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ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
OF THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
 as of  
Monday, 04 May 2009

COUNTRY HEAD OF MISSION DATE OF ACCREDITATION
  Holy See H.E. Edward Joseph Adams 16 Nov 2007
  United Arab Emirates H.E. Mohammed Ebrahim Abdullah Al-Jowaid 16 Feb. 2000
TKLebanon H.E. Jaafar Moawi 17 Jul. 2001
TKTanzania H.E. Elly Elikunda Elineema Mtango 28 Nov. 2001
TKNicaragua H.E. Harry Bodan Shields 21 Mar. 2002
TKJordan  H.E. Samir Issa Al-Naouri 30 Sept. 2002
  Argentina H.E. Mario Schuff 13 May 2003
TKZambia H.E. Godfrey Simasiku Simasiku 22 Jan. 2004
TKMorocco H.E. Abdelkader Lecheheb 22 Jan. 2004
BEEritrea  H.E. Tseggai Tesfazion 18 Mar. 2004
  Saudi Arabia H.E. Mohammad Ameen Wali 08 Jun. 2004
JKCroatia H.E. Aleksandar Broz 23 Aug. 2004
BEMalta H.E. Saviour P. Gauci 27 Oct. 2004
  Kuwait H.E. Bader Nasser Al-Houti 14 Dec. 2004
  United Kingdom H.E. Peter Beckingham 16 Feb. 2005
  Cuba H.E. Jorge Rey Jimenez 16 Feb. 2005
  Norway H.E. Ståle Risa 20 Apr. 2005
TKEl Salvador H.E. Ricardo Paredes Osorio 10 Jun. 2005
KLZimbabwe H.E. Lucas Pande Tavaya 10 Jun. 2005
KLAlgeria  H.E. Amar Belani 11 Jun. 2005
KLKenya H.E. David Gachoki Njoka 11 Jun. 2005
   Italy H.E. Rubens Anna Fedele 12 Aug. 2005
   Austria H.E. Herbert Jäger 17 Oct. 2005
   Belgium H.E. Gregoire Vardakis 17 Oct. 2005
   Czech Republic H.E. Jaroslav Ludva 17 Oct. 2005
   Pakistan H.E. Muhammad Naeem Khan 05 Jan. 2006
   Qatar H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Yousif Almutawa 05 Jan. 2006
 BKPeru H.E. Carlos Velasco Mendiola 05 Jan. 2006
 KLKazakhstan H.E. Mukhtar Tileuberdi 05 Jan. 2006
   Indonesia H.E. Irzan Tandjung 01 Feb. 2006
   South Africa H.E. Pieter Andries Vermeulen 22 Mar. 2006
   U.S.A. H.E. Kristie A. Kenney* 22 Mar. 2006
   Switzerland H.E. Peter Sutter 12 May 2006
 TKAfghanistan H.E. Haron Amin 08 Jun. 2006
 TKMali H.E. Guisse Maimounah Dial 08 Jun. 2006
 JKTunisia H.E. Faysal Gouia 08 Jun. 2006
 TKBulgaria H.E. Blagovest Hristov Sendov 08 Jun. 2006
   Vietnam H.E. Vu Xuan Troung 12 Jul. 2006
   Cambodia H.E. In May 24 Aug. 2006
   Palau H.E. Ramon Rechibei 24 Aug. 2006
   Egypt H.E. Salwa Moufid Kamel Magarious* 27 Sept.2006
   Malaysia H.E. Ahmad Rasidi Hazizi 27 Sept. 2006
   India H.E. Rajeet Mitter 15 Nov. 2006
   Turkey H.E. Adnan Basaga 31 Jan. 2007
 JKAzerbaijan H.E. Ibrahim Hajiyev 31 Jan. 2007
 TKCote d’Ivoire H.E. Liliane Marie Laure Boa* 31 Jan. 2007
 KLSwaziland H.E. Mpumelelo Joseph Hlophe 31 Jan. 2007
 KLPalestine H.E. Abdelaziz Abdelrahman Abughoush 31 Jan. 2007
 SGIreland H.E. Richard O’ Brien 31 Jan. 2007
   Greece H.E. George-Chrysostomos Nicolaidis 7 Mar. 2007
   Russia  H.E. Vitaliy Vorobiev 7 Mar. 2007
   Spain H.E. Luis Arias Romero 7 Mar. 2007
   Laos H.E. Leuane Sombounkhan 19 Apr. 2007
 BERwanda H.E. Ben Rugangazi 11 Jun. 2007
 JKHungary H.E. Mihaly Illes 11 Jun. 2007
 SEColombia H.E. Alejandro Borda 11 Jun. 2007
   Israel H.E. Zvi Aviner Vapni 17 Aug. 2007
   Germany H.E. Christian Ludwig Weber Lortsch 14 Sept. 2007
   Canada H.E. Robert Desjardins 14 Sept. 2007
   Netherlands H.E. Robert Gerard Brinks 20 Sept. 2007
   Japan H.E. Makoto Katsura 01 Oct. 2007
   Sri Lanka H.E. Aloy N. Ratnayake 01 Oct. 2007
   Romania H.E. Valeriu Gheorghe 26 Nov. 2007
   Iran H.E. Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani 17 Jan. 2008
KL Namibia H.E. Neville Gertze 17 Jan. 2008
TK Ukraine H.E. Mykola Kulinich 17 Jan. 2008
ND Dominican Republic H.E. Hans Dannenberg Castellanos 17 Jan. 2008
KL Oman H.E. Aflah Sulaiman Mohamed Al-Taei 17 Jan. 2008
BK D.P.R. of Korea H.E. O Yong Son 17 Jan. 2008
    Brazil H.E. Alcides Gastao Prates 20 Feb. 2008
    Thailand H.E. Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhya 12 Mar. 2008
      Australia H.E. Roderick Richard Campbell Smith 02 May 2008
     Chile H.E. Ovid Harasich 11 Jun 2008
SE Gabon H.E. Jean Pierre Sole Emane 11 Jun 2008
TK Uganda H.E. Wasswa Rocky Biriggwa 11 Jun 2008
TK Lithuania H.E. Dainius Petras Kamaitis 11 Jun 2008
BE Uzbekistan H.E. Alisher Salakhitdinov 11 Jun 2008
BE Cyprus H.E. Marios Ieronymides 11 Jun 2008
BE Seychelles H.E. Philippe Le Gall 11 Jun 2008
     Timor  Leste H.E.  Francisco Tilman Cepeda 01 Aug. 2008
     Singapore H.E.  A Selverajah 15 Sept. 2008
     Bangladesh H.E.  Chowdhury Ikhtiar Momin 15 Sept. 2008
     Papua New Guinea         H.E.  Christian Anthony Vihruri                          03 Oct. 2008
     New Zealand                   H.E.  Andrew Graeme Matheson                      03 Oct. 2008
     Korea                               H.E.  Choi Joong-kyung                                   17 Oct. 2008
     Finland                              H.E.  Heikki Hannikainen                                 17 Oct. 2008
   Brunei H.E. Malai Halimah Yussof* 11 Dec 2008
   Mexico H.E.Tomas Javier Calvillo Unna 11 Dec 2008
   France H.E.Thierry Borja de Mozota 15 Jan 2009
TK Ethiopia H.E Abdirashid Dulane Rafle 15 Jan 2009
TK Djibouti H.E. Ahmed Araita Ali 15 Jan 2009
TK Honduras H.E. Nadina Joyce Lfebvere Labro* 15 Jan 2009
KL Nepal H.E. Rishi Raj Adhikari 16 Jan 2009
TK Luxembourg H.E. Paul Steinmetz 16 Jan 2009
TK Ecuador H.E. Javier Ponce Leiva 16 Jan 2009
KL Denmark H.E. Svend Weaver 19 Jan 2009
BK Sweden H.E. Lennart Linner 19 Jan 2009
KL Yemen H.E. Abdullah Mohammad Al-Muntaser 19 Jan 2009
SG Angola H.E. Flavio Saraiva de Carvalho Fonseca 19 Jan 2009
JK  Serbia H.E. Zoran Kazazovic 19 Jan 2009
    China H.E. Liu Jianchao 11 Mar 2009
 

