NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein.
| The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date. This site is not updated so external links may no longer function. Contact us with any questions about finding information. NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. |
This publication contains the names of the members of the diplomatic staffs of all missions and their spouses. Members of the diplomatic staff are the members of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank. These persons, with the exception of those identified by asterisks, enjoy full immunity under provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Pertinent provisions of the Convention include the following:
Article 29
The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity.
Article 31
A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of:
(a) a real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission;
(b) an action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State;
(c) an action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside of his official functions.
A diplomatic agent's family members are entitled to the same immunities unless they are United States nationals. ASTERISKS (**) IDENTIFY UNITED STATES NATIONALS
NOTE: The information contained herein was compiled as of December 31, 1997. The names are not in protocol order of precedence.
Changes occur daily. The status of personnel listed in this publication should be verified with the Office of Protocol.
January 1 Haiti, Sudan January 4 Burma January 26 Australia, India February 4 Sri Lanka February 6 New Zealand February 7 Grenada February 16 Lithuania February 18 The Gambia February 22 Saint Lucia February 23 Brunei, Guyana February 24 Estonia February 25 Kuwait February 27 Dominican Republic March 3 Bulgaria, Morocco March 6 Ghana March 12 Gabon, Mauritius March 17 Ireland March 20 Tunisia March 21 Namibia March 23 Pakistan March 25 Greece March 26 Bangladesh April 4 Senegal April 16 Denmark April 17 Syria April 18 Zimbabwe April 26 Tanzania April 27 Sierra Leone, Togo April 27 South Africa April 30 Netherlands May 1 Marshall Islands May 3 Poland May 8 Czech Republic May 9 European Communities May 12 Israel May 14 Paraguay May 17 Norway May 20 Cameroon May 22 Yemen May 24 Eritrea May 25 Argentina, Jordan May 26 Great Britain May 28 Ethiopia June 1 Tunisia, Samoa June 2 Italy June 4 Tonga June 6 Sweden June 10 Portugal June 12 Philippines, Russia June 17 Iceland June 18 Seychelles June 23 Luxembourg June 25 Mozambique, Slovenia June 26 Madagascar June 27 Djibouti June 30 D. R. of Congo July 1 Burundi, Canada, Rwanda July 5 Cape Verde, Venezuela July 6 Comoros, Malawi July 7 Solomon Islands July 9 Palau July 10 Bahamas July 11,12, and 13 Mongolia July 14 France July 20 Colombia July 21 Belgium July 23 Egypt July 26 Liberia July 28 Peru August 1 Benin, Switzerland August 5 Jamaica August 6 Bolivia August 7 Cote d'Ivoire August 9 Singapore August 10 Ecuador August 11 Chad August 15 R. of Congo, Korea August 17 Indonesia August 19 Afghanistan August 20 Hungary August 24 Ukraine August 25 Uruguay August 31 Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago September 1 Uzbekistan September 3 Qatar September 6 Swaziland September 7 Brazil September 15 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua September 16 Mexico, Papua New Guinea September 18 Chile September 19 Saint Kitts and Nevis September 21 Belize, Malta