Heads of Diplomatic Mission in South Africa (In Order of Precedence)

13 JUNE 2013
HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION (IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE)
NUMBER NAME DATE OF
ACCREDITATION
MARITAL
STATUS
1. HE Mr Bene Lofongo M’POKO
27/07/01 M
Ms Revella Matisse M’Poko
Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo
2. HE Mr Pietro GIACOMINI
27/02/96 M
Ms Sigmona Jana Giacomini
Ambassador of the Republic of San Marino
(non-resident: resident in San Marino)
3. HE Mr Peter Patrick Kenneth SIMMONS
22/07/97 M
High Commissioner for Barbados
(Non-resident: resident in London)
4. HE Mr Rustan Yuqubovich ISAEV
19/11/02 M
Ms Kholida Isaeva
Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(non-resident: resident in Ankara)
5. HE Dr Omar A TOURAY
03/10/03 M
High Commissioner of the Republic of The Gambia
(non-resident: resident in Addis Ababa)
6. HE Ms Suzana Edith Gun de HASENSON
01/12/04 M
Mr Dave Hasenson
Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador
(non-resident: resident in Jerusalem)
7. HE Mr Mahomed Ismaël DOSSA
06/12/05 M
Ms Bibi Safida Dossa
High Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius
8. HE Mr Carlos SERSALE DI CERISANO 18/01/06 M
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Ms Liliana Sersale
Ambassador of the Argentine Republic
9. HE Mr Rouben KARAPETIAN
Ms Mariam Karapetian
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia
(non-resident: resident in Cairo)
10. HE Mr Fernando Andrade FAZENDA
Ms Jovita Narciso Matos Fazenda
High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique
11. HE Mr Kweronda RUHEMBA
Ms Joy Magaiga
High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda
12. HE Mr Khalid Sulaiman Abdul Rahman BA’OMAR
Ms Noor Muqaibal
Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman
13. HE Ms Lois Cheche BRUTUS
Dr P Brutus
Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia
14. HE Mr Hasan Bader Kareem AL-OQAB
Ms Amena Sayed Kandary
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait
15. HE Mr Adrien KOUAMBO JOMAGUE
Ms Annick Kouambo
High Commissioner of the Republic of Cameroon
16. HE Mr Raúl Fernando BARRIENTOS-LARA
Ms Rosa Maria Mera de Barrietos
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic
17. HE Mr Abd Mohamed MOHAMED YAHIA
Ms Salam Bara - Spouse not in SA
Ambassador of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
18. HE Mr Michel KATRA
Ms Maya Katra
19/04/06 M
19/04/06 M
27/06/06 M
08/03/07 M
03/05/07 M
25/01/08 M
25/03/08 M
08/08/08 M
08/08/08 M
08/08/08 M
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Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon
19. HE Mr Valery HREBENIUK
Ms Marianna Hrebeniuk – Spouse not in SA
Ambassador of Ukraine
20. HE Mr Moumouni FABRE
Spouse not living in SA
Ambassador of Burkina Faso
21. HE Mr Gudmundur EIRIKSSON
Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland
Ms Theorey Vigdis
(non-resident: resident in New Delhi)
22. HE Mr Gaoussou TOURE
Ms Adama Diabate Toure
Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea
23. HE Mr Dov SEGEV STEINBERG
Ambassador of the State of Israel
24. HE Mr Kennedy JAWAN
Madam Josephine Anak Dagang
High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaysia
25. HE Mr Daúl Jesus Enrique MATUTE-MEJÍA
Ms Maria Gabriela Blanco
Ambassador of the Republic of Peru
26. HE Mr Bernard William BAKER
Ms Susan Baker
High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore
27. HE Mr Askar MUSSINOV
Ms Janar Mussinova
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(non-resident: resident in Abu Dhabi)
28. HE Mr Andrew Gbebay BANGALI
High Commissioner of the Republic of Sierra Leone
(non-resident: resident in Addis Ababa)
18/09/08 M
02/10/08 M
02/10/08 M
02/10/08 M
11/12/08 S
26/02/09 M
17/03/09 M
17/03/09 M
14/04/09 M
14/04/09
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29. HE Mr Radu Gabriel SAFTA
01/10/09 M
Ms Anca Daniela Safta
Ambassador of the Republic of Romania
30. HE Dr Nicola BREWER
01/10/09 M
Mr Geoff Gillham
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
31. HE Mr Spyridon THEOCHAROPOULOS
01/10/09 M
Ms Charis Maria Theocharopoulos
Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic (Greece)
32. HE Dr Ali Yousif Ahmed ALSHARIF
01/12/09 M
Ms Nour Elhouda Ali Hassan
Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan
33. HE Mr Goran VUJIČIĆ
01/12/09 M
Ms Slobodanda Vujičić
Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia
34. HE Mr Rodrigo Guillermo CHIARI ALVAREZ
01/12/09 M
Ms Wan Leng Tey de Chiari
Ambassador of the Republic of Panama
