)
Commander First Class of the Order of the Polar Star, Sweden (9 May 2008)[4]
Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, Poland (3 March 2009)[4]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany (26 May 2009)[4]
Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Jordan, Jordan (28 May 2009)[4]
Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway (25 September 2009)[4]
Grand Officer of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile (14 July 2010)[4]
Grand Officer of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great, Holy See (3 September 2010)[4]
Grand-Cross of the Civilian Class of the Order pro Merito Melitensi, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (23 November 2010)[4]
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (26 December 2010)[4]
References
- Diário da República
- "Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital" (PDF). Assembleia da República. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Nacionais". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Estrangeiras". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 3 August 2017.