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SA MISSIONS
POLITICAL DESKS
FOREIGN MISSIONS
COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE DATE OF
INAUGURA-
TION
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
(PRIME MINISTER)
DATE OF
APPOINT-MENT
MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
CAPITAL
CITY
COUNTRY’S
AFFILIATION
TO
REGIONAL,
ECENOMIC
OR TRADE
GROUPING
African Union (AU)
H E Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-
Zuma
Addis Ababa
Chairperson of the African
Union Commission
President of the African
Union
Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan
HE Mr Hamid KARZAI
President
07/12/2004 HOS is also HOG Zalmay RASSOUL, Dr.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kabul

Republic of
Albania
HE Mr Bamir TOPI
President
24/07/2007 HE Dr Sali BEISHA
Prime Minister
HE Mr Ilir META
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tirana
Democratic People’s
Republic of Algeria
HE Mr Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
President
27/04/1999 HE Mr Ahmed OUAYHIA
Prime Minister
?/05/2009 HE Mr Mourad MELDELCI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Algiers
Principality of
Andorra
HE Bishop Joan Enric VIVES I
SICILIA
( Co-Prince of Andorra)
12/05/2003 HE Mr Albert PINTAT
Prime Minister
HE Mrs Xavier ESPOT Miro
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Andorra La
Vella
(Letters to each Co-
Prince)
HE Mr Nicolas SARKOZY
(Co-Prince of Andorra)
Republic of Angola
HE Engineer José Eduardo DOS
SANTOS
10/09/1979 HE Mr Fernando Da
Piedade Dias dos Santos
HE Mr Assunção Afonso Dos
Ânjos
Luanda
SADC
President
Antigua and
Barbuda
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
HE Ms Louise A LAKE-TACK, GCMG,
DStJ
17/07/2007 The Hon Winston Baldwin
SPENCER
(Prime Minister and Minister
of Labour)
24/03/2004 The Hon Winston Baldwin
SPENCER
(Minister of Tourism, External
Affairs, International
Transportation and Trade)
St John’s
CARICOM,
ECLAC, OAS,
OECS
Argentine Republic
HE Dr Cristina E FERNÁNDEZ DE
KIRCHNER
(President of the Argentine Nation)
10/12/2007 HOS is also HOG HE Ambassador Jorge Taiana
(Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and
Worship)
Buenos Aires
Republic of Armenia
HE Mr Serzh SARGSYAN
09/04/2008 HE Mr Tigran SARGSYAN
09/04/2008 HE Mr Eduard Nalbandian
Yerevan
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Commonwealth of
Australia
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC
03/12/2007 The Hon Mr Kevin Michael
RUDD, MP
Prime Minister
HE Mr Stephen Francis
SMITH, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Canberra
Republic of Austria
HE Dr Heinz FISCHER
President
08/07/2004 HE Mr. Werner FAYMAN
Federal Chancellor
2/12/2008 HE Dr Michael
SPINDELEGGER
Federal Minister of European
and International Affairs
Vienna
EU, WTO,
WCO, OPCW,
Montreal
Protocol,
OECD,
Wassenaar
Arrangement,
Nuclear
Supplier
Group, Missile
Technology
Control
Regime,
Zangger
Committee

Republic of
Azerbaijan
HE Mr Ilham Heydar oglu ALIYEV
31/10/2003 HE Mr Artur Tahir oglu
RASIZADE
HE Mr Elmar Maharram oglu
MAMMADYAROV
Baku
President
Prime Minister
Minister of foreign Affairs
The Commonwealth
of the Bahamas
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
H.E. The Hon. Arthur Dion Hanna
01/02/2006 The Hon Mr Hubert
INGRAHAM
Prime Minister
04/05/2007 HE Mr Brent SYMONETTE
(Minister of Foreign Affairs and
the Public Service)
Nassau
CARICOM
Kingdom of Bahrain
His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al
Khalifa
King of Bahrain
06/03/1999 His Highness Khalifa bin
Salman AL KHALIFA
Prime Minister
1971 HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed
bin Mohamed AL KHALIFA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Manama
ABEDA,
AFESD,
AFEDS, AL,
AMF, CCASG,
FAO, G-77,
GCC, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC,
IDB, IFC, ILO,
IMF, IMO,
IOC, ITU,
MIGA, NAM,
OAPEC, IOC,
UN, UNCTAD,
UNHCR,
UNESCO,
UNHRC,
UNIDO UPU,
WHO,WMO,
UNWTO,
WTO, WIPO,
CAEU,
Interpol.
People’s Republic of
Bangladesh
HE Mr Md Zillur Rahman
President
12/02/2009 Her Excellency Sheikh
Hasina
Prime Minister
06/01/2009 HE Dr Dipu Moni, MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dhaka
SAARC, NAM,
IOR, ARCH
Barbados
Republic of Belarus
Kingdom of Belgium
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Acting Governor-General:
Sir Elliot Belgrave,
GCM, CHB, KA, GCMG
HE Mr Alexander LUKASHENKO
President
His Majesty, King Albert II, King of the
Belgians
The Hon Mr David
THOMPSON, QC, MP
Sir Freundel Stuart,
Prime Minister
Sen. The Hon Maxine
McLEAN
(Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade)
20/07/1994 HE Dr Sergei Sidorsky HE Mr Sergei Nikolayevich
Martynov
09/08/1993 HE Mr Herman VAN
ROMPUY
Prime Minister
30/12/2008 HE Mr Karel DE GUCHT
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bridgetown
Minsk
Brussels
CARICOM
Belize (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) 17/11/1993 The Hon Mr Dean BARROW 08/02/2008 The Hon Wilfred Elrington Belmopan CARICOM
EU, UN

Republic of Benin
The Kingdom of
Bhutan
Plurinational State of
Bolivia
Governor-General:
HE Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG,
MBE,MBA
HE Dr Thomas YAYI Boni
President
His Majesty King Jigme Khesar
Namgyel Wangchuck
HE Mr Juan Evo MORALES
President
(Prime Minister and Minister
of Finance)
Attorney General
(Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade)
06/04/2006 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Jean-Marie EHOUZOU
14/12/2006 H.E Lyonchhen Jigmi Y.
Thinley
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affaisr,
African Integration and
Francophone and Beninese
Diasporas
22/01/2006 HOS is also HOG HE Mr David
CHOQUEHUANCA Cespedes
Cotonou
H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering Thimphu SAARC, NAM
La Paz
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
H E Mr Nebojša RADMANOVIĆ
Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (tenure ends Feb 2008)
Dr Haris Silajdžić, Member of the
Presidency (will become Chairman of
the Presidency in February 2008)
Mr Nebojša RADMANOVIĆ, Member
of the Presidency
NB:
The members of the Presidency rotate
every 8 months.
06/11/2006 HE Mr Nikola SPIRIC
Prime Minister
HE Mr Sven ALKALAJ
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sarajevo
BIS, CE,
CEI,EBRD,
FAO, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICCt,
ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC ,
IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC,
IOM, IPU,
ISO, ITU,
ITUC, MIGA,
MONIC,
OPCW,
OSCE, NATO,
SECI, UN,
UNCTAD,
UNESCO,
UNIDO,
UNMEE,
UNWTO,
UPU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO
Republic of
Botswana
HE Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian
KHAMA
01/04/2008 HOS is also HOG The Hon Mr Phandu
Skelemani
Gaborone
SADC, SACU
President
(Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation)
Federative Republic
of Brazil
HE Ms Dilma Rousseff
President
1/01/2011 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Antonio PATRIOTA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Brasilia