   European Commission

 

 H.E. Alistair Bell Mac Donald 03 Jan. 2007
 

Charge d’Affaires en titre
Nigeria Mr. Ndubuisi Vitus Amaku
Iraq Mr. Adel Mawlood Hamodi Al-Hakimh
Venezuela Mr. Manuel Perez Iturbe

 

Charge d’Affaires , a.i.

 
Libya Mr. Sadek A.M. Osman
Colombia Mrs. Stella Marquez de Araneta*
Myanmar Mr. Win Myint

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

 Mr. Antonio Oppen

 

International Organizations

Asian Development Bank Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda
Food and Agriculture Org. of U.N. Mr. Kazuyuki Tsurumi
International Committee of the Red Cross Mr. Felipe Donoso
International Finance Corporation Mr. Vipul Bhagat
International Labor Organization Ms. Linda Wirth
International Monetary Fund Mr. Reza Baqir
International Organization for Migration Mr. Bruce Reed
International Rice Research Institute Dr. Robert Zeigler
UN Resident Coordinator Ms. Nileema Noble
United Nations Children’s Fund Ms. Vanessa Tobin
United Nations Development Program Mr. Kyo Naka
United Nations High Commissioner for  Refugees Mr. Richard Anthony Hall
United Nations Population Fund Ms. Zuneeta Mukherjee
United Nations World Food Programme Ms. Valerie Guarnieri
World Bank/IBRD Mr. Joachim von Amsberg
World Health Organization (ASPAC) Dr. Shin Young-soo
World Health Organization (Country) Dr. Jean Marc Olive

 

 

LEGEND:

Ambassadors based in:

BK = Bangkok       BE = Beijing          HN = Hanoi     JK = Jakarta     KL = Kuala Lumpur      SE = Seoul              

TK = Tokyo           SG=  Singapore                 

 

*Female Heads of Missions

 

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