September 22 Mali September 23 Saudi Arabia September 24 Guinea-Bissau September 30 Botswana October 1 Cyprus, Nigeria, Palau People's Republic of China October 2 Guinea October 3 Germany October 4 Lesotho October 9 Uganda October 10 Fiji October 12 Spain, Equatorial Guinea October 22 Holy See October 24 Zambia October 25 Kazakhstan October 26 Austria October 27 Turkmenistan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines October 28 Czech Republic October 29 Turkey November 1 Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda November 3 Panama, Dominica November 11 Angola November 18 Latvia, Oman November 19 Monaco November 22 Lebanon November 25 Suriname November 28 Mauritania November 30 Barbados December 1 Central African Republic, Romania December 2 Laos, United Arab Emirates December 5 Thailand December 6 Finland December 11 Burkina Faso December 12 Kenya December 16 Bahrain December 18 Niger December 23 Japan December 28 Nepal
Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of CredentialsSAUDI ARABIA
H.R.H. Prince Bandar Bin Sultan October 24, 1983
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
_______________
DJIBOUTI
H.E. Roble Olhaye March 22, 1988
TURKEY
H.E. Nuzhet Kandemir August 14, 1989
MICRONESIA
H.E. Jesse B. Marehalau February 5, 1990
SYRIA
H.E. Walid Al-Moualem August 7, 1990
HOLY SEE
H.E. The Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan October 24, 1990
SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
H.E. Kingsley C.A. Layne February 19, 1991
JAMAICA
H.E. Richard Leighton Bernal June 11, 1991
LUXEMBOURG
H.E. Alphonse Berns November 25, 1991
ETHIOPIA
H.E. Berhane Gebre-Christos April 2, 1992
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Mohammad Bin Hussein Al-Shaali September 8, 1992
EGYPT
H.E. Ahmed Maher El Sayed September 8, 1992
ZAMBIA
H.E. Dunstan Weston Kamana September 8, 1992
LAOS
H.E. Hiem Phommachanh November 18, 1992
PERU
H.E. Ricardo V. Luna April 14, 1993
KUWAIT
H.E. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah April 14, 1993
LATVIA
H.E. Ojars Eriks Kalnins April 14, 1993
AUSTRIA
H.E. Helmut Tuerk April 14, 1993
AZERBAIJAN
H.E. Hafiz Mir Jalal Pashayev April 14, 1993
ARMENIA
H.E. Rouben Robert Shugarian June 11, 1993
ZIMBABWE
H.E. Amos Benard Muvengwa Midzi June 11, 1993
MOROCCO
H.E. Mohamed Benaissa June 23, 1993
CHINA
H.E. LI Daoyu June 23, 1993
SAMOA
H.E. Tuiloma Neroni Slade September 3, 1993
GREECE
H.E. Loucas Tsilas September 3, 1993
GABON
H.E. Paul Boundoukou-Latha September 3, 1993
PHILIPPINES
H.E. Raul Chaves Rabe September 3, 1993
GUYANA
H.E. Mohammed Ali Odeen Ishmael September 3, 1993
SENEGAL
H.E. Mamadou Mansour Seck December 9, 1993
BRAZIL
H.E. Paulo-Tarso Flecha de Lima December 9, 1993
MOLDOVA
H.E. Nicolae Tau December 9, 1993
BAHRAIN
H.E. Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar February 14, 1994
CANADA
H.E. Raymond A. J. Chretien February 14, 1994
SLOVAKIA
H.E. Branislav Lichardus June 23, 1994
CAMEROON
H.E. Jerome Mendouga June 23, 1994
TURKMENISTAN
H.E. Halil Ugur June 23, 1994
NEW ZEALAND
H.E. L. John Wood June 23, 1994
COTE D'IVOIRE
H.E. Koffi Moise Koumoue June 23, 1994
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
H.E. Sven Alkalaj June 23, 1994
POLAND
H.E. Jerzy Kozminski June 23, 1994
HONDURAS
H.E. Roberto Flores Bermudez August 11, 1994
BULGARIA
H.E. Snejana Damianova Botoucharova August 11, 1994
VENEZUELA
H.E. Pedro Luis Echeverria August 11, 1994
CHILE
H.E. John Biehl August 11, 1994