35. HE Mr Raimonds JANSONS
05/02/10
Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia
(non-resident: resident in Geneva)
36. HE Mr Bulgaa ALTANGEREL
05/02/10 M
Ambassador of Mongolia
(non-resident: resident in London)
37. HE Dr Jose VALENCIA
09/02/10 M
Ms Patricia Borja
Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador
38. HE Mr Mohamed OULD HANANI
08/06/10 M
Ms Mariem Mint Mohamed Mahmoud
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
39. HE Mr José Milliciades MARTÍNEZ LEZCANO 08/06/10 M
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Ms Graciela Ojeda
Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay
40. HE Mr Sjahril SABARUDDIN
Ms Lely Yulia
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
41. HE Mr Arun Prasad DHITAL
Ms Roma Dhital
Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
42. HE Ms Radhia Naima Mtengeti MSUYA
High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania
43. HE Mr Claude Ruben FASSINOU
Ms Zelma Yollande Fassinou
Ambassador of the Republic of Benin
44. HE Mr Virendra GUPTA
Ms Veena Gupta
High Commissioner of the Republic of India
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 S
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
45. HE Mr Paul DIMASSI
08/06/10 M
Ms A Dimassi-Oualissouet
Ambassador of the Central African Republic
46. HE Ms Marina Isabel Maria Ribeiro ALKATIRI
28/10/10
Ambassador of the Republic of Timor-Leste
(non-resident: resident in Maputo)
47. HE Mr Aden Houssein ABDILLAHI
28/10/10
Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti
(non-resident: resident in Nairobi)
48. HE Mr Abdul Ghafar ISMAIL
28/10/10
High Commissioner of the Brunei Darussalam
(non-res: resident in Singapore)
49. HE Mr Zaigham-Uddin AZAM
28/10/10 M
Ms N Zaigham
High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
50. HE Mr Solomon Mnukwa DLAMINI 28/10/10 S-Widower
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High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Swaziland
51. HE Mr Balladji DIAKITE
Ms D Konate-Diakite
Ambassador of the Republic of Mali
52. HE Mr Marten Nenkete KAPEWASHA
Ms EN Kapewasha
High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia
53. HE Mr Brendan McMAHON
Ms Irene McMahon
Ambassador of the Ireland
54. HE Mr Darius DEGUTIS
Ms Deguitis
Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania
(non-resident: resident in Tel Aviv)
55. HE Dr George Mario HYZLER
Ms Gianella De Marco
High Commissioner for the Republic of Malta
(non-resident: resident in Valletta)
56. HE Mr Phelekezela MPHOKO
Ms Laurinda Mphoko
Ambassador. of the Republic of Zimbabwe
57. HE Mr Omar Jamil NADIF ALTURK
Ms Rana Mansour
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
58. HE Mr Salih Omar ABDU
Ms Zahra Mohamemdnur Husien
Ambassador of the State of Eritrea
59. HE Mr Mohamed Lamine LAABAS
Ms Dalila Laabas
Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Algeria
60. HE Mr Francisco Edu NGUA MANGUE
Ms Maripaz Angela Milan
28/10/10 M
28/10/10 M
28/10/10 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
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Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
61. HE Mr Harry PARTAP
Ms Nazra Partap
High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
62. HE Mr Roeland VAN DE GEER
Ms Srederique van de Geer
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission
63. HE Ms Ruth Elizabeth ROUSE
High Commissioner of Grenada
(non-resident: resident in London)
64. HE Mr Johan MARICOU
Ms K Dierick
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium
65. HE Dr Yeshimebrat Mersha KASSA
Mr A Ayele
Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
66. HE Mr Yoon LEE
Ms S Bae
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
67. HE Dr Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim AL-ALAWI
Ms SJS Al-Khafaji
Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq
68. HE Ms Norma Elaine TAYLOR-ROBERTS
High Commissioner of Jamaica
69. HE Mr Myint NAUNG
Ms Swe Swe Thein
Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar
70. HE Mr Pedro Luiz CARNEIRO DE MENDONÇA
Ms M Carneiro de Mendonça
Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil
71. HE Mr Beniamino SALACAKAU
Ms Taraivosa Salacakau
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
01/02/12 M
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Ambassador of the Republic of Fiji
72. HE Mr Mauricio GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ
Ms Laura Maria Ossa
Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia
73. HE Mr Yong Man JO
