Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence
In accordance with relevant Articles of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, heads of diplomatic missions appear on the Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence list in their respective classes and in the order of the date and time of assuming their duties.
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
Reported to the Office of the Chief of Protocol as of July 7, 2021
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY
For Bilateral Missions and Heads of Delegation (European Union and African Union)
|
Country |
Bilateral Chief of Mission |
WH Date |
|
PALAU |
Hersey KYOTA (Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and EAP Region) |
11/12/1997 |
| TURKMENISTAN |
Meret ORAZOV (Dean for the SCA Region) |
02/14/2001 |
|
CONGO, R. of |
Serge MOMBOULI (Dean for the AF Region) |
07/31/2001 |
| KUWAIT |
Salem Abdullah Al Jaber ALSABAH (Dean for the NEA Region) |
10/10/2001 |
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Yousif Mana Saeed Ahmed ALOTAIBA |
07/28/2008 |
|
NICARAGUA
|
Francisco Obadiah CAMPBELL Hooker (Dean for the WHA Region) |
06/28/2010 |
|
AZERBAIJAN
|
Elin Emin Oglu SULEYMANOV (Dean for the EUR Region) |
01/18/2012 |
| SINGAPORE | Ashok KUMAR | 07/30/2012 |
| RWANDA | Mathilde MUKANTABANA | 07/18/2013 |
| MONACO | Maguy MACCARIO DOYLE | 12/03/2013 |
| ALGERIA | Madjid BOUGUERRA | 02/23/2015 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | Miguel Ntutumu EVUNA Andeme | 02/23/2015 |
| ALBANIA | Floreta FABER | 05/18/2015 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | Ronald SANDERS | 09/17/2015 |
| CONGO, D.R. OF | Francois Nkuna BALUMUENE | 09/17/2015 |
| PORTUGAL | Domingos Teixeira De Abreu FEZAS VITAL | 01/28/2016 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | Thelma Patricia PHILLIP-BROWNE | 01/28/2016 |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Carlos DOS SANTOS | 01/28/2016 |
| DJIBOUTI | Mohamed Siad DOUALE | 01/28/2016 |
| BRUNEI | Serbini ALI | 01/28/2016 |
| ANDORRA | Elisenda VIVES BALMANA | 03/02/2016 |
| CAMEROON | Essomba ETOUNDI | 06/27/2016 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Anthony Wayne Jerome PHILLIPS SPENCER | 06/27/2016 |
| HOLY SEE | Christophe PIERRE | 06/27/2016 |
| BULGARIA | Tihomir Anguelov STOYTCHEV | 06/27/2016 |
| JORDAN | Dina Khalil Tawfiq KAWAR | 06/27/2016 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | Gerald M. ZACKIOS | 09/16/2016 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | Kurt JAEGER | 09/16/2016 |
| MALAWI | Edward Yakobe SAWERENGERA | 09/16/2016 |
| BURMA | Aung LYNN | 09/16/2016 |
| JAMAICA | Audrey Patrice MARKS | 01/18/2017 |
