18 October 2008

15 NOVEMBER 2012
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 Ali AM HALIMEH
Ms Iman Halimeh
Ambassador of the State of Palestine
10. HE Mr Ivan PICUKARIĆ
Spouse not in SA – working in Croatia
Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia
11. HE Mr Rouben KARAPETIAN
Ms Mariam Karapetian
Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia
(non-resident: resident in Cairo)
12. HE Mr Fernando Andrade FAZENDA
Ms Jovita Narciso Matos Fazenda
High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique
13. HE Mr Kweronda RUHEMBA
Ms Joy Magaiga
High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda
14. HE Prof Antonio MONTILLA SALDIVA
Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
15. HE Mr Khalid Sulaiman Abdul Rahman BA’OMAR
Ms Noor Muqaibal
Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman
16. HE Ms Lois Cheche BRUTUS
Dr P Brutus
Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia
17. HE Mr Thomas Boniface AMOLO
Mrs Iris Nosi Kekana-Amolo
High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya
18. HE Mr Hasan Bader Kareem AL-OQAB
Ms Amena Sayed Kandary
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait
18/01/06 M
18/01/06 M
19/04/06 M
19/04/06 M
27/06/06 M
27/10/06 S
08/03/07 M
03/05/07 M
06/12/07 M
25/01/08 M
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19. HE Dr Denis A Helison ANDRIAMANDROSO
Ms Mamiarivelo Vololona Andriamandroso
Ambassador of the Republic of Madagascar
20. HE Mr Adrien KOUAMBO JOMAGUE
Ms Annick Kouambo
High Commissioner of the Republic of Cameroon
21. HE Mr Raúl Fernando BARRIENTOS-LARA
Ms Rosa Maria Mera de Barrietos
Ambassador of the Dominican Republic
22. HE Mr Abd Mohamed Mohamed YAHIA
Ms Salam Bara - Spouse not in SA
Ambassador of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
23. HE Mr Michel KATRA
Ms Maya Katra
Ambassador of the Republic of Lebanon
24. HE Mr Valery HREBENIUK
Ms Marianna Hrebeniuk – Spouse not in SA
Ambassador of Ukraine
25. HE Ms Matlotliso Lineo Lydia KHECHANE-NTOANE
Mr Kenny Ntoane
High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Lesotho
26. HE Mr Moumouni FABRE
Spouse not living in SA
Ambassador of Burkina Faso
27. HE Mr Gudmundur EIRIKSSON
Ambassador of the Republic of Iceland
Ms Theorey Vigdis
(non-resident: resident in New Delhi)
25/01/08 M
25/03/08 M
08/08/08 M
08/08/08 M
08/08/08 M
18/09/08 M
18/09/08 M
02/10/08 M
02/10/08 M
28. HE Mr Gaoussou TOURE
02/10/08 M
Ms Adama Diabate Toure
Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea
29. HE Mr Dov SEGEV STEINBERG 11/12/08 S
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Ambassador of the State of Israel
30. HE Mr Kennedy JAWAN
Madam Josephine Anak Dagang
High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaysia
31. HE Ms Ann Jacqueline HARRAP
Mr John Brock
High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia
32. HE Mr Marcin KUBIAK
Ms Anna Stephniewska (partner)
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
33. HE Mr NGUYEN Manh Hung
Ms NGUYEN Thuy Hoa
Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
34. HE Mr Daúl Jesus Enrique MATUTE-MEJÍA
Ms Maria Gabriela Blanco
Ambassador of the Republic of Peru
35. HE Mr Bernard William BAKER
Ms Susan Baker
High Commissioner of the Republic of Singapore
36. HE Mr Askar MUSSINOV
Ms Janar Mussinova
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(non-resident: resident in Abu Dhabi)
37. HE Mr Andrew Gbebay BANGALI
High Commissioner of the Republic of Sierra Leone
(non-resident: resident in Addis Ababa)
38. HE Mr Radu Gabriel SAFTA
Ms Anca Daniela Safta
Ambassador of the Republic of Romania
39. HE Dr Nicola BREWER
Mr Geoff Gillham
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
26/02/09 M
26/02/09 M
26/02/09 M
17/03/09 M
17/03/09 M
17/03/09 M
14/04/09 M
14/04/09
01/10/09 M
01/10/09 M
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Northern Ireland
40. HE Mr Donald Henry GIPS
Ms Elizabeth Berry Gips
Ambassador of the United States of America
41. HE Ms Adelé DION
