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His ExcellencyJosé de Bouza SerranoGCIH OIH GCM | |
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Chief of Protocol of Portugal | |
In office 27 October 2008 – 31 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Corte-Real |
Succeeded by | António de Almeida Lima |
Portuguese Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
In office 14 March 2012 – 20 September 2016 | |
President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
Preceded by | Jorge Silva Lopes |
Succeeded by | Rosa Batoréu |
Portuguese Ambassador to Denmark | |
In office 24 November 2004 – 10 October 2008 | |
President | Jorge Sampaio Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
Preceded by | José Freitas Ferraz |
Succeeded by | João Silveira Carvalho |
Personal details | |
Born | José de Bouza Serrano (1950-07-20) 20 July 1950 (age 74) Lisbon, Portugal |
Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
José de Bouza Serrano GCIH OIH GCM (born 20 July 1950) is a Portuguese diplomat.
He earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of Lisbon, and joined the diplomatic career in 1978. He served as the Portuguese Ambassador in Copenhagen (Denmark) from 2004 to 2008, as the (non-resident) Portuguese Ambassador in Vilnius (Lithuania) in 2005, as the country's Chief of Protocol from 2008 to 2012, and as the Portuguese Ambassador in The Hague (Netherlands) from 2012 to 2016.
In 2019, Bouza Serrano sold his 170-piece collection of 17th-to-19th-century Ming and Qing Chinese porcelain to the Orient Foundation; the collection is now on permanent exhibition at the Museum of the Orient, in Lisbon, under the name "The Former Bouza Serrano Collection – The Strength of Fragile Things".
An outspoken monarchist (self-described as a "committed monarchist in the service of the Republic"), in 2023 he was in charge of protocol at the wedding of Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra in Mafra Basilica.
Published works
- O Livro do Protocolo (A Esfera dos Livros, Lisbon, 2011)
- As Famílias Reais dos Nossos Dias: o olhar de um diplomata português (A Esfera dos Livros, Lisbon, 2018)
- A Viúva de Windsor: histórias da História do longo reinado de Isabel II (Oficina do Livro, 2022)
- O Rei Sem-Abrigo: Don Juan Carlos I de Espanha (Oficina do Livro, 2024)
Distinctions
National orders
- Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (26 March 2012)
- Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (22 April 1989)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (30 December 2004)
References
- ^ "Despacho n.º 27444/2008, de 28 de outubro". Diário da República. Presidência do Conselho de Ministros e Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 90/2004, de 24 de novembro". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 94/2008, de 10 de outubro". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 33/2005, de 13 de maio". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 56/2005, de 28 de outubro". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Despacho (extrato) n.º 5398/2012, de 20 de abril". Diário da República. Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - Secretaria-Geral. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 52/2012, de 14 de março". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Decreto do Presidente da República n.º 75/2016, de 12 de setembro". Diário da República. Presidência da República. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- "Permanent Exhibition: "The Former Bouza Serrano Collection – The Strength of Fragile Things"". Fundação Oriente. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- Rodrigues, Mariline Direito (29 June 2021). "José Bouza Serrano: "Sou um monárquico convicto ao serviço da República"" [José Bouza Serrano: "I am a committed monarchist in the service of the Republic"]. Notícias ao Minuto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- Tavares, Isabel (31 October 2023). "De Sócrates a Marcelo e ao casamento da infanta, as gaffes no protocolo de Estado: uma conversa com o embaixador José Bouza Serrano" [From Sócrates to Marcelo and the Infanta's wedding, the gaffes in State Protocol: a conversation with Ambassador José Bouza Serrano]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- Ribeiro, Carla B.; Freitas, Inês Duarte de (6 October 2023). "Maria Francisca e Duarte, os protagonistas da boda "real"" [Maria Francisca and Duarte, the protagonists of the "royal" wedding]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 9 August 2024.