HomeDivisions ...Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence and Dates of Presentation of Credentials hide Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence and Dates of Presentation of Credentials Office of the Chief of Protocol 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 February 27, 2024 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 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Yousif Mana Saeed Ahmed ALOTAIBA (Dean for the NEA Region) 07/28/08 RWANDA Mathilde MUKANTABANA (Female Dean) 07/18/13 MONACO Maguy MACCARIO DOYLE (Dean for the EUR Region) 12/03/13 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Ronald SANDERS (Dean for the WHA Region) 09/17/15 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 JAMAICA Audrey Patrice MARKS 01/18/17 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Lou-anne Gaylene GILCHRIST 01/18/17 QATAR Meshal Hamad M.J. AL THANI 04/24/17 TOGO Frédéric Edem HEGBE 04/24/17 SAN MARINO Damiano BELEFFI 07/21/17 BAHRAIN Abdulla Rashed Abdulla ALKHALIFA 07/21/17 Vanuatu Odo TEVI 09/08/17 Croatia Pjer ŠIMUNOVIĆ 09/08/17 Russia Anatoly Ivanovich ANTONOV 09/08/17 PHILIPPINES Jose Manuel Del Gallego ROMUALDEZ 11/29/17 KIRIBATI Teburoro TITO 01/24/18 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Martial NDOUBOU 09/17/18 BARBADOS Noel Anderson LYNCH 01/11/19 SIERRA LEONE Sidique Abou Bakarr WAI 04/08/19 SAUDI ARABIA Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan AL SAUD 07/08/19 ICELAND Bergdis ELLERTSDÓTTIR 09/16/19 LATVIA Māris SELGA 09/16/19 SWITZERLAND Jacques Henri PITTELOUD 09/16/19 SOMALIA Ali Sharif AHMED 09/16/19 SENEGAL Mansour KANE 01/06/20 UNITED KINGDOM Karen Elizabeth PIERCE 04/08/20 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 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 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 TAJIKISTAN Farrukh HAMRALIZODA 02/17/21 OMAN Moosa Hamdan Moosa AL TAI 02/17/21 MEXICO Esteban MOCTEZUMA Barragán 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 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 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 ROMANIA Dan Andrei MURARU 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 POLAND Marek Grzegorz MAGIEROWSKI 01/13/22 SRI LANKA Mahinda SAMARASINGHE 01/13/22 KOSOVO Ilir DUGOLLI 01/13/22 CÔTE D’IVOIRE Ibrahima TOURÉ 01/13/22 MALAWI Esme Jynet CHOMBO 04/19/22 CAMBODIA KEO Chhea 04/19/22 VIETNAM Nguyen Quoc DUNG 04/19/22 NEPAL Sridhar KHATRI 04/19/22 BAHAMAS, THE Wendall Kermith JONES 04/19/22 SURINAME Jan Marten Willem SCHALKWIJK 04/19/22 PAKISTAN Sardar Masood KHAN 04/19/22 YEMEN Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 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 MALI Sékou BERTHE 09/16/22 SOLOMON ISLANDS Jane Mugafalu Kabui WAETARA 09/16/22 PANAMA Ramón Eduardo MARTÍNEZ DE LA GUARDIA 09/16/22 LESOTHO Tumisang MOSOTHO 09/16/22 NORTH MACEDONIA Zoran POPOV 09/16/22 IRELAND Geraldine BYRNE NASON 09/16/22 SUDAN Mohamed Abdalla Idris MOHAMED 09/16/22 CZECHIA Miloslav STAŠEK 09/16/22 NEW ZEALAND Bede Gilbert CORRY 09/16/22 COLOMBIA Luis Gilberto MURILLO