Mr Andy Nimmo
High Commissioner for Canada
42. HE Mr Spyridon THEOCHAROPOULOS
Ms Charis Maria Theocharopoulos
Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic
43. HE Mr Francisco Javier MARAMBIO VIAL
Ms Pamela Chrichton Browne de Marambio
Ambassador of the Republic of Chile
44. HE Dr Ali Yousif Ahmed ALSHARIF
Ms Nour Elhouda Ali Hassan
Ambassador of the Republic of the Sudan
45. HE Mr Goran VUJIČIĆ
Ms Slobodanda Vujičić
Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia
46. HE Mr Rodrigo Guillermo CHIARI
Ms Wan Leng Tey de Chiari
Ambassador of the Republic of Panama
47. HE Mr Jacques LAPOUGE
Ambassador of the Republic of France
48. HE Mr Raimonds JANSONS
Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia
(non-resident: resident in Geneva)
49. HE Mr Bulgaa ALTANGEREL
Ambassador of Mongolia
(non-resident: resident in London)
50. HE Dr Jose VALENCIA
Ms Patricia Borja
01/10/09 M
01/10/09 M
01/10/09 M
01/12/09 M
01/12/09 M
01/12/09 M
01/12/09 M
01/12/09 S
05/02/10 ?
05/02/10 M
09/02/10 M
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Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador
51. HE Mr Mohamed Ould HANANI
Ms Mariem Mint Mohamed Mahmoud
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
52. HE Mr José Martínez LEZCANO
Ms Graciela Ojeda
Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay
53. HE Mr Sjahril SABARUDDIN
Ms Lely Yulia
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
54. HE Mr Arun Prasad DHITAL
Ms Roma Dhital
Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
55. HE Ms Radhia Naima Mtengeti MSUYA
High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania
56. HE Mr Claude Ruben FASSINOU
Ms Zelma Yollande Fassinou
Ambassador of the Republic of Benin
57. HE Mr Virendra GUPTA
Ms Veena Gupta
High Commissioner of the Republic of India
58. HE Mr Paul DIMASSI
Ambassador of the Central African Republic
59. HE Ms Marina Isabel Maria Ribeiro ALKATIRI
Ambassador of the Republic of Timor-Leste
(non-resident: resident in Maputo)
60. HE Mr Aden Houssein ABDILLAHI
Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti
(non-resident: resident in Nairobi)
61. HE Mr Abdul Ghafar ISMAIL
High Commissioner of the Brunei Darussalam
(non-res: resident in Singapore)
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 S
08/06/10 M
08/06/10 M
08/06/10
28/10/10
28/10/10
28/10/10
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62. HE Mr Luis Bermudez ALVAREZ
Ms S Mangana Portato
Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
63. HE Mr Zaigham-Uddin AZAM
Ms N Zaigham
High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
64. HE Mr Solomon Mnukwa DLAMINI
High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Swaziland
28/10/10 M
28/10/10 M
28/10/10 S-Widower
65. HE Mr Balladji DIAKITE
28/10/10 M
Ms D Konate-Diakite
Ambassador of the Republic of Mali
66. HE Mr Marten Nenkete KAPEWASHA
28/10/10 M
Ms EN Kapewasha
High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia
67. HE Mr Brendan McMAHON
28/10/10 M
Ms Irene McMahon
Ambassador of the Ireland
68. HE Mr Darius DEGUTIS
03/02/11 M
Ms Deguitis
Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania
(non-resident: resident in Tel Aviv)
69. HE Dr George Mario HYZLER
03/02/11
Ms Gianella De Marco
High Commissioner for the Republic of Malta
(non-resident: resident in Valletta)
70. HE Mr Phelekezela MPHOKO
03/02/11
Ms Laurinda Mphoko
Ambassador. of the Republic of Zimbabwe
71. HE Mr Omar Jamil NADIF ALTURK
03/02/11
Ms Rana Mansour
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
72. HE Mr Salih Omar ABDU 03/02/11 M
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Ms Zahra Mohamemdnur Husien
Ambassador of the State of Eritrea
73. HE Mr Mohamed Lamine LAABAS
Ms Dalila Laabas
Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Algeria
74. HE Mr Francisco EDU NGUA
Ms Maripaz Angela Milan
Ambassador of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
75. HE Mr Harry PARTAP
Ms Nazra Partap
High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
