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 June 7, 2022
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) |
11/12/97 |
TURKMENISTAN | Meret ORAZOV
(Dean for the SCA Region) |
02/14/01 |
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | Serge MOMBOULI
(Dean for the AF Region) |
07/31/01 |
KUWAIT | Salem Abdullah Al Jaber AL-SABAH
(Dean for the NEA Region) |
10/10/01 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Yousif Mana Saeed Ahmed ALOTAIBA | 07/28/08 |
NICARAGUA | Francisco Obadiah CAMPBELL Hooker
(Dean for the WHA Region) |
06/28/10 |
SINGAPORE | Ashok KUMAR | 07/30/12 |
RWANDA | Mathilde MUKANTABANA
(Female Dean) |
07/18/13 |
MONACO | Maguy MACCARIO DOYLE
(Dean for the EUR Region) |
12/03/13 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA | Miguel Ntutumu EVUNA Andeme | 02/23/15 |
ALBANIA | Floreta FABER | 05/18/15 |
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | Ronald SANDERS | 09/17/15 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | Thelma Patricia PHILLIP-BROWNE | 01/28/16 |
MOZAMBIQUE | Carlos DOS SANTOS | 01/28/16 |
DJIBOUTI | Mohamed Siad DOUALE | 01/28/16 |
BRUNEI | Serbini ALI | 01/28/16 |
ANDORRA | Elisenda VIVES BALMANA | 03/02/16 |
CAMEROON | Essomba ETOUNDI | 06/27/16 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | Anthony Wayne Jerome PHILLIPS SPENCER | 06/27/16 |
HOLY SEE | Christophe PIERRE | 06/27/16 |
JORDAN | Dina Khalil Tawfiq KAWAR | 06/27/16 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS | Gerald M. ZACKIOS | 09/16/16 |
JAMAICA | Audrey Patrice MARKS | 01/18/17 |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | Louanne Gaylene GILCHRRIST | 01/18/17 |
QATAR | Meshal Hamad M.J. AL THANI | 04/24/17 |
CZECHIA | Hynek KMONÍČEK | 04/24/17 |
TOGO | Frédéric Edem HEGBE | 04/24/17 |
MICRONESIA | Akillino Harris SUSAIA | 04/24/17 |
MOROCCO | Lalla JOUMALA Alaoui | 04/24/17 |
SAN MARINO | Damiano BELEFFI | 07/21/17 |
BAHRAIN | Abdulla Rashed Abdulla ALKHALIFA | 07/21/17 |
TUVALU | Samuelu LALONIU | 07/21/17 |
UGANDA | Sebujja Mull KATENDE | 09/08/17 |
VANAUATU | Odo TEVI | 09/08/17 |
IRELAND | Daniel Gerard MULHALL | 09/08/17 |
SWEDEN | Karin Ulrika OLOFSDOTTER | 09/08/17 |
CROATIA | Pjer ŠIMUNOVIĆ | 09/08/17 |
RUSSIA | Anatoly Ivanovich ANTONOV | 09/08/17 |
UZBEKISTAN | Javlon VAKHABOV | 11/29/17 |
PHILIPPINES | Jose Manuel Del Gallego ROMUALDEZ | 11/29/17 |
KIRIBATI | TeburoroTITO | 01/24/18 |
GUINEA | Kerfalla YANSANE | 01/24/18 |
CHAD | Koutou NGOTE GALI | 06/22/18 |
GERMANY | Emily Margarethe HABER | 06/22/18 |
CYPRUS | Marios LYSIOTIS | 09/17/18 |
COSTA RICA | Fernando LLORCA Castro | 09/17/18 |
MALTA | Keith AZZOPARDI | 09/17/18 |
SOUTH SUDAN | Philip Jada NATANA | 09/17/18 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Martial NDOUBOU | 09/17/18 |
SPAIN | Santiago CABANAS Ansorena | 09/17/18 |
NEW ZEALAND | Rosemary BANKS | 01/11/19 |
BARBADOS | Noel Anderson LYNCH | 01/11/19 |
LIBERIA | George S W PATTEN Sr. | 01/11/19 |
GRENADA | Yolande Yvonne SMITH | 04/08/19 |
VENEZUELA | Carlos Alfredo VECCHIO | 04/08/19 |
SIERRA LEONE | Sidique Abou Bakarr WAI | 04/08/19 |
EUROPEAN UNION | Stavros LAMBRINIDIS | 04/08/19 |
