Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials
SAUDI ARABIA H.R.H. Prince Bandar Bin Sultan October 24, 1983 Dean of the Diplomatic Corps _______________ DJIBOUTI H.E. Roble Olhaye March 22, 1988 MICRONESIA H.E. Jesse B. Marehalau February 5, 1990 SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES H.E. Kingsley C. A. Layne February 19, 1991 JAMAICA H.E. Richard Leighton Bernal June 11, 1991 ETHIOPIA H.E. Berhane Gebre-Christos April 2, 1992 KUWAIT H.E. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah April 14, 1993 AZERBAIJAN H.E. Hafiz Mir Jalal Pashayev April 14, 1993 SAMOA H.E. Tuiloma Neroni Slade September 3, 1993 GABON H.E. Paul Bunduku-Latha September 3, 1993 GUYANA H.E. Mohammed Ali Odeen Ishmael September 3, 1993 SENEGAL H.E. Mamadou Mansour Seck December 9, 1993 BAHRAIN H.E. Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar February 14, 1994 CAMEROON H.E. Jerome Mendouga June 23, 1994 SWAZILAND H.E. Mary M. Kanya November 21, 1994 BENIN H.E. Lucien Tonoukouin November 21, 1994 GEORGIA H.E. Tedo Japaridze January 30, 1995 GERMANY H.E. Juergen Chrobog May 16, 1995 TANZANIA H.E. Mustafa Salim Nyang'anyi September 15, 1995 MONGOLIA H.E. Jalbuu Choinhor December 12, 1995 MALI H.E. Cheick Oumar Diarrah December 12, 1995 FRANCE H.E. Francois V. Bujon December 12, 1995 ITALY H.E. Ferdinando Salleo February 6, 1996 ANDORRA H.E. Juli Minoves Triquell February 6, 1996 ROMANIA H.E. Mircea Dan Geoana February 6, 1996 PAPUA NEW GUINEA H.E. Nagora Y. Bogan April 30, 1996 SUDAN H.E. Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed April 30, 1996 MARSHALL ISLANDS H.E. Banny De Brum April 30, 1996 FINLAND H.E. Jaakko Laajava April 30, 1996 INDIA H.E. Naresh Chandra April 30, 1996 GRENADA H.E. Denis G. Antoine July 29, 1996 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA H.E. Lionel A. Hurst July 29, 1996 GUINEA H.E. Mohamed Aly Thiam July 29, 1996 MOZAMBIQUE H.E. Marcos G. Namashulua July 29, 1996 NORWAY H.E. Tom Eric Vraalsen July 29, 1996 SINGAPORE H.E. Heng-Chee Chan July 29, 1996 BURMA H.E. Tin Winn October 9, 1996 UGANDA H.E. Edith Grace Ssempala October 9, 1996 UZBEKISTAN H.E. Sodiq Safaev October 9, 1996 SIERRA LEONE H.E. John Ernest Leigh October 9, 1996 KYRGYZSTAN H.E. Baktybek Abdrissaev February 11, 1997 BANGLADESH H.E. K M Shehabuddin February 11, 1997 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM H.E. Pengiran Anak Dato Puteh May 14, 1997 CZECH H.E. Alexandr Vondra May 14, 1997 SWITZERLAND H.E. Alfred Defago May 14, 1997 BELARUS H.E. Valery V. Tsepkalo May 14, 1997 NIGER H.E. Joseph Diatta May 14, 1997 VIETNAM H.E. Bang Le May 14, 1997 JORDAN H.E. Marwan Jamil Muasher September 8, 1997 ERITREA H.E. Semere Russom September 8, 1997 YEMEN H.E. Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri September 8, 1997 EL SALVADOR H.E. Rene A. Leon September 8, 1997 IRELAND H.E. Sean O'Huiginn September 8, 1997 PALAU H.E. Hersey Kyota November 12, 1997 LITHUANIA H.E. Stasys Sakalauskas November 12, 1997 NETHERLANDS H.E. Joris M. Vos November 12, 1997 SRI LANKA H.E. Warnasena Rasaputram November 12, 1997 UNITED KINGDOM H.E. Christopher Meyer November 12, 1997 GHANA H.E. Kobina Arthur Koomson November 12, 1997 ALBANIA H.E. Petrit Bushati March 16, 1998 BURKINA FASO H.E. Bruno Zidouemba March 16, 1998 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO H.E.Michael Arneaud March 16, 1998 ICELAND H.E. Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson March 16, 1998 INDONESIA H.E. Dorodjatun Kuntjoro Jakti March 16, 1998 DOMINICA H.E. Nicholas J. O. Liverpool March 16, 1998 CHINA H.E. LI Zhao Xing March 16, 1998 SEYCHELLES H.E. Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel March 16, 1998 TURKEY H.E. Baki Ilkin May 27, 1998 TOGO H.E. Akoussoulelou Bodjona May 27, 1998 COSTA RICA H.E. Jaime Daremblum May 27, 1998 NEW ZEALAND H.E. James B. Bolger September 10, 1998 GREECE H.E. Alexandre Philon September 10, 1998 LAOS H.E. Vang Rattanavong September 10, 1998 LUXEMBOURG H.E. Arlette Conzemius September 10, 1998 GUINEA BISSAU H.E. Mario Lopes da Rosa September 10, 1998 SAINT LUCIA H.E. Sonia Merlyn Johnny September 10, 1998 BULGARIA H.E.Philip Dimitrov September 10, 1998 CYPRUS H.E. Erato Kozakou Marcoullis September 10, 1998 NEPAL H.E. Damodar Prasad Gautam September 10, 1998 BELGIUM H.E. Alex Reyn September 10, 1998 HUNGARY H.E. Geza Jeszenszky October 27, 1998 COLOMBIA H.E. Luis Alberto Moreno October 27, 1998 CAPE VERDE H.E. Amilcar Spencer Lopes. October 27, 1998 ECUADOR H.E. Ivonne A-Baki January 21, 1999 CHAD H.E. Hassaballah Ahmat Soubiane January 21, 1999 MOLDOVA H.E. Ceslav Ciobanu January 21, 1999 BURUNDI H.E. Thomas Ndikumana January 21, 1999 MADAGASCAR H.E. Zina Andrianarivelo R. January 21, 1999 HOLY SEE H.E. The Most Reverend Gabriele Montalvo January 21, 1999 RUSSIA H.E. Yury V. Ushakov January 21, 1999 SLOVAKIA H.E. Martin Butora April 19, 1999 SOUTH AFRICA H.E. Makate Sheila Sisulu April 19, 1999 MALAYSIA H.E. Sheikh Abdul Khalid Ghazzali April 19, 1999 LEBANON H.E. Farid Abboud April 19, 1999 NAMIBIA H.E. Leonard Nangolo Iipumbu April 19, 1999 VENEZUELA H.E. Alfredo Toro Hardy April 19, 1999 AUSTRIA H.E. Peter Moser April 19, 1999 RWANDA H.E. Richard Sezibera August 10, 1999 HONDURAS H.E. Hugo Noe Pino August 10, 1999 PORTUGAL H.E. Joao Rocha Paris August 10, 1999 BRAZIL H.E. Rubens Barbosa August 10, 1999 MALTA H.E. George Saliba August 10, 1999 PHILIPPINES H.E. Ernesto M. Maceda August 10, 1999 PERU H.E. Alfonso Rivero August 10, 1999 LESOTHO H.E. Lebohang K. Moleko November 29, 1999 CAMBODIA H.E. Roland Eng November 29, 1999 ZIMBABWE H.E. Simbi Veke Mubako November 29, 1999 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC H.E. Roberto B. Saladin Selin November 29, 1999 PANAMA H.E. Guillermo Alfredo Ford Boyd November 29, 1999 EGYPT H.E. M. Nabil Fahmy November 29, 1999 JAPAN H.E. Shunji Yanai November 29, 1999 NIGERIA H.E. Jibril Muhammed Aminu November 29, 1999 ARMENIA H.E. Arman Kirakossian February 3, 2000 PAKISTAN H.E. Maleeha Lodhi February 3, 2000 CONGO, D.R. OF H.E. Faida Mitifu February 3, 2000 ALGERIA H.E. Idriss Jazairy February 3, 2000 ISRAEL H.E. David Ivry February 3, 2000 MALAWI H.E. Tony Kandiero February 3, 2000 ARGENTINA H.E. Guillermo Enrique Gonzalez February 3, 2000 GAMBIA H.E. John Paul Bojang February 3, 2000 AUSTRALIA H.E. Michael J. Thawley February 3, 2000 UKRAINE H.E. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko February 3, 2000 BOLIVIA H.E. Marlene Fernandez Del Granado June 14, 2000 BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA H.E. Igor Davidovic June 14, 2000 ESTONIA H.E. Sven Jurgenson June 14, 2000 LATVIA H.E. Aivis Ronis June 14, 2000 THAILAND H.E. Tej Bunnag June 14, 2000 GUATEMALA H.E. Ariel Rivera Irias June 14, 2000 URUGUAY H.E. Hugo Fernandez Faingold June 14, 2000 DENMARK H.E. Ulrik Andreas Federspiel June 14, 2000 BAHAMAS H.E. Joshua Sears June 14, 2000 MOROCCO H.E. Abdallah El Maaroufi June 14, 2000 LIBERIA H.E. William V.S. Bull June 14, 2000 SLOVENIA H.E. Davorin Kracun September 5, 2000 BOTSWANA H.E. Kgosi Seepapitso, IV September 5, 2000 CHILE H.E. Andres Bianchi September 5, 2000 TONGA H.E. Sonatane Tua Taumoepeau Tupou September 5, 2000 ZAMBIA H.E. Atan Shansonga September 5, 2000 KENYA H.E. Yusef A. Nzibo September 5, 2000 POLAND H.E. Przemyslaw Grudzinski September 5, 2000 EQUATORIAL GUINEA H.E. Teodoro Biyogo Nsuea September 5, 2000 SPAIN H.E. Javier Ruperez September 5, 2000 PARAGUAY H.E. Leila Teresa Rachid Cowles September 5, 2000 KOREA H.E. Sung Chul Yang September 5, 2000 QATAR H.E. Bader Omar Al Dafa September 5, 2000 SWEDEN H.E. Jan Eliasson September 5, 2000 MAURITANIA H.E. Mohamed Said Ould Hamody October 19, 2000 CANADA H.E.Michael Federick Kergin October 19, 2000 TUNISIA H.E. Hatem Atallah October 19, 2000 BARBADOS H.E. Michael Ian King December 7, 2000 OMAN H.E. Mohamed Ali Al Khusaiby December 7, 2000 LIECHTENSTEIN H.E. Claudia Fritsche December 7, 2000 BELIZE H.E. Lisa M. Shoman December 7, 2000 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES H.E. Alasri Saeed Aldhahri December 7, 2000 NICARAGUA H.E.Alfonso Raul Ortega Urbina October 19, 2000 COTE D'IVOIRE H.E.Youssoufou Bamba appt. October 10, 2000 CROATIA H.E. Ivan Grdesic appt. December 12, 2000 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC H.E. Emmanuel Touabov appt. January 10, 2001 MEXICO H.E.Juan Jose Bremer Martino appt. January 18, 2001 YUGOSLAVIA H.E. Milan St. Protic appt. January 18, 2001 KAZAKHSTAN H.E. Kanat Saudabavev appt. January 24, 2001 _______________ EUROPEAN UNION H.E. Guenter Burghardt February 3, 2000 _______________ HAITI T.H. Louis Harold Joseph, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim December 18, 1997 CONGO, R. of T.H. Serge Mombouli, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim February 9, 1998 SYRIA T.H. Rostom Al Zoubi, Minister Charg? d'Affaires ad interim January 27, 2000 SOLOMON ISLANDS Mr. Jeremiah Manele, Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim February 24, 2000 FIJI Mr. Maheshwar Rao, First Secretary Charg? d'Affaires ad interim September 14, 2000 MACEDONIA T.H. Goce Georgievski, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim September 16, 2000 TURKMENISTAN T.H. Chary Oraz Annaberdyev, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim September 25, 2000 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS T.H. Kevin M. Isaac, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim November 2, 2000 MAURITIUS T.H. Somduth Soborun, Minister-Counselor Charg? d'Affaires ad interim December 30, 2000 SURINAME Mr. Henry Leonard MacDonald, Second Secretary Charg? d'Affaires ad interim January 1, 2001 ANGOLA Mr. Matias Bertino Matondo, First Secretary Charg? d'Affaires ad interim January 21, 2001
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