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Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials

SAUDI ARABIA
H.R.H. Prince Bandar Bin Sultan
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps

 

October 24, 1983

 

_______________

 

DJIBOUTI
H.E. Roble Olhaye

 

March 22, 1988

MICRONESIA
H.E. Jesse B. Marehalau

 

February 5, 1990

AZERBAIJAN
H.E. Hafiz Mir Jalal Pashayev

 

April 14, 1993

SAMOA
H.E. Tuiloma Neroni Slade

 

September 3, 1993

GUYANA
H.E. Mohammed Ali Odeen Ishmael

 

September 3, 1993

SENEGAL
H.E. Mamadou Mansour Seck

 

December 9, 1993

CAMEROON
H.E. Jerome Mendouga

 

June 23, 1994

SWAZILAND
H.E. Mary M. Kanya

 

November 21, 1994

GEORGIA
H.E. Tedo Japaridze

 

January 30, 1995

TANZANIA
H.E. Mustafa Salim Nyanganyi

 

September 15, 1995

MONGOLIA
H.E. Jalbuu Choinhor

 

December 12, 1995

MALI
H.E. Cheick Oumar Diarrah

 

December 12, 1995

FRANCE
H.E. Francois V. Bujon

 

December 12, 1995

ITALY
H.E. Ferdinando Salleo

 

February 6, 1996

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
H.E. Nagora Y. Bogan

 

April 30, 1996

MARSHALL ISLANDS
H.E. Banny De Brum

 

April 30, 1996

GRENADA
H.E. Denis G. Antoine

 

July 29, 1996

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
H.E. Lionel A. Hurst

 

July 29, 1996

SINGAPORE
H.E. Heng-Chee Chan

 

July 29, 1996

UGANDA
H.E. Edith Grace Ssempala

 

October 9, 1996

SIERRA LEONE
H.E. John Ernest Leigh

 

October 9, 1996

KYRGYZSTAN
H.E. Baktybek Abdrissaev

 

February 11, 1997

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
H.E. Pengiran Anak Dato Puteh

 

May 14, 1997

BELARUS
H.E. Valery V. Tsepkalo

 

May 14, 1997

NIGER
H.E. Joseph Diatta

 

May 14, 1997

JORDAN
H.E. Marwan Jamil Muasher

 

September 8, 1997

YEMEN
H.E. Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri

 

September 8, 1997

EL SALVADOR
H.E. Rene A. Leon

 

September 8, 1997

IRELAND
H.E. Sean O’Huiginn

 

September 8, 1997

PALAU
H.E. Hersey Kyota

 

November 12, 1997

SRI LANKA
H.E. Warnasena Rasaputram

 

November 12, 1997

UNITED KINGDOM
H.E. Christopher Meyer

 

November 12, 1997

ICELAND
H.E. Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson

 

March 16, 1998

SEYCHELLES
H.E. Claude Sylvestre Anthony Morel

 

March 16, 1998

TOGO
H.E. Akoussoulelou Bodjona

 

May 27, 1998

COSTA RICA
H.E. Jaime Daremblum

 

May 27, 1998

GREECE
H.E. Alexandre Philon

 

September 10, 1998

LUXEMBOURG
H.E. Arlette Conzemius

 

September 10, 1998

SAINT LUCIA
H.E. Sonia Merlyn Johnny

 

September 10, 1998

CYPRUS
H.E. Erato Kozakou Marcoullis

 

September 10, 1998

BELGIUM
H.E. Alex Reyn

 

September 10, 1998

HUNGARY
H.E. Geza Jeszenszky

 

October 27, 1998

COLOMBIA
H.E. Luis Alberto Moreno

 

October 27, 1998

ECUADOR
H.E. Ivonne A-Baki

 

January 21, 1999

CHAD
H.E. Hassaballah Ahmat Soubiane

 

January 21, 1999

BURUNDI
H.E. Thomas Ndikumana

 

January 21, 1999

MADAGASCAR
H.E. Zina Andrianarivelo R.

 

January 21, 1999

HOLY SEE
H.E. The Most Reverend Gabriele Montalvo

 

January 21, 1999

RUSSIA
H.E. Yury V. Ushakov

 

January 21, 1999

SLOVAKIA
H.E. Martin Butora

 

April 19, 1999

SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. Makate Sheila Sisulu

 

April 19, 1999

MALAYSIA
H.E. Sheikh Abdul Khalid Ghazzali

 

April 19, 1999

LEBANON
H.E. Farid Abboud

 

April 19, 1999

NAMIBIA
H.E. Leonard Nangolo Iipumbu

 

April 19, 1999

AUSTRIA
H.E. Peter Moser

 

April 19, 1999

RWANDA
H.E. Richard Sezibera

 

August 10, 1999

PORTUGAL
H.E. Joao Rocha Paris

 