Brunei Darussalam
Formal name is:
Negara Brunei
Darussalam
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah, Sultan
and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam
01/08/1968 HOS is also HOG His Royal Highness Prince
Mohammed Bolkiah
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Republic of Bulgaria
HE Mr Rosen Asenov Plevneliev
President
22/01/20012 HE Mr Boyko BORISSOV
Prime Minister
27/07/2009 HE MS Rumiana JELEVA
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sofia
ACCT,
Australia
Group, BIS,
BSEC,CE,
CEI,CERN,
EAPC, EBRD,
EIB, EU,
FAO,G-9,
IAEA,IBRD,
EIB,
Burkina Faso
HE Mr Blaise COMPAORÉ
15/10/1986 HE Mr Tertius ZONGO
HE Bedouma Alain Yoda
Ouagadougou
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Regional Co-operation
Republic of Burundi
HE Mr Pierre NKURUNZIZA
26/08/2005 HOS is also HOG HE Dr Ausustin NSANZE
Bujumbura
President
Minister of External Affairs and
International Co-operation
Kingdom of
Cambodia
His Majesty Samdech Preah
Baromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI
14/10/2004 HE Mr Hun Sen HE Mr HOR Namhong
(Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation)
Phnom Penh
Republic of
Cameroon
HE Mr Paul BIYA
President
06/11/1982 HE Mr Yang PHILEMON
Prime Minister
30/06/2009 HE Mr Henri Eyebe AYISSI
Minister of State in charge of
External Relations
Yaoundé
Economic
Community of
Central African
States
(ECCAS)
Canada
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General and Commander-in-
Chief of Canada,
Her Excellency The Rt Hon David
Johnston
27/09/2005 HE Mr Stephen Joseph
HARPER
Prime Minister
06/02/2006 HE Mr Lawrence Cannon
Min of Foreign Affairs
Ottawa
North
American Free
Trade Area
(NAFTA) and
North Atlantic
Treaty
Organisation (
NATO)
Republic of Cape
Verde
HE Mr Jorge Carlos de Almeida
FONSECA
President
09/09/2011 HE Mr José Maria PEREIRA
NEVES
Prime Minister
01/02/2001 HE Mr Jose Luis ROCHA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation
and the International
Community
Praia
AfDB,
ECOWAS G-
77, ICAO, IDA,
IFAD, IFC,
ILO, IMF, IOC,
IOM, IPU, ITU,
ITUC, MIGA,
NAM, OIF,
OPCW,
UNWTO,

UPU, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
Central African
Republic
HE Mr Francois BOZIZE
Yangouvonda
President
15/03/2003 HE Prof Faustin-Archange
Touadera
Prime Minister
19/01/2009 HE Mr Kombo Yaya
Dieudonne
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Regional Integration and
Francophonie
Bangui
Economic
Community of
Central African
States
(ECCAS)
Republic of Chad
HE President Idriss Déby Itno
President
? HE M r. Emmanuel
Nadingar
Prime Minister
HE Mr Moussa Faki
MAHAMAT
Minister of Foreign Relations
N’Djaména
AU, AFDB,
BDEAC, CEN-
SAD, CEMAC
Republic of Chile
HE Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera
Echenique
11/03/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Alfredo MORENO
Charme
Santiago
Minister of Foreign Affairs
President
People’s Republic of
China
HE Mr HU Jintao
President
15/11/2002 HE Mr WEN Jiabao
Premier
HE Mr YANG Jiechi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Beijing
Republic of
Colombia
Union of Comoros
Mr Juan Manuel Santos
President
HE Mr Ikililou Dhoinine
07/08/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Jaime BERMÚDEZ
Merizalde
26/05/2011 HE Mr Idi Nadhoim
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Ahmen Ben Said Jaffer
Bogota
Moroni
SAMBI
President
Deputy President
(also in charge of Transport,
Post, Telecommunication,
Tourism and
Communication)
(Minister of External Relations,
Co-operation in charge of the
Diaspora, Francophone and
Arab World )
Republic of Congo
HE Mr Denis Sassou N’GUESSO
25/10/1997 HOS is also HoG HE Mr Basile IKOUEBE
Brazzaville
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Francophonie
Cook Islands
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
14/12/2009 The Hon Mr Jim MARURAI
The Hon Wilkie Rasmussen
Avarua
(Self-governing state
in free association
with New Zealand)
Queen’s Representative in Cook
Islands::
HE Sir Frederick Goodwin, KBE
(Salution: Your Excellency)
Prime Minister
(Salution: Dear Prime
Minister)
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Immigration
Republic of Costa
Rica
HE Ms Laura Chinchilla Miranda
President
08/05/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Rene CASTRO Salazar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
San José
Republic of Côte
d’Ivoire
HE Mr Alassane Dramane Ouattara
President
04/12/2010 HE Mr Guillaume SORO
Prime Minister
HE Mr KACOU GERVAIS
Jean-Marie
Abidjan

Republic of Croatia
HE Mr Ivo Josipović
19/02/2010 HE Ms Jadranka KOSOR
Minister of State, Minister of
Foreign Affairs
6/07/2009 HE Mr. Gordan Jandroković
Zagreb
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
European Integration
Republic of Cuba
HE Mr Raúl Castro Ruz
President of the Council of State and
of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba
24/02/2008 HE Mr Raúl Castro Ruz HE Mr Bruno Rodriguez
PARILLA
Havana
Republic of Cyprus
HE Mr. Demetris CHRISTOFIAS
President
28/02/2008 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Markos Kyprianou
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nicosia
AG, CE,
EBRD, EIB,
EU, FAO,
IAEA, IBRD,
ICAO, ICC,
ICCt IDA,
IFAD, IFC,
IHO,ILO, IMF,
IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM IPU,
ISO, ITU,
ITUC, MIGA,
NSG, IOF
OPCW,
OSCE, PCA,
UN, UPU,
WCL, WCO,
WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO,
WTO
Czech Republic
HE Mr Václav KLAUS
President
07/03/2003 HE Mr Petr Neĉas
Prime Minister
HE Mr Karel
KSCHWARZENBERG
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Prague
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
HE Mr Joseph KABILA Kabange
President
6/12/2006 HE Mr Adolphe MUZITO
Prime Minister
25/10/2008 Mr. Alexis THAMBWE
MWAMBA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kinshasa
ECCAS,
CEMAC5,
SADC,
COMESA,
ECGLR
Kingdom of
Denmark
Republic of Djibouti
Commonwealth of
Dominica
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II 14/01/1972 HE Mr Lars Løkke
RASMUSSEN
HE Mr Ismael Omar GUELLEH
President
HE Dr Nicholas Joseph Orville
LIVERPOOL, DAH
Prime Minister
08/05/1999 HE Mr Dileita Mohamed
Dileita
02/10/2003 The Hon Roosevelt
SKERRITT
05/04/2009 HE Mr Per Stig MOLLER
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Mahamoud Ali
YOUSSOUF
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Co-operation and
Parliamentary Relations
Copenhagen
Djibouti
EU – with optouts
pertaining
to justice
08/01/2004 The Hon Vince HENDERSON Roseau CARICOM

President Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Trade and Marketing
Dominican Republic
HE Mr Leonel FERNÁNDEZ Reyna
President
16/08/2004 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Carlos Morales
Troncoso
Santo
Domingo
East Timor
HE Mr José RAMOS-HORTA
17/04/2008 HE Dr José Ramos-Horta
HE Mr José Luis
Dili
(Democratic
Republic of Timor
Loro sa’e) or
(Democratic
Republic of Timor
Leste)
President
(Prime Minister and Minister
of Defence)
Xanana Gusmao (Prime
Minister of Timor Leste)
Republic of Ecuador
HE Mr Rafael CORREA Delgado
15/01/2007 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Ricardo Patiño Aroca.
Quito
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Arab Republic of
Egypt
?
President
14/10/1981 HE Dr Ahmad NAZIF
Prime Minister
09/07/2004 HE Mr Ahmed Ali Aboul
GHEIT
Minister of State for Foreign
Affairs
Cairo
COMESA,
League of
Arab States
Republic of El
Salvador
HE Mr Mauricio Funes CARTAGENA
President
01/06/2004 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Hugo ROGER
Minister of Foreign Affairs
San Salvador
Republic of
Equatorial Guinea
HE Teodoro Obiang NGUEMA
MBASOGO
President
03/08/1979 H E Ignacio Milam Tang
Prime Minister
HE Mr Micha Ondo BILE
(Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Co-operation and
Francophony)
Malabo
State of Eritrea
HE Mr Isaias AFEWERKI
President
24/05/1993 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Osman Saleh
MOHAMMED
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Asmara
Republic of Estonia
HE Mr Toomas Hendrik ILVES
09/10/2006 HE Mr Andrus ANSIP
HE Mr Urmas PAET
Tallinn
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
HE Mr GIRMA Wolde-Giorgis
President
08/10/2001 HE Mr Meles ZENAWI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Seyoum MESFIN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Addis Ababa
European Union
(EU)
HE Mr Janez Janša
(President of the European
Commission)
(also Prime Minister of
HE Dr Javier Solana
(High Representative for the
Common Foreign and Security
Policy)
Brussels

Slovenia)
Equivalent to Minister of
Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Václav Klaus,
President of the European
Council
(also President of the
Republic of Czech Republic)
Republic of the Fiji
Islands
HE Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli
Nailatikau, LVO, OBE, MSD, OStJ
HE Commodore Voreqe
BAINIMARAMA
The Hon Ratu Inoke
KUBUABOLA
Suva
Interim Prime Minister
Interim Minister of Foreign
Affairs and External Trade
Republic of Finland
HE Ms Tarja Kaarina HALONEN
01/03/2000 HE Mr Matti VANHANEN
19/04/2007 HE Mr Alexander STUBB
Helsinki
EFTA
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of France
(also known as the
French Republic)
HE Mr Nicolás SARKOZY
President of the French Republic
16/05/2007 HE Mr François FILLON
Prime Minister
17/05/2007 HE Mr Bernard KOUCHNER
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paris
EU, G8, Union
of the
Mediterranean
, NATO,
OSCE, OECD
Republic of Gabon
HE Mr Ali Bongo
President
16/10/2009 HE Mr Raymond NDONG
SIMA
Prime Minister
HE Mr Emmanuel ISSOZET
NGONDET
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Co-operation, French
Speaking World in charge of
NEPAD and Regional
Integration
Libreville
Republic of The
Gambia
HE Sheik Prof Alhagi Dr Yahya
Abdulaziz Jemus Jungkung JAMMEH
President and Commander in Chief of
the Armed Forces
15/12/2006 HOS is also HOG HE Dr Omar Alieu TOURAY
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
Banjul
ACP, AfDB,
ECOWAS,
FAO, G-77,
IDA, IDB,
IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IOC,
IOM, IPU, ITU,
ITUC, MIGA,
NAM, OIC,
UNCTAD,
WIPO, WTO
Georgia
HE Mr Mikheil SAAKASHVILI
20/01/2008 HE Mr Nikoloz GILAURI
06/02/2009 HE Mr Grigol VASHADZE
Tbilisi
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic of
Germany
HE Mr Christian Wulff
President
HE Ms Angela Dorothea
MERKEL
Chancellor
30 June 2010 HE Mr Guido Westerwelle
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Berlin
WTO, EEC,
ACP, CAC,
EFTA, GSP,
LDDC,

OPC,CITES
Republic of Ghana
HE Mr John Mahama
July 2012 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Akwasi OSEI-ADJEI
Accra
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Regional Integration
Hellenic Republic
(also known as
Greece)
HE Mr Karolos PAPOULIAS
President
12/03/2005 HE Dr Kostas KARAMANLIS
Prime Minister
HE Mr Dimitrios DROUTSAS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Athens
Australia
Group, BIS,
BSEC, CE,
CERN, EAPC,
EBRD, EIB,
EMU, EU,
FAO, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO,
ICC, ICRM,
IDA, IEA,
IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, IHO,
ILO, IMF, IMO,
IMSO,
Interpol, IOC,
IOM, IPU,
ISO, ITSO,
ITU, ITUC,
MIGA,
MINURSO,
NATO, NEA,
NSG, OECD,
OIF, OPCW,
OSCE, PCA,
SECI,UN,
Schengen
Convention,
UPU WCO,
WEU, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO,
Zangger
Committee
Grenada
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General
HE Sir Carlyle Glean, GCMG
27//11/2008 The Hon Mr Tillman
THOMAS
Prime Minister and Minister
of National Security,
Information and Legal Affairs
09/07/2008 The Hon Peter David
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Tourism
St George’s
CARICOM
Republic of
Guatemala
HE Mr Alvaro COLOM Caballeros
President
14/01/2008 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Haroldo RODAS
Melgar
Minister of External Affairs
Guatemala
City
Republic of Guinea
HE Mr Alpha Condé
21/12/2010 HE Mr Kabiné KOMARA
30/12/2009 HE Alexandre Cécé LOUA
Conakry
ECOWAS
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Cooperation, The African
Integration and Expatriate
Guineans