76. HE Mr Roeland VAN DE GEER
Ms Srederique van de Geer
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission
77. HE Ms Ruth Elizabeth ROUSE
High Commissioner of Grenada
(non-resident: resident in London)
78. HE Mr Johan MARICOU
Ms K Dierick
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium
79. HE Dr Yeshimebrat Mersha KASSA
Mr A Ayele
Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
03/02/11
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
03/02/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
12/07/11 M
80. HE Mr Yoon LEE
12/07/11 M
Ms S Bae
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
81. HE Dr Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim AL-ALAWI
12/07/11 M
Ms SJS Al-Khafaji
Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq
82. HE Ms Norma TAYLOR-ROBERTS
12/07/11 M
High Commissioner of Jamaica
83. HE Mr Myint NAUNG 12/07/11 M
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Ms Swe Swe Thein
Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar
84. HE Mr Pedro Luiz CARNEIRO DE MENDONÇA
Ms M Carneiro de Mendonça
Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil
85. HE Mr Beniamino SALACAKAU
Mrs Taraivosa Salacakau
Ambassador of the Republic of Fiji
86. HE Mr Mauricio GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ
Mrs Laura Maria Ossa
Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia
87. HE Mr JO YONG MAN
Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
88. HE Mr Sunday Samuel YUSUF
Mrs Bevelyn Adeyeni Yusuf
High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
89. HE Dr Horst Egon FREITAG
Mrs Chantal Farinelli-Freitag
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
90. HE Mr Héctor Humberto VALEZZI ZAFRA
Ambassador of the United Mexican States
91. HE Mr André HASPELS
Mrs Bernice Haspels
Ambassador of the Royal Netherlands
92. HE Ms Kari Maren BJØRNSGAARD
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway
93. HE Mr Winithkumar Shehan RANTAVALE
Mrs Dhanya Rantavale
High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
94. HE Mr Vincent KAREGA
Mrs Umurungi Marie Jeannette Butera
High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda
12/07/11 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
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95. HE Mr Mohamed Fadhel AYARI
Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia
96. HE Mr Bassam DARWISH
Ms Salwa Dib
Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic
97. HE Ms Blanka FAJKUSOVA
Ambassador of the Czech Republic
98. HE Mr Petros T NACOUZIS
Ms Guilia Bongini
High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus
99. HE Mr Wilfried Ramon ROSEVAL
Mrs Lilian Shanti Roseval-Ramlakan
Ambassador of the of the Republic of Suriname
100. HE Mr Christian MEUWLY
Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation
101. HE Mr Kenny Kiniotiro KAPINGA
High Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana
102. HE Mr Vincenzo SCHIOPPA
Ambassador of the Republic of Italy
103. HE Ms Josefina Perpétua PD PITRA DIAKITÉ
Mr Mamadou Diakité
Ambassador of the Republic of Angola
104. HE Mr Andrei L MOLCHAN
Mrs Elena Molchan
Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus
105. HE Mr Constancio Rivera VINGNO JR
Mrs Yoko Ramos-Vingno
Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines
106. HE Mr Hamad Hareb Hmoud AL HABSI
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates
107. HE Mr Alexander IL’AŠČÍK
Mrs Edita Il’aščíková
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
01/02/12 M
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Ambassador of the Slovak Republic
108. HE Mr Béla LÁSZLO
Mrs Julia László
Ambassador of Hungary
109. HE Mr Muyeba Shichapwa CHIKONDE
Mrs Flavia Musonda Keseba Chikonde
High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia
110. HE Mr Elkhan Polukh Oglu POLUKHOV
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan
111. HE Ms Aïchatou SANNI Aoudou
Mr Mahama Sanni
Ambassador of the Republic of Gabon