August 10, 1999

BRAZIL
H.E. Rubens Barbosa

 

August 10, 1999

MALTA
H.E. George Saliba

 

August 10, 1999

CAMBODIA
H.E. Roland Eng

 

November 29, 1999

ZIMBABWE
H.E. Simbi Veke Mubako

 

November 29, 1999

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
H.E. Roberto B. Saladin Selin

 

November 29, 1999

PANAMA
H.E. Guillermo Alfredo Ford Boyd

 

November 29, 1999

EGYPT
H.E. M. Nabil Fahmy

 

November 29, 1999

NIGERIA
H.E. Jibril Muhammed Aminu

 

November 29, 1999

ARMENIA
H.E. Arman Kirakossian

 

February 3, 2000

PAKISTAN
H.E. Maleeha Lodhi

 

February 3, 2000

CONGO, D.R. OF
H.E. Faida Mitifu

 

February 3, 2000

ALGERIA
H.E. Idriss Jazairy

 

February 3, 2000

ISRAEL
H.E. David Ivry

 

February 3, 2000

MALAWI
H.E. Tony Kandiero

 

February 3, 2000

GAMBIA
H.E. John Paul Bojang

 

February 3, 2000

AUSTRALIA
H.E. Michael J. Thawley

 

February 3, 2000

UKRAINE
H.E. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko

 

February 3, 2000

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
H.E. Igor Davidovic

 

June 14, 2000

ESTONIA
H.E. Sven Jurgenson

 

June 14, 2000

LATVIA
H.E. Aivis Ronis

 

June 14, 2000

GUATEMALA
H.E. Ariel Rivera Irias

 

June 14, 2000

URUGUAY
H.E. Hugo Fernandez Faingold

 

June 14, 2000

DENMARK
H.E. Ulrik Andreas Federspiel

 

June 14, 2000

BAHAMAS
H.E. Joshua Sears

 

June 14, 2000

MOROCCO
H.E. Abdallah El Maaroufi

 

June 14, 2000

LIBERIA
H.E. William V.S. Bull

 

June 14, 2000

SLOVENIA
H.E. Davorin Kracun

 

September 5, 2000

BOTSWANA
H.E. Kgosi Seepapitso, IV

 

September 5, 2000

CHILE
H.E. Andres Bianchi

 

September 5, 2000

TONGA
H.E. Sonatane Tua Taumoepeau Tupou

 

September 5, 2000

ZAMBIA
H.E. Atan Shansonga

 

September 5, 2000

KENYA
H.E. Yusef A. Nzibo

 

September 5, 2000

POLAND
H.E. Przemyslaw Grudzinski

 

September 5, 2000

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
H.E. Teodoro Biyogo Nsuea

 

September 5, 2000

SPAIN
H.E. Javier Ruperez

 

September 5, 2000

PARAGUAY
H.E. Leila Teresa Rachid Cowles

 

September 5, 2000

KOREA
H.E. Sung Chul Yang

 

September 5, 2000

QATAR
H.E. Bader Omar Al Dafa

 

September 5, 2000

SWEDEN
H.E. Jan Eliasson

 

September 5, 2000

CANADA
H.E.Michael Federick Kergin

 

October 19, 2000

TUNISIA
H.E. Hatem Atallah

 

October 19, 2000

BARBADOS
H.E. Michael Ian King

 

December 7, 2000

OMAN
H.E. Mohamed Ali Al Khusaiby

 

December 7, 2000

LIECHTENSTEIN
H.E. Claudia Fritsche

 

December 7, 2000

BELIZE
H.E. Lisa M. Shoman

 

December 7, 2000

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Alasri Saeed Aldhahri

 

December 7, 2000

CROATIA
H.E. Ivan Grdesic

 

February 14, 2001

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
H.E. Emmanuel Touaboy

 

February 14, 2001

MEXICO
H.E.Juan Jose Bremer Martino

 

February 14, 2001

KAZAKHSTAN
H.E. Kanat B. Saudabavev

 

February 14, 2001

TURKMENISTAN
H.E.Meret Bairamovich Orazov

 

February 14, 2001

BENIN
H.E.Segbe Cyrille Oguin

 

March 13, 2001

MAURITIUS
H.E. Usha Jeetah

 

March 13, 2001

CHINA
H.E. Yang Jiechi

 

March 13, 2001

NORWAY
H.E.Knut Vollebaek

 

March 13, 2001

LITHUANIA
H.E. Vygaudas Usackas

 

March 13, 2001

SYRIA
H.E.Rostom Al Zoubi

 

March 13, 2001

ANGOLA
H.E. Josefina Pitra Diakite

 

June 20, 2001

INDIA
H.E. Lalit Mansingh

 

June 20, 2001

ERITREA
H.E. Girma Asmerom

 

June 20, 2001

ALBANIA
H.E. Fatos Tarifa

 

