Portugal–Yugoslavia relations (pt|Relações Portugal–Jugoslávia; Portugalsko-jugoslavenski odnosi|Подругалско-југословенски односи; sl|Odnosi med Portugalsko in Jugoslavijo; mk|Односите Португалија-Југославија) were historical foreign relations between Portugal and the former Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941 and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945–1992). Portugal established diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Serbia on 19 October 1917.[1] with relations continuing with the successor Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Portuguese recognized the government in exile of this state after the German occupation of 1941.[2] The first Portuguese ambassador to Yugoslavia was Fernando Quartin de Oliveira Bastos who arrived in Belgrade in February 1941 with official residence in Bucharest.[3] Relations with the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which took power in 1945 after World War II, were only established in 1974 after the Portuguese Carnation Revolution.[4] [5] This was because of Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar's strict anti-communism. Relations further soured during the Portuguese Colonial War as Yugoslavia provided military and other forms of aid to MPLA and other liberation movements fighting against Portugal.[6] [7] The first permanent Portuguese embassy was opened in Belgrade in July 1977 with Alvaro Manuel Soares Guerra as ambassador.[8]
| Official name | Portuguese Republic | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
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| Capital | Lisbon | Belgrade | |
| Largest city | Lisbon | Belgrade | |
| Population | 10,970,155 | 23,229,846 | |
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic | Socialist republic | |
| Official languages | Portuguese | No official language Serbo-Croatian (de facto state-wide) Slovene (in Slovenia) and Macedonian (in Macedonia) | |
| First leader | Sidonio Pais | Joseph Broz Tito | |
| Last leader | Mario Soares | Milan Pančevski | |
| Religion | Catholic Catholicism (de facto), state atheism (de jure) | Secular state (de jure), state atheism (de facto) | |
| Alliances | EEC, NATO | Non-Aligned Movement |