Ms Kwang Suk Song
Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
74. HE Mr Sunday Samuel YUSUF
Ms Bevelyn Adeyeni Yusuf
High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
75. HE Dr Horst Egon FREITAG
Ms Chantal Farinelli-Freitag
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
76. HE Mr Héctor Humberto VALEZZI ZAFRA
Ambassador of the United Mexican States
77. HE Mr André HASPELS
Ms Bernice Haspels
Ambassador of the Royal Netherlands
78. HE Ms Kari Maren BJØRNSGAARD
Mr Svein Bjorberg
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway
79. HE Mr Winithkumar Shehan RANTAVALE
Ms Dhanya Rantavale
High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
80. HE Mr Vincent KAREGA
Ms Umurungi Marie Jeannette Butera
High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda
81. HE Mr Mohamed Fadhel AYARI
Ms Atef Souad Mestiri-Ayari
Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia
82. HE Mr Bassam DARWISH
Ms Salwa Dib
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 S
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
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Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic
83. HE Ms Blanka FAJKUSOVA
Ambassador of the Czech Republic
84. HE Mr Petros T NACOUZIS
Ms Guilia Bongini
High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus
85. HE Mr Wilfried Ramon ROSEVAL
Ms Lilian Shanti Roseval-Ramlakan
Ambassador of the of the Republic of Suriname
86. HE Mr Christian MEUWLY
Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation
87. HE Mr Kenny Kiniotiro KAPINGA
High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana
88. HE Mr Vincenzo SCHIOPPA
Ambassador of the Republic of Italy
89. HE Ms Josefina Perpétua PD PITRA DIAKITÉ
Mr Mamadou Diakité
Ambassador of the Republic of Angola
90. HE Mr Andrei L MOLCHAN
Ms Elena Molchan
Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus
91. HE Mr Constancio Rivera VINGNO JR
Ms Yoko Ramos-Vingno
Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines
92. HE Mr Hamad Hareb Hmoud AL HABSI
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
93. HE Mr Alexander ILASCIK
Ms Edita Ilascikova
Ambassador of the Slovak Republic
94. HE Mr Béla LÁSZLO
Ms Julia László
Ambassador of Hungary
01/02/12 S
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 S
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
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95. HE Mr Muyeba Shichapwa CHIKONDE
Ms Flavia Musonda Keseba Chikonde
High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia
96. HE Mr Elkhan Polukh Oglu POLUKHOV
Ms V Polukhova
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
97. HE Ms Aïchatou SANNI AOUDOU
Mr Mahama Sanni
Ambassador of the Republic of Gabon
98. HE Mr Yutaka YOSHIZAWA
Ms Fumiko Yoshizawa
Ambassador of Japan
99. HE Mr Mikhail Ivanovich PETRAKOV
Ms Irina Petrakova
Ambassador of the Russian Federation
100. HE Mr Mohammad FARAJI
Ms Fereshteh Faraji
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
101. HE Mr TIAN Xuejun (surname: TIAN)
Ms QIAO Jie (surname: QIAO)
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
102. HE Archbishop Mario Roberto CASSARI
Ambassador of the Apostolic Nunciature (Holy See)
103. HE Mr Nonsiri BURANASIRI
Ms Santhani Buranasiri
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand
104. HE Mr Mahamoud Adam BECHIR
Spouse not in South Africa
Ambassador of the Republic of Chad
105. HE Mr Salem Abdullah Sultan AL-JABER
Ms Hasina Al-Jaber (Spouse not in South Africa)
Ambassador of the State of Qatar
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 S
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 M
14/06/12 M
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106. HE Mr Juan Ignacio SELL SANZ
Ms G Fernandez
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain
107. HE Mr Acisclo Valladares Molina
Ms Marina Raquel Urruela Prado de Valladares
Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Guatemala
(non-res: resident in the United Kingdom)
108. HE Mr René Rosager DINESEN
Ms CF Dinesen
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark
109. HE Mr António Manuel Ricoca FREIRE
Ms JF Pizaro Miranda
Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal
110. HE Mr Paul Macuei MALOK
Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan
111. HE MD. Touhid HOSSAIN
Ms JA Siddiqui
High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
112. HE Ms Katya DELEVA
03/10/12 M
Mr O Deleva
Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria
113. HE Mr Sherif Fouad NAGUIB
03/10/12 M