Republic of Guinea-
Bissau
HE Mr Malam Bacai Sanhá
President
08/09/2009 HE Mr Carlos GOMES
JÚNIOR
Prime Minister
HE Mr Adelino Mano QUETA
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Co-operation and
Communities
Bissau
UN, World
Bank IMF,
ADB,
ECOWAS,
WAEMU, OIC,
AU, NAM,
CILSS, G-77,
ICAO, FAO,
WHO
Republic of Guyana
HE Mr Donald RAMOTAR
President
03/12/2011 HE Mr Sammuel HINDS 11/08/1999 The Hon Carolyn
RODRIGUES-BIIRKETT, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Trade and International
Cooperation
Georgetown
CARICOM
Republic of Haiti
HE Mr Michel Joseph Martelly
HE Dr. Garry Conille
HE Laurent LAMOTHE
Port-au-Prince
CARICOM
President
(Prime Minister)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Holy See His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI 19/04/2005 His Eminence Cardinal
Tarcisio BERTONE
Republic of
Honduras
Republic of Hungary
HE Mr Porfirio Lobo Sosa
President
HE Mr János Áder
President
Secretary of State
HE Archbishop Dominique
MAMBERTI
Secretary for Relations with
States
27/01/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Mario Miguel
CANAHUATI
10/05/2012 HE Mr Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Péter BALÁZS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vatican City
Tegucigalpa
Budapest
Republic of Iceland
HE Mr Ólafur Ragnar GRÍMSSON
President
01/08/1996 HE Ms Johanna
SIGURDARDOTTIR
Prime Minister
01/02/2009 HE Mr Ossur
SKARPHEDINSSON
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
External Trade
Reykjavik
EFTA- EU
Membership
lodged on
27/07/2009
Republic of India
HE Ms Pratibha Devisingh PATIL
President
25/07/2007 HE Dr Manmohan SINGH
Prime Minister
HE Mr Somanahalli Mallaiah
KRISHNA
Minister of External Affairs
New Delhi
Republic of
Indonesia
HE Dr Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO
President
20/10/2004 HOS is also HOG HE Dr Noer Hassan Wirajuda Jakarta
Islamic Republic of
Iran
HE Mr Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD
President
05/08/2009 HOS is also HOG
(NB: Spiritual leader –
Ayatolla Ali Khamenei)
HE Manoucher MOTTAKI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tehran FAO, IDB, G-
77, NAM, IOR-
ARC, IMF,
OIC, OPEC
ICC, WHO,

Republic of Iraq
Ireland
State of Israel
Republic of Italy
(Italian Republic)
Jamaica
HE Mr Jalal TALABANI
President
HE Mrs Mary McALEESE
President
HE Mr Shimon PERES
President elect 06/07/07
HE Mr Giorgio NAPOLITANO
President
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
The Most Hon Dr Patrick Linton
ALLEN, ON, GCMG,CD
07/04/2005 HE Mr Nouri Kamil
Mohammed Hassan AL-
MALIKI
Prime Minister
11/11/1997 HE Mr Brian COWEN, TD
(Taoiseach) (Prime Minister)
15/07/2007 HE Mr Benjamin
NETANYAHU
Prime Minister
15/05/2006 HE Mr Silvio Berlusconi
Prime Minister
(also President of the
Council of Ministers)
26/02/2007 The Hon Mr Andrew Michael
Holness, MP
Prime Minister
(also Minister of Defence
and Education)
Japan His Majesty Emperor AKIHITO 07/01/1989 HE Mr. Taro ASO
Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan
His Majesty King
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein
Prime Minister
07/02/1999 HE Mr Nader DAHABI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Hoshyar ZEBARI
Foreign Minister
7/05/2008 HE Mr Micheál MARTIN, TD
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Baghdad
Dublin
31/03/2009 HE Mr Avigdor LIBERMAN Tel Aviv
HE Mr Massimo D’ALEMA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
23/10/2011 The Hon Dr Kenneth BAUGH,
MP
(Deputy Prime Minister and )
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade
HE Mr Hirofumi NAKASONE
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Nasser JUDEH
Minister of Foreign Affairs
** Tel Aviv
should remain
on the list as
that is where
our Embassy,
along with
nearly all the
others, is
based in line
with UN
agreements
on the status
of Jerusalem
Rome
Kingston
Tokyo
Amman
UNCTAD,
UNIDO,
UNWTO,
UNHCR,
WIPO,
Interpol, IMO
EU, UN
CARICOM
Republic of
Kazakhstan
HE Mr Nursultan NAZARBAYEV
President
24/04/1990 HE Mr Daniyal AKHMETOV
Prime Minister
HE Mr Kasymzhomart
TOKAYEV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Astana

Republic of Kenya
HE Mr Mwai KIBAKI
President
(and Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces)
30/12/2002 HOS is also HOG HE Hon (Mr) Raphael TUJU,
EGH, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation
Nairobi
Kiribati
Democratic People’s
Republic of
(North Korea)
HE The Hon Anote TONG
President
** HOS is also HOG and FM
HE Mr Kim YONG-IL,
General Secretary of the Workers
Party of Korea, Chairman of the
National Defence Commission of the
Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea,
Supreme Commander of the Korean
People’s Army
10/07/2003 HOS is also HOG and FM HE The Hon Anote TONG Tarawa
05/09/1998 HE Mr Kim YONG-Il
HE Mr PAK UI-CHUN
P’yŏngyang
Premier
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Kim YONG-NAM
President of the Presidium of the
Supreme People’s Assembly
(Nominal Head of State)
He is responsible for external activities
as the state representative, including
the work of the HOS in ceremonies
with other countries, receiving
credentials from other countries’
Ambassadors and the signing
credentials of DPRK’s Ambassadors to
other countries.
Republic of Korea
HE Mr LEE Myung-Bak
25/02/2008 Her E Mr. HAN Seung-soo
HE Mr YU Myung-hwan
Seoul
(South Korea)
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Trade
Kosovo
Mr Hashim Thaci
Mr Hashim Thaci
Pristina
President
Prime Minister
State of Kuwait
His Highness Shaikh Sabah Al-
Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber AL-
SABAH
Amir of the State of Kuwait
?/02/2006 His Highness Shaikh Nasser
Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-
JaberAL-SABAH
Prime Minister
20/05/2009 HE Shaikh Dr Mohammed
Sabah Al-Salem AL-SABAH
Deputy Premier and Minister
of Foreign Affairs
Kuwait City
ABEDA,
AFESD, AMF,
IDB, CCASG,
FAO, ICC,
ILO, G-77,
GCC,IMF, AL,
OIC, OAPEC,
NAM, UN,
WTO, WHO