| DOMINICA | Vince HENDERSON | 01/18/2017 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | Louanne Gaylene GILCHRIST | 01/18/2017 |
| POLAND | Piotr Antoni WILCZEK | 01/18/2017 |
| IRAQ | Fareed Mustafa Kamil YASSEEN | 01/18/2017 |
| BURKINA FASO | Seydou KABORE | 01/18/2017 |
| GEORGIA | David BAKRADZE | 01/18/2017 |
| QATAR | Meshal Hamad M.J. AL THANI | 04/24/2017 |
| ESWATINI | Njabuliso Busisiwe Sikhulile GWEBU | 04/24/2017 |
| CZECHIA | Hynek KMONICEK | 04/24/2017 |
| TOGO | Frederic Edem HEGBE | 04/24/2017 |
| MICRONESIA | Akillino Harris SUSAIA | 04/24/2017 |
| MOROCCO | Lalla JOUMALA Alaoui | 04/24/2017 |
| SURINAME | Niermala Sakoentala BADRISING | 07/21/2017 |
| SAN MARINO | Damiano BELEFFI | 07/21/2017 |
| BAHRAIN | Abdulla Rashed Abdulla ALKHALIFA | 07/21/2017 |
| TUVALU | Samuelu LALONIU | 07/21/2017 |
| SAINT LUCIA | Anton Edsel EDMUNDS | 09/08/2017 |
| UGANDA | Sebujja Mull KATENDE | 09/08/2017 |
| VANUATU | Odo TEVI | 09/08/2017 |
| IRELAND | Daniel Gerard MULHALL | 09/08/2017 |
| SWEDEN | Karin Ulrika OLOFSDOTTER | 09/08/2017 |
| CROATIA | Pjer SIMUNOVIC | 09/08/2017 |
| RUSSIA | Anatoly Ivanovich ANTONOV | 09/08/2017 |
| UZBEKISTAN | Javlon VAKHABOV | 11/29/2017 |
| BAHAMAS, THE | Sidney Stanley COLLIE | 11/29/2017 |
| LIBYA | Wafa M. T. BUGHAIGHIS | 11/29/2017 |
| PHILIPPINES | Jose Manuel Del Gallego ROMUALDEZ | 11/29/2017 |
| KIRIBATI | Teburoro TITO | 01/24/2018 |
| GAMBIA, THE | Dawda FADERA | 01/24/2018 |
| GUINEA | Kerfalla YANSANE | 01/24/2018 |
| COTE D’IVOIRE | Mamadou HAIDARA | 03/28/2018 |
| MONGOLIA | OTGONBAYAR Yondon | 03/28/2018 |
| CHAD | Koutou NGOTE GALI | 06/22/2018 |
| MALI | Mahamadou NIMAGA | 06/22/2018 |
| GERMANY | Emily Margarethe HABER | 06/22/2018 |
| VIETNAM | Ha Kim NGOC | 09/17/2018 |
| CYPRUS | Marios LYSIOTIS | 09/17/2018 |
| CAMBODIA | CHUM Sounry | 09/17/2018 |
| CHILE | Oscar Alfonso Sebastian SILVA Navarro | 09/17/2018 |
| COSTA RICA | Fernando LLORCA Castro | 09/17/2018 |
| MALTA | Keith AZZOPARDI | 09/17/2018 |
| SOUTH SUDAN | Philip Jada NATANA | 09/17/2018 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Martial NDOUBOU | 09/17/2018 |
| COLOMBIA | Francisco SANTOS Calderon | 09/17/2018 |
| SPAIN | Santiago CABANAS Ansorena | 09/17/2018 |
| NEW ZEALAND | Rosemary BANKS | 01/11/2019 |
| ARMENIA | Varuzhan Vazgeni NERSESYAN | 01/11/2019 |
| BARBADOS | Noel Anderson LYNCH | 01/11/2019 |
| AFGHANISTAN | Roya RAHMANI | 01/11/2019 |
| LIBERIA | George S W PATTEN Sr. | 01/11/2019 |
| PAKISTAN | Asad Majeed KHAN | 01/11/2019 |
| GRENADA | Yolande Yvonne SMITH | 04/08/2019 |
| VENEZUELA | Carlos Alfredo VECCHIO | 04/08/2019 |
| SIERRA LEONE | Sidique Abou Bakarr WAI | 04/08/2019 |
| MALAYSIA | Azmil Bin Mohd ZABIDI | 04/08/2019 |