RUSSIA
H.E. Yuli M. Vorontsov August 11, 1994
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
H.E. Henry Koba November 21, 994
BELGIUM
H.E. Andre Adam November 21, 1994
SWAZILAND
H.E. Mary M. Kanya November 21, 1994
HUNGARY
H.E. Gyorgy Banlaki November 21, 1994
BENIN
H.E. Lucien Tonoukouin November 21, 1994
UKRAINE
H.E. Yuriy M. Shcherbak November 21, 1994
TOGO
H.E. Kossivi Osseyi November 21, 1994
LESOTHO
H.E. Eunice M. Bulane January 30, 1995
GEORGIA
H.E. Tedo Japaridze January 30, 1995
OMAN
H.E. Abdulla Moh'd Aqeel Al-Dhahab March 20, 1995
PARAGUAY
H.E. Jorge G. Prieto March 20, 1995
SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. Franklin Sonn March 20. 1995
CHAD
H.E. Ahmat Mahamat-Saleh March 20, 1995
KOREA
H.E. Kun Woo Park March 20, 1995
BARBADOS
H.E. Courtney N. Blackman March 20, 1995
MALAWI
H.E. Willie Chokani March 20, 1995
PORTUGAL
H.E. Fernando Antonio Andresen Guimaraes May 16, 1995
GERMANY
H.E. Juergen Chrobog May 16, 1995
CAMBODIA
H.E. Huoth Var September 15, 1995
TANZANIA
H.E. Mustafa Salim Nyang'anyi September 15, 1995
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
H.E. Pastor Micha Ondo Bile September 15, 1995
URUGUAY
H.E. Alvaro Mario Diez de Medina September 15, 1995
DENMARK
H.E. K. Erik Tygesen September 15, 1995
ANGOLA
H.E. Antonio Dos Santos Franca 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
BOTSWANA
H.E. Archibald Mooketsa Mogwe February 6, 1996
ITALY
H.E. Ferdinando Salleo February 6, 1996
MACEDONIA
H.E. Lubica Z. Acevska February 6, 1996
ANDORRA
H.E. Juli Minoves Triquell February 6, 1996
JAPAN
H.E. Kunihiko Saito February 6, 1996
THAILAND
H.E. Nitya Pibulsonggram February 6, 1996
ROMANIA
H.E. Mircea Dan Geoana February 6, 1996
CROATIA
H.E. Miomir Zuzul February 6, 1996
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
H.E. Nagora Y. Bogan April 30, 1996
MALAYSIA
H.E. Dato Dali Mahmud Hashim April 30, 1996
SUDAN
H.E. Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed April 30, 1996
GUATEMALA
H.E. Pedro Miguel Lamport April 30, 1996
RWANDA
H.E. Theogene N. Rudasingwa April 30, 1996
KAZAKHSTAN
H.E. Bolat K. Nurgaliyev April 30, 1996
MARSHALL ISLANDS
H.E. Banny De Brum April 30, 1996
FINLAND
H.E. Jaakko Tapani 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
ALGERIA
H.E. Ramtane Lamamra July 29, 1996
MAURITIUS
H.E. Chitmansing Jesseramsing July 29, 1996
NORWAY
H.E. Tom Eric Vraalsen July 29, 1996
SINGAPORE
H.E. Heng-Chee Chan July 29, 1996
BAHAMAS
H.E. Arlington Griffith Butler July 29, 1996
NIGERIA
H.E. Wakili Hassan Adamu July 29, 1996
BURMA
H.E. Tin Winn October 9, 1996
NAMIBIA
H.E. Veiccoh K. Nghiwete October 9, 1996
SPAIN
H.E. Antonio Oyarzabal October 9, 1996
UGANDA
H.E. Edith Grace Ssempala October 9, 1996
ISRAEL
H.E. Eliahu Ben-Elissar October9, 1996
UZBEKISTAN
H.E. Sodiq Safaev October 9, 1996
PANAMA
H.E. Eduardo Morgan Gonzalez October 9, 1996
GUINEA BISSAU
H.E. Rufino Jose Mendes October 9, 1996
BELIZE
H.E. James S. Murphy 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
CYPRUS
H.E. Andros A. Nicolaides February 11, 1997
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
H.E. Bernardo Vega February 11, 1997
COLOMBIA
H.E. Juan Carlos Esguerra February 11, 1997
AUSTRALIA
H.E. Andrew S. Peacock February 11, 1997
FIJI
H.E. Napolioni Masirewa February 11, 1997
SOLOMON ISLANDS
H.E. Rex Horoi February 11, 1997
TONGA
H.E. Akosita Fineanganofo February 11, 1997
QATAR
H.E. Saad Mohamed Al Kobaisi May 14, 1997
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