URRUTIA 09/16/22 BANGLADESH Muhammad IMRAN 12/12/22 MOLDOVA Viorel URSU 12/12/22 UGANDA Robinah KAKONGE 12/12/22 MALDIVES Abdul GHAFOOR Mohamed 12/12/22 THE GAMBIA Momodou Lamin BAH 12/12/22 GABON Noel Nelson MESSONE 12/12/22 HONDURAS Javier Efrain BU SOTO 12/12/22 LIBERIA Jeff Gongoer DOWANA 12/12/22 THAILAND Tanee SANGRAT 12/12/22 FRANCE Laurent BILI 4/19/23 MALAYSIA Mohamed NAZRI Bin Abdul Aziz 4/19/23 AUSTRIA Petra SCHNEEBAUER 4/19/23 GUINEA Fatoumata KABA 4/19/23 AUSTRALIA Kevin Michael RUDD 4/19/23 MOZAMBIQUE Alfredo Fabaio NUVUNGA 4/19/23 UZBEKISTAN Furkat SIDIKOV 4/19/23 MALTA Godfrey C. XUEREB 4/19/23 TUVALU Tapuago FALEFOU 4/19/23 COSTA RICA Catalina CRESPO SANCHO 4/19/23 REPUBLIC OF KOREA CHO Hyundong 4/19/23 KUWAIT Alzain Sabah Naser Saud ALSABAH 4/19/23 ZAMBIA Chibamba KANYAMA 06/30/23 CHINA XIE Feng 06/30/23 CHAD Gata KITOKO 06/30/23 ANGOLA Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos VAN-DÚNEM 06/30/23 IRAQ Nazar Issa Abdulhadi AL-KHIRULLAH 06/30/23 SINGAPORE LUI Tuck Yew 06/30/23 BRAZIL Maria Luiza RIBEIRO VIOTTI 06/30/23 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Sven ALKALAJ 06/30/23 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS Jacinth HENRY-MARTIN 09/15/23 CYPRUS Evangelos SAVVA 09/15/23 GERMANY Andreas MICHAELIS 09/15/23 SWEDEN Urban AHLIN 09/15/23 SLOVENIA Iztok MIROŠIČ 09/15/23 NETHERLANDS Birgitta TAZELAAR 09/15/23 ALBANIA Ervin BUSHATI 09/15/23 DENMARK Jesper Møller SØRENSEN 09/15/23 DOMINICA Steve FERROL 09/15/23 GRENADA Tarlie FRANCIS 09/15/23 EQUATORIAL GUINEA Crisantos Obama ONDO 02/27/24 MICRONESIA Jackson T. SORAM 02/27/24 GREECE Ekaterini NASSIKA 02/27/24 JAPAN YAMADA Shiego 02/27/24 ALGERIA Sabri BOUKADOUM 02/27/24 EUROPEAN UNION Jovita NELIUPŠIENĖ 02/27/24 BURUNDI Jean Bosco BAREGE 02/27/24 MOROCCO Youssef AMRANI 02/27/24 MARSHALL ISLANDS Charles Rudolph PAUL 02/27/24 SPAIN Ángeles MORENO BAU 02/27/24 PERU Alfredo Santiago Carlos FERRERO DIEZ CANSECO 02/27/24 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 MADAGASCAR Amielle Pelenne NIRINIAVISOA MARCEDA, Minister Counselor 10/31/19 CUBA Lianys TORRES RIVERA, Minister Counselor 01/14/21 LEBANON Wael HACHEM, Counselor 03/15/21 BURMA WIN Thet, Minister 06/22/22 BELARUS Pavel SHIDLOVSKY, Counselor 08/09/22 TIMOR-LESTE Antonito DE ARAUJO, Minister 02/24/23 HAITI Louis Harold JOSEPH, Minister 05/15/23 LIBYA Fadil S M OMAR, Minister 07/17/23 BURKINA FASO Jean-Baptiste GAGRE, Counselor 07/31/23 NIGER Hassane IDI, Counselor 08/03/23 BOLIVIA Luis BALDELOMAR CHÁVEZ, Minister Counselor 10/11/23 SOUTH AFRICA Ndumiso Ndima NTSHINGA, Minister 10/30/23 NIGERIA Mobolaji Sakirat OGUNDERO, Minister 11/1/23 INDONESIA Ida Bagus Made BIMANTARA, Minister 11/30/23 MONTENEGRO Linda CAMAJ, Minister Counselor 12/07/23 ARGENTINA Adrian Roperto NADOR, Minister 12/07/23 SOUTH SUDAN Angong ACUIL, Minister 12/13/23 TÜRKIYE Halime Digdem BUNER, Minster Counselor 01/13/24 GUATEMALA Viviana Raquel ARENAS AGUILAR, Minister Counselor 01/30/24 INDIA Sripriya RANGANATHAN, Minister 02/01/24 ECUADOR Maria Soledad PENA PLAZA, Minister 02/09/24 NICARAGUA M. 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