Nuno Brito

Nuno Filipe Alves Salvador e Brito GCM (born 5 August 1959) is a Portuguese career diplomat who has served as Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom since 2022. Over a diplomatic career spanning more than four decades, he was also Permanent Representative of Portugal to the European Union (2015–2022) and Ambassador of Portugal to the United States (2011–2015), and held posts at the United Nations and in the office of the Prime Minister of Portugal.

Early life and education Brito was born on 5 August 1959 in Gabela, in what was then Portuguese Angola. He graduated in law (legal sciences) from the University of Lisbon in 1984. On returning to Lisbon, he joined the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1995, and that year became chief of staff to the Secretary of State for Defence, António Vitorino.

Ambassador to the United States Brito was appointed Ambassador of Portugal to the United States, based in Washington, D.C., on 7 February 2011, he presented his credentials on 23 February 2011 and held the post until 4 October 2015. By his own account, his work in Washington centred on bilateral diplomacy and on engagement with the large Portuguese community in the country. He held the role during Portugal's presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2021.

Over his roughly six and a half years leading the Permanent Representation, he took part in around 500 COREPER meetings and more than 50 European Councils, in a period marked by the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic and financial consequences, and the onset of the war in Ukraine. He was succeeded as Permanent Representative by Pedro Lourtie.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom In early 2022, as part of the regular diplomatic rotation, Brito was released from his post in Brussels and appointed Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom, succeeding Manuel Lobo Antunes. He arrived in London in early April 2022 and, on 7 April 2022, presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in a ceremony held remotely but observing the traditional rituals of the British diplomatic corps, including the ambassador's conveyance by royal carriage. Shortly after taking up the post, he took part in the celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2025, Brito made his first official visit to Jersey, where he met government officials and members of the island's resident Portuguese community; the visit included the signing of a new memorandum of understanding extending the provision of Portuguese-language lessons in Jersey schools, delivered by the Camões Institute.

Personal life Brito is married to Rosa Batoréu, also a career diplomat, who has served as Portugal's representative to UNESCO in Paris. Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (Brazil, 25 November 2021)