DENMARK | Lone Dencker WISBORG | 04/08/19 |
MALDIVES | Thilmeeza HUSSAIN | 07/08/19 |
FRANCE | Philippe Noel Marie Marc ETIENNE | 07/08/19 |
SAUDI ARABIA | Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan AL SAUD | 07/08/19 |
ANGOLA | Joaquim do ESPIRITO SANTO | 09/16/19 |
ICELAND | Bergdis ELLERTSDÓTTIR | 09/16/19 |
NETHERLANDS | Andre HASPELS | 09/16/19 |
LATVIA | Māris SELGA | 09/16/19 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Bojan VUJIC | 09/16/19 |
SWITZERLAND | Jacques Henri PITTELOUD | 09/16/19 |
SOMALIA | Ali Sharif AHMED | 09/16/19 |
TIMOR LESTE | Isilio António De Fatima COELHO DA SILVA | 01/06/20 |
AUSTRIA | Martin WEISS | 01/06/20 |
SENEGAL | Mansour KANE | 01/06/20 |
ARGENTINA | Jorge Martin Arturo ARGÜELLO | 02/06/20 |
INDIA | Taranjit Singh SANDHU | 02/06/20 |
ECUADOR | Ivonne Leila JUEZ DE A-BAKI | 02/06/20 |
AUSTRALIA | Arthur SINODINOS | 02/06/20 |
GREECE | Alexandra PAPADOPOULOU | 02/06/20 |
SOUTH AFRICA | Nomaindiya MFEKETO | 04/08/20 |
ZAMBIA | Lazarous KAPAMBWE | 04/08/20 |
UNITED KINGDOM | Karen Elizabeth PIERCE | 04/08/20 |
MOLDOVA | Eugen CARAS | 07/17/20 |
GUATEMALA | Alfonso José QUINONEZ LEMUS | 07/17/20 |
CANADA | Kirsten HILLMAN | 07/17/20 |
BENIN | Jean-Claude Félix DO REGO | 07/17/20 |
KENYA | Lazarus Ombai AMAYO | 07/17/20 |
BOTSWANA | Onkokame Kitso MOKAILA | 09/17/20 |
FINLAND | Mikko Tapani HAUTALA | 09/17/20 |
NORWAY | Anniken Ramberg KRUTNES | 09/17/20 |
BELGIUM | Jean Arthur REGIBEAU | 09/17/20 |
EGYPT | Motaz Mounir ZAHRAN | 09/17/20 |
URUGUAY | Andrés Augusto DURÁN HAREAU | 12/23/20 |
BRAZIL | Nestor José FORSTER Jr. | 12/23/20 |
CABO VERDE | José Luis do Livramento MONTEIRO ALVES DE BRITO | 12/23/20 |
AFRICAN UNION | Hilda SUKA-MAFUDZE | 12/23/20 |
HUNGARY | Szabolcs Ferenc TAKACS | 12/23/20 |
COMOROS | Issimail CHANFI | 12/23/20 |
EL SALVADOR | Carmen Milena MAYORGA VALERA | 12/23/20 |
HAITI | Bocchit EDMOND | 12/23/20 |
SLOVENIA | Tone KAJZER | 12/23/20 |
SERBIA | Marko DJURIC | 01/18/21 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Sonia GUZMÁN DE HERNÁNDEZ | 01/18/21 |
NAMIBIA | Margareth Natalie MENSAH-WILLIAMS | 01/18/21 |
SLOVAKIA | Radovan JAVORČÍK | 01/18/21 |
THAILAND | MANASVI Srisodapol | 02/17/21 |
TAJIKISTAN | Farrukh HAMRALIZODA | 02/17/21 |
BANGLADESH | M Shahidul ISLAM | 02/17/21 |
OMAN | Moosa Hamdan Moosa AL TAI | 02/17/21 |
JAPAN | TOMITA Koji | 02/17/21 |
MEXICO | Esteban MOCTEZUMA Barragán | 04/20/21 |
TURKEY | Hasan Murat MERCAN | 04/20/21 |
TONGA | Viliana Va’inga TONĒ | 04/20/21 |
UKRAINE | Oksana MARKAROVA | 07/07/21 |
KAZAKHSTAN | Yerzhan ASHIKBAYEV | 07/07/21 |
ZIMBABWE | Tadeous Tafirenyika CHIFAMBA | 07/07/21 |
LITHUANIA | Audra PLEPYTĖ | 07/07/21 |
NIGERIA | Uzoma Elizabeth EMENIKE | 07/07/21 |
KYRGYZSTAN | Baktybek AMANBAEV | 07/07/21 |
MAURITIUS | Purmanund JHUGROO | 07/07/21 |
ESTONIA | Kristjan PRIKK | 07/07/21 |
SAMOA | Pa’olelei LUTERU | 07/07/21 |
BELIZE | Lynn Raymond YOUNG | 07/07/21 |
BURUNDI | Jean de Dieu NDIKUMANA | 07/07/21 |
GHANA | Alima MAHAMA | 07/07/21 |
GUYANA | Samuel Archibald HINDS | 07/07/21 |
ITALY | Maria Angela ZAPPIA | 09/15/21 |
PARAGUAY | José Antonio DOS SANTOS BEDOYA | 09/15/21 |