Kyrgyz Republic
Lao People’s
Democratic Republic
Republic of Latvia
Republic of Lebanon
HE Mr Almazbek ATAMBAEV
President
HE Lt Gen Choummaly SAYASONE
President
HE Mr Andris Bērziņš
President
HE Mr Michel SLEIMAN
President
01/12/2011 HE Mr Nikolay TANAEV
Prime Minister
HE Mr Ruslan KAZAKBAEV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bishkek
08/06/2008 HE Mr Boungyang Vorachith HE Mr Songsavat Lengsavad Vientiane
08/07/2011 HE Mr Valdis
DOMBROVSKIS
Prime Minister
25/05/2008 HE Mr Mohammad Najib
Mikati
Prime Minister
Kingdom of Lesotho His Majesty King LETSIE III 07/02/1996 The Rt Hon Mr Bethuel
Pakalitha MOSISILI, MP
Liberia
Socialist People’s
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Principality of
Liechtenstein
Republic of
Lithuania
HE Mrs Ellen Johnson SIRLEAF
President
HE Mr Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Chairman of the National Transitional
Council
His Serene Highness Hans-Adam II
HE Ms Dalia Grybauskaitė
President
Prime Minister and Minister
of Defence and National
Security
HE Mr Girts Valdis Kristovskis
Minister for Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Adnan Mansour
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Emigrants
The Hon Mr Mohlabi Kenneth
TSEKOA, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Relations
16/01/2006 HOS is also HOG HE Mr George W WALLACE
05/03/2011 HE Mr Abdurrahim El-Keib
(Acting)
HE Dr Klaus
TSCHŰTSCHER
Prime Minister
12/07/2009 HE Mr Andrius KUBILIUS
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
25/03/2009 HE Dr Aurelia FRICK
Riga
Beirut
Maseru
Monrovia
UNCTAD,
UNISCO,
UNIDO,
UNWTO,
UNHCR,
WIPO, CAEU,
Interpol, IMO
EU
SADC
HE Mr Ashur BIN KHAYAL Tripoli Arab Maghreb
Union,
COMESA,
League of
Arab States
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Audronius AZUBALIS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vaduz
Vilnius
EFTA, EEA,
WTO, CITES
Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg
HRH Grand Duke Henri of
Luxembourg
07/10/2000 HE Mr Jean-Claude
JUNCKER
Prime Minister
Also Minister of Finance
14/07/1989 HE Mr Jean ASSELBORN
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Immigration
Luxembourg
EU,UN
The Former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
HE Mr Gjorge Ivanov
President
12/05/2009 HE Mr nikola GRUEVSKI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Antonio MILOSOSKI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Skopje

(FYROM)
Republic of
Madagascar
Republic of Malawi
HE Mr Andry RAJOELINA
President
HE Mrs Joyce Hilda Banda
President
HE Gen Charles
RABEMANANJARA
Prime Minister and Minister
of Interior
Hyppolite Raharison
RAMAROSON, Rear
Adm(also Vice Prime Minister)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
07 April 2012 HOS is also HOG 07 April 2012 HE Mr Ephraim Mganda
Chiume
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation
Antananarivo
Lilongwe
SADC
AFDB, AU, ,
COMESA,
FAO, G-77,
IAEA, BRD,
ICAO,
ICCT,
ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC,
ISO
(corresponden
t), ITU, ITUC,
MIGA,
MONUC,
NAM, ONUB,
OPCW,
SADC, UN,
UNCTAD,
UNESCO,
UNIDO,
UNMIL,
UNMIS,
UNWTO,
UPU, WCL,
WCO, WFTU,
WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
Federation of
Malaysia
His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong, Al-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku
Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Al-Marhum
Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah
13/12/2006 HE Datuk Seri Najib Tun
Razak
HE Datuk Anifar Aman
Kuala Lampur
Republic of Maldives
President
H.E Dr.Mohamed
Waheed Hassan Manik
President
Prime Minister
07/02/2012 HOS is also HOG 07/02/2012 Dr Abdul Samad Abdulla
Malé
SAARC, NAM
Republic of Mali
HE Gen Amadou Toumani TOURÉ
President
8/06/2002
8/06/2007
(Second)
HE Mr Modibo SIDIBE
Prime Minister
28/09/2007 HE Mr Moctar OUANE
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation
Bamako
AU,
ECOWAS,
WAMEU,
OMVS,
SENSAD,
ADB, WADB,
CILSS

Malta
Republic of the
Marshall Islands
Islamic Republic of
Mauritania
HE Dr George ABELA
President
HE Mr Jurelang ZEDKAIA
President
HE Mr Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
President
04/04/2009 HE Dr Lawrence GONZI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Tonio Borg
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Deputy Prime Minister
Valletta
02/11/2009 HOS is also HOG HE Mr John SILK Majuro
5/08/2009 HE Mr Mouley Ould
Mohamed LAGHDAF
Prime Minister
11/08/2009 HE Ms Naha Mint
MOUKNASS
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Co-operation
Nouakchott
Republic of
Mauritius
HE Mr Rajkeswur Purryag, GCSK,
GOSK
President
21/07/2012 The Hon Dr Navinchandra
RAMGOOLAM, GCSK
Prime Minister
Dr The Hon Arvin BOOLELL
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
International Trade and
Regional Co-operation
Port Louis
SADC
United Mexican
States
(Mexico)
Federated States of
Micronesia
Republic of Moldova
Principality of
Monaco
Mongolia
Republic of
Montenegro
HE Mr Felipe CALDERÓN Hinojosa
President
HE Mr Emanuel MORI
President
HE Mr Nicolae Timofti
President
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II
of Monaco
HE Mr Tsakhaigiin ELBEGDORJ
President
HE Mr Filip VUJANOVIC
President
01/12/2006 HOS is also HOG HE Ms Patricia ESPINOZA
Cantellano
11/05/2007 HOS is also HOG The Hon Sebastian ANEFAL
23/03/2012 HE Mr Vladimir FILAT
Prime Minister
06/04/2005 HE Mr Jean-Paul PROUST
Minister of State
24/06/2005 HE Mr Sanjaa BAYAR
Prime Minister
22/05/2003 HE Mr Milo DJUKANOVIC
Prime Minister
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Iurie LEANCA
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
European Integration, also
Deputy Prime Minster
HE Mr Jean PASTORELLI
Government Adviser for
External Relations
HE Mr Sukhbaatar BATBOLD
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Milan ROCEN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kingdom of Morocco His Majesty King MOHAMMED VI 23/07/1999 HE Mr Abbas el Fassi HE Mr Taieb Fassi-Fihri
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Cooperation
Mexico City
Palikir
Chisinau
Monte Carlo
Ulaanbaatar
Podgorica
Rabat
OSCE, UN,
CoE, WHO,
Interpo,
NATO, IMF,
IBRD, IDA,
IFC,MIGA,
IAEA, WTO,
UEFA, FIFA