| LAOS | Khamphan ANLAVAN | 04/08/2019 |
| EUROPEAN UNION | Stavros LAMBRINIDIS | 04/08/2019 |
| DENMARK | Lone Dencker WISBORG | 04/08/2019 |
| ETHIOPIA | FITSUM Arega Gebrekidan | 04/08/2019 |
| PERU | Hugo Claudio DE ZELA Martinez | 07/08/2019 |
| MALDIVES | Thilmeeza HUSSAIN | 07/08/2019 |
| FRANCE | Philippe Noel Marie Marc ETIENNE | 07/08/2019 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan AL SAUD | 07/08/2019 |
| ANGOLA | Joaquim do ESPIRITO SANTO | 09/16/2019 |
| ICELAND | Bergdis ELLERTSDOTTIR | 09/16/2019 |
| NETHERLANDS | Andre HASPELS | 09/16/2019 |
| LATVIA | Maris SELGA | 09/16/2019 |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Bojan VUJIC | 09/16/2019 |
| SWITZERLAND | Jacques Henri PITTELOUD | 09/16/2019 |
| SOMALIA | Ali Sharif AHMED | 09/16/2019 |
| LUXEMBOURG | Gaston Pierre Jean STRONCK | 09/16/2019 |
| PANAMA | Juan Ricardo DE DIANOUS HENRIQUEZ | 09/16/2019 |
| TIMOR LESTE | Isilio Antonio De Fatima COELHO DA SILVA | 01/06/2020 |
| KOREA | Soo Hyuck LEE | 01/06/2020 |
| AUSTRIA | Martin WEISS | 01/06/2020 |
| SENEGAL | Mansour KANE | 01/06/2020 |
| ARGENTINA | Jorge Martin Arturo ARGUELLO | 02/06/2020 |
| INDIA | Taranjit Singh SANDHU | 02/06/2020 |
| ECUADOR | Ivonne Leila Juez De A-BAKI | 02/06/2020 |
| AUSTRALIA | Arthur SINODINOS | 02/06/2020 |
| GREECE | Alexandra PAPADOPOULOU | 02/06/2020 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Nomaindiya MFEKETO | 04/08/2020 |
| ZAMBIA | Lazarous KAPAMBWE | 04/08/2020 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Karen Elizabeth PIERCE | 04/08/2020 |
| MOLDOVA | Eugen CARAS | 07/17/2020 |
| GUATEMALA | Alfonso Jose QUINONEZ LEMUS | 07/17/2020 |
| CANADA | Kirsten HILLMAN | 07/17/2020 |
| BENIN | Jean-Claude Felix DO REGO | 07/17/2020 |
| KENYA | Lazarus Ombai AMAYO | 07/17/2020 |
| SUDAN |
Nureldin Mohamed Hamed SATTI
|
09/17/2020 |
| BOTSWANA |
Onkokame Kitso MOKAILA
|
09/17/2020 |
| FINLAND |
Mikko Tapani HAUTALA
|
09/17/2020 |
| NORWAY |
Anniken Ramberg KRUTNES
|
09/17/2020 |
| HONDURAS |
Luis Fernando SUAZO BARAHONA
|
09/17/2020 |
| BELGIUM | Jean Arthur REGIBEAU | 09/17/2020 |
| EGYPT | Motaz Mounir ZAHRAN | 09/17/2020 |
| URUGUAY | Andres Augusto DURAN HAREAU | 12/23/2020 |
| BRAZIL | Nestor Jose FORSTER Jr. | 12/23/2020 |
| CABO VERDE | Jose Luis do Livramento MONTEIRO ALVES DE BRITO | 12/23/2020 |
| AFRICAN UNION | Hilda SUKA-MAFUDZE | 12/23/2020 |
| HUNGARY | Szabolcs Ferenc TAKACS | 12/23/2020 |
| COMOROS | Issimail CHANFI | 12/23/2020 |
| SRI LANKA | Ravinatha ARYASINHA | 12/23/2020 |
| EL SALVADOR | Carmen Milena MAYORGA VALERA | 12/23/2020 |
| HAITI | Bocchit EDMOND | 12/23/2020 |
| SLOVENIA | Tone KAJZER | 12/23/2020 |