CHINA | QIN Gang | 09/15/21 |
ROMANIA | Dan Andrei MURARU | 09/15/21 |
COLOMBIA | Juan Carlos PINZÓN BUENO | 09/15/21 |
ARMENIA | Lilit MAKUNTS | 09/15/21 |
LUXEMBOURG | Nicole BINTNER | 09/15/21 |
AZERBAIJAN | Khazar IBRAHIM | 09/15/21 |
MAURITANIA | BOIDE Cisse | 09/15/21 |
LIECHTENSTEIN | Georg SPARBER | 12/01/21 |
NAURU | Margo DEIYE | 12/01/21 |
SEYCHELLES | Ian Dereck Joseph MADELEINE | 12/01/21 |
TANZANIA | Elsie Sia KANZA | 12/01/21 |
TUNISIA | Hanene TAJOURI BESSASSI | 12/01/21 |
MONGOLIA | BATBAYAR Ulziidelger | 12/01/21 |
ISRAEL | Michael HERZOG | 12/01/21 |
PERU | Oswaldo José DE RIVERO BARRETO | 12/01/21 |
POLAND | Marek Grzegorz MAGIEROWSKI | 01/13/22 |
ALGERIA | Ahmed BOUTACHE | 01/13/22 |
INDONESIA | Rosan Perkasa ROESLANI | 01/13/22 |
SRI LANKA | Mahinda SAMARASINGHE | 01/13/22 |
KOSOVO | Ilir DUGOLLI | 01/13/22 |
COTE D’IVOIRE | Ibrahima TOURÉ | 01/13/22 |
MALAWI | Esme Jynet CHOMBO | 04/19/22 |
CAMBODIA | KEO Chhea | 04/19/22 |
NIGER | Mamadou Kiari LIMAN-TINGUIRI | 04/19/22 |
VIETNAM | Nguyen Quoc DUNG | 04/19/22 |
NEPAL | Sridhar KHATRI | 04/19/22 |
THE BAHAMAS | Wendall Kermith JONES | 04/19/22 |
SURINAME | Jan Marten Willem SCHALKWIJK | 04/19/22 |
PAKISTAN | Sardar Masood KHAN | 04/19/22 |
YEMEN | Mohammed Abdullah AL-HADHRAMI | 06/07/22 |
PORTUGAL | Francisco António DUARTE LOPES | 06/07/22 |
ETHIOPIA | SELESHI Bekele Awulachew | 06/07/22 |
GEORGIA | David ZALKALIANI | 06/07/22 |
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | Marie-Hélène MATHEY-BOO | 06/07/22 |
LAOS | Sisavath INPHACHANH | 06/07/22 |
ESWATINI | Kennedy Fitzgerald GROENING | 06/07/22 |
BULGARIA | Georgi Velikov PANAYOTOV | 06/07/22 |
CHILE | Juan Gabriel VALDÉS Soublette | 06/07/22 |
SAINT LUCIA | Elizabeth DARIUS-CLARKE | 06/07/22 |
CHARGE D’AFFAIRES AD INTERIM FOR BILATERAL MISSIONS
ERITREA | Berhane Gebrehiwet SOLOMON, Counselor | 03/15/11 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Cephas KAYO, Minister | 01/31/18 |
BELARUS | Dmitry BASIK, Counselor | 07/09/19 |
MADAGASCAR | Amielle Pelenne NIRINIAVISOA MARCEDA, Minister Counselor | 10/31/19 |
NORTH MACEDONIA | Vilma PETKOVSKA, Minister Counselor | 03/16/20 |
CUBA | Lianys TORRES RIVERA, Minister Counselor | 01/14/21 |
MONTENEGRO | Marija STJEPCEVIC, Counselor | 02/04/21 |
LEBANON | Wael HACHEM, Counselor | 03/15/21 |
GABON | Rod Ciangillan REMBENDAMBYA, Counselor | 03/17/21 |
LESOTHO | Masopha Phoofolo Moses KAO, Counselor | 05/28/21 |
BOLIVIA | Alejandro Roberto BILBAO LA VIEJA RUIZ, First Secretary | 07/06/21 |
LIBYA | Khaled DAIEF, Minister | 08/27/21 |
MALAYSIA | Fairuz Adli bin MOHD ROZALI, Minister | 08/28/21 |
PANAMA | Laura Graciela CASTRO GRIMALDO, Counselor | 11/28/21 |
DOMINICA | Judith-Anne ROLLE, First Secretary | 12/16/21 |
SUDAN | Ismat Kamil GABBANI, Minister | 01/14/22 |
BURMA | Htwe Hteik Tin LWIN, Minister Counselor | 02/05/22 |
THE GAMBIA | Mustapha SOSSEH, Minister | 03/16/22 |
IRAQ | Mohammed Husham Malik AL FITYAN, Minister | 03/22/22 |
BURKINA FASO | Boulmonli Leonard LOMBO, Minister Counselor | 04/15/22 |
HONDURAS | Javier Efrain SU BOTO, Minister | 04/22/22 |
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | KO Yunju, Minister | 05/29/22 |