Republic of
Mozambique
HE Mr Armando Emilio GUEBUZA
President
02/02/2005 HE Mr Aires Ali
Prime Minister
Her E Dr Oldemiro Júlio
Marques Balói
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Co-operation
Maputo
SADC
The Union of
Myanmar
(also known as
Burma)
HE Senior General Than Shwe
(Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council)
H E Lt-Gen Soe Win HE Maj-General Nyan Win Yangon
Republic of Namibia
HE Mr Hifikepunye POHAMBA
President
21/03/2005 The Rt Hon Mr Nahas
ANGULA, MP
Prime Minister
Hon Mr Marco HAUSIKU
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Windhoek
SADC
Republic of Nauru
HE Mr Marcus STEPHEN
19/12/2007 HOS is also HOG HE Dr Kieren KEKE,
Yaren
Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal
(HOS is also HOG)
President
HE Rt Hon Dr Ram Baran YADAV
President
23/07/2008
H.E. Dr.Baburam Bhattarai
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Trade
29/08/2011 Mr. Ishwar Pokhrel
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Kathmandu
SAARC, NAM
Kingdom of the
Netherlands
HE The Honourable Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir
Jerry Mateparae
** Letters can be addressed to Her
Majesty Queen Beatrix of the
Netherlands
30/04/1980 HE Dr Jan Peter
BALKENENDE
Prime Minister
22/02/2002 HE Ms Maxime VERHAGEN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Hague
EU, UN
New Zealand
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General
HE The Right Honourable
Sir Jerry Mateparae
GNZM QSO
The Rt Hon Mr John KEY,
MP
Prime Minister
19/11/2008 The Rt Hon Mr. Murray Mc
CULLY
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wellington
(Salution: Your Excellency)
Nicaragua
HE Mr José Daniel ORTEGA
Saavedra
10/01/2007 HOS is also HOG HE Lic Samuel SANTOS
López
Managua
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Niger
HE Mr Mamadou TANDJA
22/12/1999 HE Mr Seyni Oumarou
HE Mrs Achiatou Mindaoudou
Niamey
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation
and African
Integration
Republic of Nigeria
HE Dr Goodluck Ebele JONATHAN,
GCFR
HOS is also HOG
HE Ambassador Olugbenga
Ayodeji Ashiru
Abuja
President
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Niue
(Self-governing state
in free association
with New Zealand)
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor General:
HE The Hon Anand SATYANAND,
PCNZM
19/07/2008 The Hon Toke Tufukia
TALAGI
Premier and Minister for
External Affairs and
International Relations and
Aid Coordination
Kingdom of Norway His Majesty King Harald V 27/01/1991 HE Mr Jens
STOLTENBERG
Sultanate of Oman
Islamic Republic of
Pakistan
State of Palestine
Republic of Palau
Republic of Panama
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said
AL SAID
Sultan of Oman
(HOS is also HOG)
HE Mr Asif Ali ZARDARI
President
HE Mr Mahmoud ABBAS
President
HE Mr Johnson TORIBIONG
President
HE Dr Ricardo Martinelli
President
Prime Minister
23/07/1970 His Majesty Sultan Qaboos
bin Said AL SAID
09/09/2008 HE Yusuf Raza Gilani
Prime Minister
HOG is also FM
17/10/2005 HE Mr Jonas Gahr STØRE
Minister of Foreign Affairs
23/07/1970 HE Mr Yusuf bin Alawi BIN
ABDULLAR
Minister responsible for
Foreign Affairs
(Usually only referred to as HE
Yusuf bin Alawi)
HE Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Alofi
Oslo
Muscat
Islamabad
15/01/2005 HE Dr Salam FAYYAD’ 19/05/2009 HE Dr Riyad MALKI Ramallah
15/01/2009 HOS is also HOG HE Temmy L SHMULL
Minister of State
Melekeok
01/07/2009 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Roberto Henríquez Panama City
EFTA, Nordic
Council
ABEDA,
AFESD, AMF,
FAO, ICC,
ILO, IDB, G-
77, GCC,
CCASG, IMF,
IOC, AL, NAM
IOR-ARC, UN,
WTO, WHO,
UNCTAD,
UNESCO,
UNIDO,
UNWTO,
UNHCR,
WIPO, CAEU,
Interpol, IMO
Papua New Guinea
Republic of
Paraguay
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General :
HE Grand Chief Sir Paulius MATANE,
GCL, GCMG, KSTJ
HE Mr. Fernando Armindo LUGO
MÉNDEZ
President
05/08/2002 The Rt Hon Grand Chief Sir
Michael Thomas SOMARE,
GCL, GCMG, CG, CF, K
Prime Minister
The Hon Samuel Tei ABAL
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Trade, & Immigration
Port Moresby
15/08/2008 HOS is also HOG HE Dr Leila Rachid de Cowles Asuncion
Republic of Peru HE Mr Ollanta Moises HUMALA Tasso 28/07/2011 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Rafael Roncagliolo
Orbegozo
Lima

President Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of the
Philippines
HE Mr Benigno Simeon Cojuangco
Aquino III
June 2010 HOS is also HOG HE Alberto Gatmaitan
ROMULO
Manila
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
President
Republic of Poland
HE Mr Bronisław Komorowski
06/08/2010 HE Mr Donald TUSK
HE Mr Radoslaw Sikorski
Warsaw
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Portugal
HE Prof Anìbal Antònio CAVACO
SILVA
President
09/03/2006 HE Mr Josè SÒCRATES
Prime Minister
HE Mr Luis AMADO
Minister of State and Foreign
Affairs
Lisbon
HE Prof Jaoa Gomes
CRAVINHO
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs and Co-operation
State of Qatar
His Highness Shaikh Hamad bin
Khalifa AL-THANI
Also referred to as the Emir/Amir
Also Minister of Defence and
Commander in Chief of the Armed
Forces as well as Chairman of the
Ruling Family Council
27/06/1995 HE Sheikh Hamad bin
Jassim bin Jabr AL THANI
Prime Minister (also Minister
of Foreign Affairs)
3/07/2007 HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
bin Jabr AL THANI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Doha
ABEDA,
AFESD, AMF,
IDB, CCASG,
FAO, ILO,
GCC, G-77,
IMF, NAM,
OIC, OPEC,
UN, WTO,
OAPEC,
WHO,
UNCTAD,
UNESCO,
UNHRC,
UNIDO
UNWTO,
UNHCR,
WIPO, CAEU,
Interpol, IMO
Romania
HE Mr Traian BĂSESCU
President
23/05/2007 HE Mr Călin Constantin
Anton POPESCU-
TĂRICEANU
HE Mr Cristian DIACONESCU
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bucharest
Russian Federation
HE Mr Dmitry MEDVEDEV
President
07/05/2008
Prime Minister
HE Mr Dmitry
Medvedev
HE Mr Sergei Lavrov
Moscow
Republic of Rwanda
HE Mr Paul KAGAME
President
? HE Mr Bernard MAKUZA
Prime Minister
8/03/2000 HE Dr Charles MURIGANDE
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Kigali
GEPGL,
COMESA,

