Francisco Ribeiro Telles

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]

His Excellency Francisco Ribeiro Telles
8th Executive Secretary of the Lusophone Commonwealth
In office 1 January 2019 – 17 July 2021
Preceded by	Maria do Carmo Silveira
Succeeded by	Zacarias da Costa
Personal details
Born	(1953-05-10) 10 May 1953 (age 72) Lisbon, Portugal
Alma mater	University of Lisbon

Career

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]

Political offices
Preceded by Maria do Carmo Silveira	Executive Secretary of the CPLP 2019–2021	Succeeded by Zacarias da Costa