title: Francisco Ribeiro Telles
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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).
  
  Political offices :
  
  | Preceded byMaria do Carmo Silveira | Executive Secretary of the CPLP 2019–2021 | Succeeded byZacarias da Costa |
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