Co-operation
EAC
Saharawi Arab
Democratic Republic
HE Mr Mohamed ABDELAZIZ
President
30/08/1976 HE Mr Abdelkar Taleb
OMAR
Prime Minister
HE Mr Mohamed Salem Ould
SALEK
Minister of Foreign Affairs
EI-Aaiun
Saint Kitts and Nevis
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
HE Dr Cuthbert Montraville
SEBASTIAN, GCMG, OBE, KStJ, BS,
MDCM
01/01/1996 The Hon Dr Denzil Llewllyn
DOUGLAS
Prime Minister
?/07/2007 The Hon Mr Sam CONDOR
Min. of Foreign Affairs,
National Security, Labor,
Immigration, & Social Security
Basseterre
CARICOM
Saint Lucia
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
Her E Ms Colliopa Pearlette LOUISY,
GCMG, PhD, LLD
17/09/1997 The Hon Mr Stephenson
KING
Prime Minister and Minister
of Finance
01/05/2007 The Hon Mr Rufus
BOUSQUET
Minister of External Affairs,
International Financial
Services, Information and
Broadcasting
Castries
CARICOM
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor- General:
HE Mr Frederick Nathaniel
BALLANTYNE, GCMG
02/09/2002 The Hon Dr Ralph E
GONZALVES
Prime Minister
29/03/2001 The Hon Mr Louis STRAKER Kingstown CARICOM
The Independent
State of Samoa
HH Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese EFI
Head of the Independent State of
Samoa
11/05/2007 The Hon Tuila’epa Sailele
MALIELEGAOI
Prime Minister
HOG is also FM
Apia
Republic of San
Marino
HE Mr Marco Conti
Captain Regent
01/04/2010 HE Mr Fiorenzo STOLFI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Fiorenzo STOLFI
Secretary of State for Foreign
and Political Affairs
San Marino
(can be addressed
to both on one letter
or one to each
Captain Regent but
must then ensure
that they receive
letter at the same
time)
HE Mr Glauco Sansovini
Captain Regent
Democratic Republic
of Sâo Tomé and
Príncipe
HE Mr Fradique DE MENEZES
President
23/07/2003 HE Mr Rafael BRANCO
Prime Minister
HE Dr Carlos Alberto Pires
Tiny
(Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Co-operation and
Communities)
Sāo Tomé
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul-
Aziz AL-SAUD
Also Prime Minister
01/08/2005 The King is also the Prime
Minister
HRH Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin
Abdul Aziz AL-SAUD
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Riyadh
ABEDA,
AFESD, AMF,
IDB, CCASG,
FAO, ILO, G-
77, IMF, OIC,
AL, OAPEC,
OPEC, NAM,

UN, WTO,
WHO,
UNCTAD
UNESCO,
UNIDO,
UNWTO,
UNHCR,
WIPO, CAEU,
Interpol, IMO
Republic of Senegal
HE Mr Abdoulaye WADE
President
03/04/2007 HE Mr Souleymane NDÉNÉ
Prime Minister
30/04/2009 HE Mr Alioune Badara CISSE
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dakar ECOWAS, G-
15, G-77, IDB,
ILO, IMF, IOC,
IOM, IPU,
NAM, OIC,
UNCTAD,
UPU WADB,
WAEMU,
WCL, WIPO,
WTO
Republic of Serbia
HE Mr Boris TADIC
President
11/07/2004 HE Mr Mikro CVETKOVIC
Prime Minister
HE Mr Vuk JEREMIC
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Belgrade
ABEDA,
BIS,BSEC,
CE, CEI,
EBRD, FAO,
IAEA,
IBRD,ICAO,
ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC,
IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO,
IMO, IOC,
IOM, IPU,
ISO, ITU,
MIGA, NAM,
OPCW,
OSCE, PCA,
SECI, UN
UNCTAD,
UNESCO,
UNHCR,
UNIDO, UPU,
WCL, WCO,
WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO

Republic of
Seychelles
HE Mr James Alix MICHEL
President
(Minister of Defence, Minister of
Police, Minister of Internal Affairs,
Minister of Legal Affairs and Minister
of Risk and Disaster Management)*
* Ministerial Portfolios are not
mentioned in any written
correspondence to the President or
Vice-President
16/04/2004 HE Mr Joseph BELMONT
Vice-President
(also Minister of Tourism)*
* Ministerial Portfolios are
not mentioned in any written
correspondence to the
President or Vice-President
HE Mr Patrick Georges
PILLAY
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation
Victoria
SADC
Republic of Sierra
Leone
HE Mr Ernest Bai KOROMA
President
17/09/2007 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Momodu KOROMA
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation
Freetown
Republic of
Singapore
HE Dr Tony TAN
President
HE Mr LEE Hsien Loong
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
vacant
Singapore
Slovak Republic
HE Mr Ivan GAŠPAROVIĈ
15/06/2004 HE Mr Robert FICO
HE Mr Ján KUBIŠ
Bratislava
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Slovenia
HE Dr Danilo TŰRK
23/12/2007 HE Mr Borut Pahor
HE Dr Dimitrij RUPEL
Llubljana
President
Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Solomon Islands
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
Governor-General:
HE Sir Frank Kabui GCMG CSI OBE
07/07/2009 The Hon Dr David Derek
SIKUA
Prime Minister
The Hon Patterson OTI
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
External Trade and
Immigration
Honiara
Somalia
HE Mr Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
President
31/012009 HE Dr Abdiweli Mohamed
Ali
Prime Minister
HE Mr Ali JANGELI Ahmad
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mogadishu
Republic of South
Africa
HE Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa ZUMA
President
HOS is also HOG
HE Ms Maite NKOANA-
MASHABANE
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pretoria
SADC, AU
Kingdom of Spain
Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri lanka
His Majesty, The King of Spain,
Don Juan Carlos I
H.E Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa
President
22/11/1975 HE Mr José Luis Rodriquez
ZAPATERO
Prime Minister
19/11/2005 H.E. Mr. Dissanayake
Mudiyansalage
Jayaratne
Prime Minister
HE Mr Miguel Angel
MORATINOS
Minister of Foreign Affairs
21/04/2010 H.E. Prof.Gamini Lakshman
Peiris
Minister of External Affairs
Madrid
Colombo
IOR ARC,
NAM
Republic of the
Sudan
HE Mr Omer Hassan Ahmed AL-
BASHIR
President
HOS is also HOG
HE Mr Ali Ahmed Karti
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Khartoum