June 20, 2001

ROMANIA
H.E. Dumitru Sorin Ducaru

 

June 20, 2001

BURMA
H.E. U Linn Myaing

 

June 20, 2001

UZBEKISTAN
H.E. Shavkat Shodievich Khamrakulov

 

June 20, 2001

CONGO, R. of
H.E. Serge Mombouli

 

July 31, 2001

GERMANY
H.E. Wolfgang Ischinger

 

July 31, 2001

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
H.E. Izben Williams

 

July 31, 2001

ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
H.E. Ellsworth I. A. John

 

July 31, 2001

SWITZERLAND
H.E. Christian Blickenstorfer

 

October 10, 2001

VIETNAM
H.E. Chien Tam Nguyen

 

October 10, 2001

KUWAIT
H.E. Shaikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

 

October 10, 2001

GABON
H.E. Jules Marius Ogouebandja

 

October 10, 2001

BAHRAIN
H.E. Shaikh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa

 

October 10, 2001

TURKEY
H.E.Osman Faruk Logoglu

 

October 10, 2001

CZECH
H.E. Martin Palous

 

October 10, 2001

FINLAND
H.E. Jukka Valtasaari

 

October 10, 2001

SURINAME
H.E.Henry Lothar Illes

 

October 10, 2001

CAPE VERDE
H.E. Jose Brito

 

November 8, 2001

PHILIPPINES
H.E. Albert Ferreros Del Rosario

 

November 8, 2001

PERU
H.E. Allan Wagner

 

November 8, 2001

JAPAN
H.E.Ryozo Kato

 

November 8, 2001

GHANA
H.E. Alan John Kyerematen

 

November 8, 2001

COTE D’IVOIRE
H.E.Dago Pascal Kokora

 

November 8, 2001

JAMAICA
H.E.Seymour St. Edward Mullings

 

November 8, 2001

MAURITANIA
H.E.Mohamedou Ould Michel

 

December 12, 2001

FIJI
H.E. Anare Jale

 

December 12, 2001

THAILAND
H.E. Sakthip Krairiksh

 

December 12, 2001

MACEDONIA
H.E.Nikola Dimitrov

 

December 12, 2001

LESOTHO
H.E. Molelekeng E. Rapolaki

 

February 14, 2002

BURKINA FASO
H.E.Tertius Zongo

 

February 14, 2002

MOZAMBIQUE
H.E. Armando A. Panguene

 

February 14, 2002

NEW ZEALAND
H.E. John Wood

 

February 14, 2002

BANGLADESH
H.E.Syed Hasan Ahmad

 

February 14, 2002

NEPAL
H.E. Jai Pratap Rana

 

February 14, 2002

BULGARIA
H.E. Elena Poptodorova

 

February 14, 2002

INDONESIA
H.E.Soemadi Djoko Moerdjono Brotodiningrat

 

         February 14 2002

ARGENTINA
H.E. Diego Ramiro Guelar

 

February 14, 2002

NETHERLANDS
H.E.Boudewijn Johannes Van Eenennaam

 

   appt. March 11, 2002

ETHIOPIA
H.E. Kassahun Ayele

 

appt. March 26, 2002

EUROPEAN UNION
H.E. Guenter Burghardt

 

February 3, 2000

_______________

 

HAITI
T.H. Louis Harold Joseph, Minister-Counselor

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

December 18, 1997

COMOROS
Ambassador departed, January 31, 1999

 
 
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Mr. Jeremiah Manele, Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim
 
 

February 24, 2000

GUINEA BISSAU
T.H. Henrique Adriano Da Silva, Minister-Counselor

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

November 13, 2001

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. Mackisack Adrian Logie, Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

March 4, 2001

SUDAN
T. H. Khidir Haroun Ahmed, Minister
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

April 17, 2001

ANDORRA
T.H. Jelena V. Pia-Comella, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

April 26, 2001

GUINEA
Lt. Comdr. Mamadou Alimou Diallo, Def., Mil.,
Nav. Air Attache

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

October 1, 2001

YUGOSLAVIA
T.H. Ivan Zivkovic, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

October 11, 2001

DOMINICA
Ambassador departed, October 12, 2001

 
 

NICARAGUA
T. H. Harold Rivas Reyes, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

January 2, 2002

AFGHANISTAN
T.H. Haron Amin, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

January 9, 2002

VENEZUELA
T. H. Luis Herrera Marcano, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

January 15, 2002

HONDURAS
T. H. Jose Benjamin Zapata
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

January 27, 2002

MOLDOVA
T.H. Vsevolod Grigore, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

March 11, 2002

BOLIVIA
T. H. Alberto Valdes Andreatta, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

March 19, 2002

LAOS
T. H. Seng Soukhathivong, Minister-Counselor
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

 
 

April 1, 2002


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