| SERBIA | Marko DJURIC | 01/18/2021 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Sonia GUZMAN | 01/18/2021 |
| NAMIBIA | Margaret Natalie MENSAH-WILLIAMS | 01/18/2021 |
| TUNISIA | Nejmeddin LAKHAL | 01/18/2021 |
| SLOVAKIA | Radovan JAVORCIK | 01/18/2021 |
| THAILAND | MANASVI Srisodapol | 02/17/2021 |
| TAJIKISTAN | Farrukh HAMRALIZODA | 02/17/2021 |
| BANGLADESH | M Shahidul ISLAM | 02/17/2021 |
| OMAN | Moosa Hamdan Moosa AL TAI | 02/17/2021 |
| JAPAN | TOMITA Koji | 02/17/2021 |
| ISRAEL | Gilad Menashe ERDAN | 02/17/2021 |
| NEPAL | Yuba Raj KHATIWADA | 02/17/2021 |
| MEXICO | Esteban MOCTEZUMA BARRAGAN | 04/20/2021 |
| TURKEY | Hasan MURAT MERCAN | 04/20/2021 |
| TONGA | Viliana Va’inga TONE | 04/20/2021 |
| UKRAINE | Oksana MARKAROVA | 07/07/2021 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | Yerzhan ASHIKBAYEV | 07/07/2021 |
| ZIMBABWE | Tadeous Tafirenyika CHIFAMBA | 07/07/2021 |
| LITHUANIA | Audra PLEPYTE | 07/07/2021 |
| NIGERIA | Uzoma Elizabeth EMENIKE | 07/07/2021 |
| KYRGYZSTAN | Baktybek AMANBAEV | 07/07/2021 |
| MAURITIUS | Purmanund JHUGROO | 07/07/2021 |
| ESTONIA | Kristjan PRIKK | 07/07/2021 |
| SAMOA | Pa’olelei LUTERU | 07/07/2021 |
| BELIZE | Lynn Raymond YOUNG | 07/07/2021 |
| BURUNDI | Jean de Dieu NDIKUMANA | 07/07/2021 |
| GHANA | Alima MAHAMA | 07/07/2021 |
| GUYANA | Samuel Archibald HINDS | 07/07/2021 |
CHARGE D’AFFAIRES AD INTERIM FOR BILATERAL MISSIONS
| ERITREA | Berhane Gebrehiwet SOLOMON, Counselor | 03/15/2011 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Cephas KAYO, Minister | 01/31/2018 |
| BELARUS | Dmitry BASIK, Counselor | 07/9/2019 |
| MADAGASCAR | Amielle Pelenne NIRINIAVISOA MARCEDA, Minister Counselor | 10/31/2019 |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | Vilma PETKOVSKA, Minister Counselor | 03/16/2020 |
| NIGER | Mahamane Bachir FIFI, Minister | 12/16/2020 |
| CUBA | Lianys TORRES RIVERA, Minister Counselor | 01/14/2021 |
| MONTENEGRO | Marija STJEPCEVIC, Counselor | 02/04/2021 |
| KOSOVO | Valdet SADIKU, Minister Counselor | 03/09/2021 |
| LEBANON | Wael HACHEM, Counselor | 03/15/2021 |
| GABON | Rod Ciangillan REMBENDAMBYA, Counselor | 03/17/2021 |
| INDONESIA | Iwan Freddy Hari SUSANTO, Minister | 04/01/2021 |
| PARAGUAY | Luis Jose GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ, Minister | 04/12/2021 |
| TANZANIA | Jean Abel MSABILA, Counselor | 05/21/2021 |
| LESOTHO | Masopha Phoofolo Moses KAO, Counselor | 05/28/2021 |
| ITALY | Maurizio GREGANTI, Minister | 06/15/2021 |
| ROMANIA | Cristian GAGINSKY, Minister Counselor | 06/19/2021 |
| CHINA | LI Kexin, Minister | 06/24/2021 |
| MAURITANIA | Jiddou JIDDOU, First Secretary | 06/24/2021 |
| BOLIVIA | Alejandro Roberto BILBAO LA VIEJA RUIZ, First Secretary | 07/06/2021 |