Republic of
Suriname
Kingdom of
Swaziland
Kingdom of Sweden
(Switzerland)
Syrian Arab
Republic
Republic of
Tajikistan
United Republic of
Tanzania
HE Desiré Delano Bouterse
President
His Majesty King Mswati III
Ingwenyama of the Kingdom of
Swaziland
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav of
Sweden
HE Ms Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
President
HE Dr Bashar AL-ASSAD
President
HE Mr Emomali RAHMON
President
HE Mr Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE
President
12/08/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Winston LACKIN Paramaribo CARICOM
25/04/1986 The Rt Hon Dr Sibusiso
Barnabas DLAMINI
Prime Minister
15/09/1973 HE Mr Fredrik REINFELD
Prime Minister
HOS is also HOG
17/07/2000 HE Mr Mohammad NAJI
ITRI
Prime Minister
20/11/1992 HE Mr Akilov Akil
GAYBULLAEVICH
Prime Minister
20/12/2005 Hon Mr Mizengo Kayanza
Peter Pinda
Prime Minister
HE Mr Lufto Dlamin
Minister for Foreign Affairs and
Trade
06/10/2006 HE Mr Carl BILDT
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Federal Counsellor Didier
Burkhalter
Head of the Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Farouk AL-SHARAA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Nazarov Talbak
NAZAROVICH
Minister of Foreign Affairs
HE Mr Bernard MEMBE
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Co-operation
Mbabane
Stockholm
Bern
Damascus
Dushanbe
Salaam Dar-
Es-Salaam
SADC
EU
EFTA, WTO,
CITES,
Montreal
Protocol,
Wassenaar
Agreement
SADC
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HE Mr Amani Abeid KARUIME
Kingdom of Thailand
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej
(Rama XI)
09/06/1946 HE Mr Samak SUDARAVEJ
Prime Minister
HE Mr Noppadon PATTAMA
Foreign Minister
Bangkok
Republic of Togo
HE Mr Faure GNASSINGBE
President
HE Mr Gilbert Fossoun
Houngbo
Prime Minister
HE Mr Elliot OHIN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lome
Tonga His Majesty King George TUPOU V 11/09/2006 Hon Dr Feleti (Fred)
SAVELE
Hon Sonatane Tu`akinamolahi
Taumoepeau TUPOU
Nuku’ alofa
Prime Minister, Minister for
Agriculture, Fisheries, Food
and Forestry
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Defence
Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago
HE Prof George Maxwell RICHARDS,
TC, CMT, PhD
17/03/2003 The Hon Mr Kamla
PERSAD-BISSESSAR
24/12/2001 The Hon Mr
Surujrattan
Port-of-Spain
CARICOM

President (Prime Minister and Minister
of Finance)
RAMBACHAN
Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Republic of Tunisia
HE Mr Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
President
HE Mr Mohamed
GHANNOUCHI
Prime Minister
HE Mr Abdelwahab
ABDALLAH
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tunis
Arab Maghreb
Union, League
of Arab States
Republic of Turkey
HE Dr Abdullah GÜL
President
28/08/2007 HE Mr Recep Tayyip
ERDOĞAN
Prime Minister
HE Mr Ali BABACAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ankara
T0urkmenistan
HE Mr Gurbanguly
BERDIMUHAMMEDOV
President
14/02/2007 HOS is also HOG
President serves as
Chairman of the Cabinet of
Ministers
HE Mr Rashid O MEREDOV
Deputy Chairman of the
Cabinet of Ministers for
International Relations and
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ashgabat
Tuvalu
(Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
16/04/2010 The Hon Apisai IELEMIA
HOG is also FM
Funafuti
Governor General:
Prime Minister
HE Sir Iakoba Taeia Italeli, GCMG
HOG is also FM
Republic of Uganda
HE Mr Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI
President
(and Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces)
29/01/1986 Rt Hon Prof Apollo
NSIBAMBI
Prime Minister
The Hon Mr Sam KUTEESA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kampala
Ukraine
HE Mr Viktor Yanukovych
President
25/02/2010 HE Mrs Yulia
TYMOSHENKO
Prime Minister
18/12/2007 H.E Mr. Kostyantyn
Gryshchenko
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kyiv
United Arab
Emirates
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed
AL-NAHYAN
** Addressed and referred to as
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03/11/2004 His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid AL-
MAKTOUM
(His proper title of office is:
Prime Minister of the UAE
and Ruler of Dubai, followed
by His Highness …)
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah
bin Zayed AL-NAHYAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 06/02/1952 The Rt Hon Mr James
Gordon BROWN, MP
Prime Minister, First Lord of
the Treasury and Minister of
the Civil Service
27/06/2007 The Rt Hon Mr Davis
MILLIBAND, MP PC
Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs
London
UN,G8,NATO,
EU
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HE Mr Ban Ki-moon
- New York
Secretary-General
(equivalent to HOG)
United States of HE Mr Barack Hussein OBAMA 20/01/2009 HOS is also HOG HE Mrs Hilary Rodham Washington D

America
President
CLINTON
Secretary of State
C
Oriental Republic of
Uruguay
HE Mr Jose “Pepe” MUJICA
Cordano
President
01/03/2010 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Luis Leonardo
ALMAGRO Lemes
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Montevideo
Republic of
Uzbekistan
Republic of Vanuatu
Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela
HE Mr Islam Abduganievich
KARIMOV
President
HE Mr Kalkot Matas KELEKELE
President
HE Commandant Hugo CHÁVEZ Frías
President
24/03/1990 HE Mr Shavkat
Miromonovich MIRZIYOEV
Prime Minister
HE Mr Vladimir Imamovich
NOROV
Minister of Foreign Affairs
16/08/2004 The Hon Mr Ham LINI The Hon Mr Sato KILMAN
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs and
External Trade
Tashkent
Port Vila
02/02/1999 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Nicolás Maduro Moros Caracas
Socialist Republic of
Vietnam (The SRV)
HE Mr NGUYỄN Minh Triết
President Triết
(PLEASE note that in Vietnam persons
are addressed by their first name and
not the surname. The surname
appears first, followed by the given
names.)
27/06/2006 HE Mr NGUYỂN Tấn Dũng
Prime Minister Dũng
HE Mr PHAM Gia Khiêm
Deputy Prime Minister and
also the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr Khiêm
Hanoi
Republic of Yemen
HE Mr Abbd Rabbu Mansour Hadi
President
HE Dr Ali Mohammed
MUJWAR
Prime Minister
HE Dr Abu Baker Abdullah AL-
QIRBI
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sana’a
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IBRD, ICC
Interpol,
IFRCRCS,
IFC, IMF,
MIGA, NAM,
OIC, WIPO,

WMO, WTO
Republic of Zambia
HE Mr Michael Sata
President
2011 HOS is also HOG The Hon Mr Kabinga
PANDE, MP
Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Lusaka
Republic of
Zambia
SADC
Republic of
Zimbabwe
HE Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe
President
31/12/1987 The Hon Mr Morgan Richard
Tsvangirai
Prime Minister
11/02/2009 The Hon Mr Simbarashe
Simbanenduku
MUMBENGEGWI, MP
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Harare
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