Consular missions in Macau
There are 15consular missions in Macau,of which three areconsulates-general,two is a consular office and ten arehonorary consuls.[1]
Fifty consulates-general and seven honorary consulates in theHong Kong Special Administrative Regionare also accredited toMacau.Of the nine honorary consulates in Macau, two are subordinate to consulates-general in Hong Kong.
The honorary consulate of Portugal in Hong Kong is subordinate to the consulate-general of Portugal in Macau.
History[edit]
When Macau was underPortuguese rule,there was a Brazilian consul but was closed shortly afterwards.[2]During theSecond World War,when Macau was under Portuguese rule, there was a British consul,John Pownall Reeves,who served between June 1941 and August 1946.[3]He remained there following thefallofBritish-ruled Hong Kongto theJapanese,asPortugalwas neutral, helping 9,000British subjectswho had become refugees from theJapanese-occupiedcolony.[4]
The British consulate, which also operated a Hong Kong Government Permit Office, was maintained in Macau until 1967, when, followingpolitical unrest the previous December,it was targeted by pro-Communistdemonstrators who attempted to make the consul,Norman Ions,repeat anti-British and anti-Portuguese slogans, before it was evacuated and closed.[5]
Consulates-general[edit]
Consular office[edit]
Honorary consulates[edit]
Cape Verde[11]
East Timor[12]
Estonia[13]
Grenada
Guinea[14]
Guinea-Bissau[15]
Mali[16]
Niger[17]
Peru[18]
Tanzania[19]
Consular posts with residence in Hong Kong[edit]
- A
- B
- C
Cambodia– consulate general[26]
Canada–consulate general[27]
Chile– consulate general[28]
Colombia– consulate general[28]
Cyprus[1]
Czech Republic– consulate general[29]
- E
Egypt– consulate general[30]
Eritrea– honorary consulate[1]
Ethiopia– honorary consulate[1]
European Union– Office of the European Commission[31]
- F
- G
- H
- I
India– consulate general[37]
Indonesia– consulate general[38]
Iran– consulate general[39]
Ireland– consulate general†[40]
Israel– consulate general[41]
Italy– consulate general[42]
- J
- K
Kazakhstan– consulate general[44]
Kenya– honorary consulate[1]
South Korea–consulate general[45]
- L
- M
- N
Namibia– honorary consulate[1]
Nepal– consulate general[50]
Netherlands– consulate general[51]
New Zealand– consulate general[52]
Nigeria– consulate general[53]
Norway– honorary consulate[54]
- P
- R
- S
Saudi Arabia– consulate general[60]
Singapore– consulate general[61]
South Africa– consulate general[62]
Spain– consulate general[63]
Sri Lanka– honorary consulate[1]
Sweden–consulate general[64]
Switzerland– consulate general[65]
- T
- U
United Kingdom–consulate-general[68]
United States–consulate general[69]
Uruguay– honorary consulate[1]
- V
Countries without missions[edit]
The following countries, which have diplomatic relations with thePeople's Republic of China,do not presently have representation in either Macau or Hong Kong, but have proposed establishing consulates:
The following countries, which have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, do not have consulates in Hong Kong or Macau, but has non-resident mission in other countries:
Relations with Mainland China[edit]
TheLiaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Regionis the representative office of thecentral government of the People's Republic of Chinain Macau. It was established on September 21, 1987 asa branch of Xinhua News Agency.[76]It adopted its present name on January 18, 2000.[77]
Relations with Taiwan[edit]
TheTaipei Economic and Cultural Office,known as theTaipei Trade and Tourism Office in Macaubetween 1989 and 1999 and theTaipei Economic and Cultural Center in Macaubetween 1999 and 2011, is ade factomissionof theRepublic of Chinain Macau.[78]
See also[edit]
- Foreign relations of Macau
- Consular missions in Hong Kong
- Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region
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