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Department Seal

Diplomatic List, Fall 1999

Revised September 1999


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

SYRIA

 

H.E. Walid Al-Moualem

August 7, 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

ZAMBIA

 

H.E. Dunstan Weston Kamana

September 8, 1992

KUWAIT

 

H.E. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

April 14, 1993

LATVIA

 

H.E. Ojars Eriks Kalnins

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

CANADA

 

H.E. Raymond A. J. Chretien

February 14, 1994

CAMEROON

 

H.E. Jerome Mendouga

June 23, 1994

TURKMENISTAN

 

H.E. Halil Ugur

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

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

 

H.E. Henry Koba

November 21, 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

OMAN

 

H.E. Abdulla Moh'd Aqeel Al-Dhahab

March 20, 1995

BARBADOS

 

H.E. Courtney N. Blackman

March 20, 1995

MALAWI

 

H.E. Willie Chokani

March 20, 1995

GERMANY

 

H.E. Juergen Chrobog

May 16, 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

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

SUDAN

 

H.E. Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed

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 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

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

BURMA

 

H.E. Tin Winn

October 9, 1996

SPAIN

 

H.E. Antonio Oyarzabal

October 9, 1996

UGANDA

 

H.E. Edith Grace Ssempala

October 9, 1996

UZBEKISTAN

 

H.E. Sodiq Safaev

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

FIJI

 

H.E. Napolioni Masirewa

February 11, 1997

SOLOMON ISLANDS

 

H.E. Rex Stephen 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

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

VIETNAM

 

H.E. Bang Le

May 14, 1997

SURINAME

 

H.E. Arnold T. Halfhide

September 8, 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

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

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. Kobina Arthur Koomson

November 12, 1997

ALBANIA

 

H.E. Petrit Bushati

March 16, 1998

BURKINA FASO

 

H.E. Bruno Zidouemba

March 16, 1998

BOLIVIA

 

H.E. Marcelo Perez Monasterios

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. Akoussouleou Bodjona

May 27, 1998

KOREA

 

H.E. Lee Hong Koo

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

ISRAEL

 

H.E. Zalman Shoval

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

GUATEMALA

 

H.E. William Howard Stixrud

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

October 27, 1998

UKRAINE

 

H.E. Anton Buteiko

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 Viktorovich 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

MAURITANIA

 

H.E. Ahmed Ould Khalifa Ould Jiddou

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

PARAGUAY

 

H.E. Juan Esteban Aquirre

August 10, 1999

LESOTHO

 

H.E. Lebohang K. Moleko

November 29 1999

CHILE

 

H.E. Mario Artaza

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 Selinugust

November 29, 1999

PANAMA

 

H.E. Guillermo Alfredo Ford Boyd

November 29, 1999

EGYPT

 

H.E. 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

Appt.December 2, 1999

_______________

 

EUROPEAN UNION

 

T.H. John B. Richardson, Minister

 

Charge d'Affairs, a.i.,

November 1, 1999

_______________

 

HAITI

 

T.H. Louis Harold Joseph, Minister-Counselor

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

December 18, 1997

CONGO, R. of

 

T.H. Serge Mombouli, Minister-Counselor

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

February 9, 1998

CONGO, D. R. of

 

T.H. Faida Mitifu, Minister

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

August 1, 1998

   
   

MOROCCO

 

T.H. Mohammed Ghozlani, Minister

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

August 2, 1999

   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

T.H. Hamad Hareb Alhabsi, Minister

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

September 28, 1999

   

PAKISTAN

 

T.H. Shahid Ahmad Kamal, Minister

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

October 16, 1999

ALGERIA

 

T.H. Kamel Hadri, Minister-Counselor

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

November 6, 1999

   

KENYA

 

Mr. Charles M. Kange, Counselor

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

November 13, 1999

   

LIBERIA

 

Mr. Alexander H. N. Wallace, III, Counselor

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

December 1, 1999

Australia

 

T.H. Margaret McDonald, Minister

 

Chargé d'Affaires ad interim

December 3, 1999

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