Hon­orary Con­sul for the Re­pub­lic of Por­tu­gal, William Fer­reira, has been re-elect­ed as the Dean of the Con­sular Corps of T&T.

Fer­reira re­ceived the nod as the or­gan­i­sa­tion held its an­nu­al gen­er­al meet­ing at Fur­ness House in Port-of-Spain last Wednes­day.

Promi­nent at­tor­ney-at-law Om Lal­la, who serves as Hon­orary Con­sul for the Re­pub­lic of Slove­nia, and Troy Gar­cia, who serves as Hon­orary Con­sul for the Re­pub­lic of Fin­land, were re-elect­ed as sec­re­tary and trea­sur­er, re­spec­tive­ly.

"The new ex­ec­u­tive has pledged to main­tain and strength­en re­la­tion­ships with­in the Con­sular Corps and all agen­cies, both pri­vate and pub­lic to sup­port on­go­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion," a re­lease from the or­gan­i­sa­tion said.

The or­gan­i­sa­tion rep­re­sents diplo­mats from 32 coun­tries.

Hon­orary Con­suls rep­re­sent the in­ter­ests of their home coun­try in the host coun­try where they are ap­point­ed.

They do so by act­ing as a li­ai­son be­tween the two na­tions while fos­ter­ing diplo­mat­ic, eco­nom­ic and cul­tur­al ties.