112. HE Mr Yutaka YOSHIZAWA
Ms Fumiko Yoshizawa
Ambassador of Japan
113. HE Mr Mikhail Ivanovich PETRAKOV
Ms Irina Petrakova
Ambassador of the Russian Federation
114. HE Mr Mohammad FARAJI
Ms Fereshteh Faraji
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran
115. HE Mr TIAN Xuejun (surname: TIAN)
Ms QIAO Jie (surname: QIAO)
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
116. HE Archbishop Mario Roberto CASSARI
Ambassador of the Apostolic Nunciature (Holy See)
117. HE Mr Nonsiri BURANASIRI
Ms Santhani Buranasiri
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand
118. HE Mr Mahamoud Adam BECHIR
Spouse not in South Africa
Ambassador of the Republic of Chad
01/02/12 M
01/02/12 M
01/02/12
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
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119. HE Mr Salem Abdullah Sultan AL-JABER
Ms Hasina Al-Jaber (Spouse not in South Africa)
Ambassador of the State of Qatar
120. HE Mr Juan Ignacio SELL Sanz
Ms G Fernandez
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain
121. 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)
122. HE Mr René Rosager DINESEN
Ms CF Dinesen
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark
123. HE Mr António Manuel Ricoca FREIRE
Ms JF Pizaro Miranda
Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal
124. HE Mr Paul Macuei MALOK
Ambassador of the Republic of South Sudan
125. HE MD. Touhid HOSSAIN
Ms JA Siddiqui
High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
14/06/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
03/10/12 M
126. HE Ms Katya DELEVA
03/10/12 M
Mr O Deleva
Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria
127. HE Mr Sherif Fouad NAGUIB
03/10/12 M
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt
128. HE Mr Kaan ESENER
03/10/12 M
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey
129. HE Mr Leonard-Emile OGNIMBA
03/10/12 M
Ms F Ognimba
Ambassador of the Republic of Congo
130. HE Mr Claude MOREL 03/10/12 M
12

Ms RM Morel
High Commissioner of the Republic of Seychelles
131. HE Mr Richard Stuart MANN
Ms M Mann
High Commissioner of New Zealand
03/10/12 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
30/03/10
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Union of Comoros
3. Mr MB DENGO
Ambassador-designate of the of Costa Rica
(non-resident: resident in Switzerland)
4. Mr Ilia IMNADZE 09/09/11
ACCREDITATION
25/01/09 (Agrément granted)
28/07/11 (Agrément granted)
MARITAL STATUS
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Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Georgia
5. Mr Michel A KODJO
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Côte
d’Ivoire
6. Mr Saleh Ali S ELMARGHANI
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the People's Bureau of the
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
7. Mr Abdulrahman HM AL-NAJJAR
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
8. Ms Martha POBEE
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Ghana
9. Mr Ben Sie-Toe COLLINS
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Liberia
10. Mr A CISSE
Chargé d’Affaires a.i of the Republic of Senegal
11. Mr MT TULONEN
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Finland
12. Ms Inalvis BONACHEA GONZÁLEZ
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Cuba
13. Mr D NDABARUSHIMANA
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Burundi
14. Mr A.S. GODDIA
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. for the Republic of Malawi
15. Mr M GARTNER
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Austria
16. Mr KI PERSSON
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Kingdom of Sweden
17. Vacant
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Niger
18. Vacant
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Guinea
24/11/11
15/01/12
06/04/12
31/10/12
30/06/12
10/07/12
11/07/12
20/07/12
22/07/12
15/08/12
11/09/12
01/10/12
??/??/??
??/??/??
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