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Contact Your Head of State We are updating out contact sheet! If information for your country's Head of State is missing or wrong, send us an email to [email protected] or check back next week! COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE/GOVERNMENT CONTACT Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [email protected] Albania Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Prime Minister Sali Berisha [email protected] Algeria President of Algeria, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika [email protected] Andorra Prime Minister Antoni MarE [email protected] Angola Presidente da República de Angola, Presidente José E. Dos Santos [email protected] AnEgua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer foreignaff[email protected] ArgenEna Presidenta de la Nación ArgenEna, La presidenta CrisEna Fernández de Kirchner [email protected] Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan [email protected] Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard bit.ly/NOddHM Austria Herrn Bundespräsident Dr. Heinz Fischer heinz.fi[email protected] Azerbaijan President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev offi[email protected] Bahamas Prime Minister Perry ChrisEe [email protected] Bahrain Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa [email protected] Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina [email protected] Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart [email protected] Belarus President of Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko [email protected] Belgium Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo [email protected] Belize Prime Minisiter The Hon. Dean O. Barrow bit.ly/MvkhXw Benin Président de la République du Bénin, Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni bit.ly/L5Gmd4 Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Thinley [email protected] Bolivia Presidente ConsEtucional del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma [email protected] Bosnia & Herzegovina Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda [email protected] Botswana His Excellency the President, Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama bit.ly/OQxlkQ Brazil Most Excellent Madam President of the Republic, Dilma Rousseff [email protected] Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah [email protected] Bulgaria President of the Repulic of Bulgaria, His Excellency Rosen Plevneliev [email protected] Burkina Faso Président Blaise Compaore [email protected] Burma President Thein Sein Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza Cape Verde Presidente Jorge Carlos Fonesca bit.ly/LqzIWV Cambodia Prime Minister Hu Sen [email protected] Cameroon Président de la République du Cameroun, Président Paul Biya [email protected] Canada Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Stephen Harper [email protected] Central African Republic President Francois Bozize Chad Président de la République du Tchad, Président Idriss Deby bit.ly/OQy8ba Chile Presidente de la República, SebasEán Piñera Echenique [email protected] China President Hu Jintao [email protected] Colombia Presidente de la República de Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderón [email protected] Congo Président de la République du Congo, Président Denis Sassou-Nguesso bit.ly/OcdBkG Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna coso@pmoffice.gov.ck Costa Rica Presidenta Laura Chinchilla Miranda [email protected] We are updating out contact sheet! 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Côte d’Ivoire Président Alassane Dramane Oukara [email protected] Croaa President of the Republic of Croaa Ivo Josipović [email protected] Cyprus President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Demetris Christofias bit.ly/LfXpgC Czech Republic President of the Czech Republic, Mr. Václav Klaus [email protected] Democrac Republic of Congo Président de la République Démocraque du Congo, Président Joseph Kabila [email protected] Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt [email protected] Djibou Président Ismail Omar Guelleh [email protected] Dominica President Nicholas Liverpool presidentoffi[email protected] Dominican Republic President danilo Medina [email protected] Ecuador Presidente de la República del Ecuador Rafael Correa Delgado [email protected] Egypt El Salvador Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Presidente Mauricio Funes [email protected] Eritrea President Isaias Afewerki Estonia President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves [email protected] Ethiopia President Girma Wolde-Giorgis [email protected] Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama pmsoffi[email protected] Finland President of the Republic of Finland, Mr. Sauli Niinistö jyrki.katainen@vnk.fi France Président de la République Française. 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Jordan Prime Minister Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh [email protected] Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Kenya President Mwai Kibaki [email protected] Kiriba President Anote Tong bit.ly/KLIb4B Kuwait Prime Minister, His Highness Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah amirsoffi[email protected] Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev [email protected] Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong Latvia President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Andris Bērziņš bit.ly/KMNdId Lebanon Prime Minister Najib Mika [email protected] Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [email protected] Liechtenstein Prime Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Dr Klaus Tschütscher [email protected] Lithuania President of the Republic of Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė Luxembourg Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker Lybia Macedonia President of the Republic of Macedonia, President Gjorgje Ivanov bit.ly/MvmceC Madagascar President of the High Authority of TransiEon Andry Rajoelina [email protected] Malawi President Joyce Banda [email protected] Malaysia The Honourable Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Waheed [email protected] Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré Malta President of the Republic of Malta, Dr. George Abela [email protected] Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak [email protected] Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz MauriEus President Aneroof Jugnauth [email protected] Mexico Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, The Honorable Felipe Calderón [email protected] Micronesia President Manny Mori foreignaff[email protected] Moldova President of the Republic of Moldova, His Excellency Nicolae Timo~i Monaco His Serene Highness Prince Albert II [email protected] Mongolia President Dashjamts Baulga [email protected] Montenegro President of Montenegro, President Filip Vujanović [email protected] Mozambique President Armando Guebuza Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba Nauru President Sprent Dabwido [email protected] Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhaarai [email protected] Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Ruke bit.ly/KUzm7A New Zealand Prime Minister John Key bit.ly/LffV9q Nicaragua Presidente Comandante Daniel Ortega [email protected] Niger President Mohamadou Issoufou bit.ly/LqX8Ik Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan North Korea AcEng Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg bit.ly/KFYHSD We are updating out contact sheet! 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