H.E. Pengiran Anak Dato Puteh May 14 1997
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
H.E. Osbert W. Liburd May 14, 1997
NICARAGUA
H.E. Francisco Javier Aguirre Sacasa May 14, 1997
PAKISTAN
H.E. Riaz Khokhar May 14, 1997
CZECH
H.E. Alexandr Vondra May 14, 1997
SWITZERLAND
H.E. Alfred Defago May 14, 1997
ESTONIA
H.E. Grigore-Kalev Stoicescu May 14, 1997
BELARUS
H.E. Valery V. Tsepkalo May 14, 1997
NIGER
H.E. Joseph Diatta May 14, 1997
MALTA
H.E. Mark Anthony Micallef May 14, 1997
VIETNAM
H.E. Bang Le May 14, 1997
SURINAME
H.E. Arnold T. Halfhide September 8, 1997
LEBANON
H.E. Mohamad Baha Chatah September 8, 1997
MAURITANIA
H.E. Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed September 8, 1997
JORDAN
H.E. Maran Jamil Muasher September 8, 1997
ERITREA
H.E. Semere Russom September 8, 1997
YEMEN
H.E. Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri September 8, 1997
ARGENTINA
H.E. Diego Ramiro Guelar September 8, 1997
EL SALVADOR
H.E. Rene A. Leon September 8, 1997
GAMBIA
H.E. Crispin Grey Johnson September 8, 1997
ECUADOR
H.E. Alberto F. Maspons September 8, 1997
IRELAND
H.E. Sean O'Huiginn September 8, 1997
SWEDEN
H.E. Rolf Ekeus 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
TUNISIA
H.E. Noureddine Mejdoub November 12, 1997
SLOVENIA
H.E. Dimitrij Rupel November 12, 1997
MEXICO
H.E. Jesus Reyes Heroles November 12, 1997
UNITED KINGDOM
H.E. Christopher Meyer November 12, 1997
COMOROS
H.E. Ahmed Djabir November 12, 1997
GHANA
H.E. Koby Arthur Koomson November 12, 1997
ALBANIA
H.E. Petrit Bushati appt. November 28, 1997
BURKINA FASO
H.E. Bruno Zidouemba appt. December 10, 1997
KENYA
H.E. Samson K. Chemai appt. December 10, 1997
BOLIVIA
H.E. Marcelo Perez Monasterios appt. December 12, 1997
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
H.E.Michael Arneaud appt. December 12, 1997
LIBERIA
H.E. Rachel Diggs appt. January 12, 1998
_______________
EUROPEAN UNION
H.E. Hugo Paemen February 6, 1996
_______________
CONGO, D. R. of
T.H. Mukendi Tambo a Kabila, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim June 26, 1995
SEYCHELLES
T.H. Claude Sylvestre Morel, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim August 1, 1996
YUGOSLAVIA (former)
Mr. Nebojsa Vujovic, Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 2, 1996
MADAGASCAR
Mr. Biclair H. F. Andrianantoandro, Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim March 21 1997
BURUNDI
Mr. Henri Simbakwira, Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim July 24, 1997
COSTA RICA
T.H. Jose Thompson, Minister
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 16, 1997
CAPE VERDE
Mr. Manuel De Matos, First Secretary
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 23, 1997
NEPAL
T.H. Lava Kumar Devacota, Minister
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim September 24, 1997
SAINT LUCIA
Mrs. Juliet E. Mallet Phillip, Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim October 1, 1997
ICELAND
T.H. Sveinn Bjornsson, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim November 11, 1997
HAITI
T.H. Louis Harold Joseph, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim December 18, 1997
INDONESIA
T.H. Nazaruddin Nasution, Minister
Chargé d'Affaires ad interim December 23, 1997
CONGO, R. of
Ambassador departed November 27, 1997
Department of State Publication 10424,
Office of the Chief of Protocol
Revised December 1997
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402