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt
114. HE Mr Kaan ESENER
03/10/12 M
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey
115. HE Mr Leonard-Emile OGNIMBA
03/10/12 M
Ms F Ognimba
Ambassador of the Republic of Congo
116. HE Mr Claude MOREL
03/10/12 M
Ms RM Morel
High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles
117. HE Mr Richard Stuart MANN 03/10/12 M
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Ms M Mann
High Commissioner of New Zealand
118. HE Petri Olavi SALO
Ms Marin Sapozhnikova
Ambassador of the Republic of Finland
119. HE Mr Amos Djadan KOFFI
Ms Djadan Nee Mandjui Genevieve Koffi
Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
120. HE Mr Jose Gabriel ZEPEDA ZEPEDA
Ms Rina Monroy Cuadra
Ambassador of the Republic of Chile
121. HE Mr Beka DVALI
Ms Nino Lezhava
Ambassador of Georgia
122. HE Ms Rakiatou MAYAKI
Ambassador of the Republic of Niger
123. HE Mr Anders HAGELBERG
Ms Lena Hagelberg Agatin
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden
124. HE Mr Carlos Fernández DE COSSÍO DOMÍNGUEZ
Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba
125. HE Mr Isaïe NTIRIZOSHIRA
Ambassador of the Republic of Burundi
126. HE Mr Graeme John WILSON
Ms Lisa Wilson
High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 S
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
29/01/13 M
127. HE Mr Gaston BARBAN
29/01/13 M
Ms Jane Barban
High Commissioner of Canada
128. HE Mr Sayid Hassan SHERIFF ABDULLAHI
29/01/13 M
Ambassador of the Federal Government of Somali Republic
129. HE Mrs Anna RADUCHWSKA-BROCHWICZ 06/06/13 M
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Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
130. HE Mrs Elisabeth BARBIER
Mr Avner Cohen
Ambassador of the Republic of France
131. HE Mrs Stella Hauya NDAU
High Commissioner of the Republic of Malawi
132. HE Mr Abdullah Bin Mohammed AL-MADHI
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
133. HE Mr Patrick Simiyu WAMOTO
Mrs J Wamoto
High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya
06/06/13 M
06/06/13 M
06/06/13
06/06/13 M
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
NUMBER NAME DATE OF
MARITAL STATUS
ACCREDITATION
1 Dr Agostinho Marcelino ZACHARIAS
Resident Coordinator of the United Nations
System also Resident Representative of the
UNDP
23/12/09 M
CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES e.t:
NUMBER NAME DATE OF
1. Dr Ali Abdelqawi AL-GHAFFARI
Dr Hajer Iman Al-Ghaffari
Chargé d'Affaires e.t. of the Republic of Yemen
2. Mr Thami El Glaoui
Chargé d'Affaires e.t. of the Kingdom of Morocco
MARITAL STATUS
ACCREDITATION
27/09/07 M
29/09/12 M
CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES a.i.:
NUMBER NAME DATE OF
1. Mr DDP MASCARENHAS
Ambassador-designate of the Republic of Cape
Verde
(non-resident: resident in Angola)
2. Mr D Djanffar
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Union of Comoros
3. Ms I BARKIDIJA
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Croatia
4. Mr MB DENGO
Ambassador-designate of the of Costa Rica
ACCREDITATION
25/01/09 (Agrément granted)
30/03/10
01/01/11
28/07/11 (Agrément granted)
MARITAL STATUS
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(non-resident: resident in Switzerland)
5. HE Ms Winnie Anna KIAP
High Commissioner-designate of Papua New
Guinea
(non-resident: resident in London)
6. Mr Saleh Ali S ELMARGHANI
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Libya
7. Ms LC VOCA
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of
Madagascar
8. Mr Ben Sie-Toe COLLINS
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Liberia
9. Mr PT DIAO
Chargé d’Affaires a.i of the Republic of Senegal
10. Mr M GARTNER
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Austria
11. Ms MAA POBEE
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Ghana
12. Mr HHH ALDRAMLY
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the State of Palestine
13. Ms A Arbelbide Costas
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay
14. Ms Virginia PALMER
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the United States of
America
15. Ms Jaennet FRANCHI-ALFONZO
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela
16. VACANT
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Kingdom of Lesotho
17. VACANT
12/11/12 (Agrément granted)
15/01/12
31/01/12
30/06/12
10/07/12
11/09/12
31/10/12
01/11/12
13/12/12
03/01/13
27/05/13
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Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam
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