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Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LIST MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ICELAND DEPARTMENT OF PROTOCOL REYKJAVÍK December 2017 2 MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Raudarárstígur 25 IS-150 Reykjavík ICELAND Open: 08:30-16:00 (Mon-Fri) (GMT all year around) Tel.: (+354) 545 9900 Tel.: (+354) 545 9925 (Emergency No. - outside office hours) Fax: (+354) 562 2373 / 562 2386 e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.mfa.is / www.utn.stjr.is PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT Dir. Tel.: (+354) 545 9920 Dir. Fax: (+354) 552 6247 e-mail: [email protected] 3 CONTENTS Ambassadors in order of Precedence ............................................. 4 Diplomatic Missions and Consulates ............................................ 12 Other Missions and Representations .......................................... 160 National Days ........................................................................ 162 Icelandic Flag Days 2014-2017 ................................................ 165 Icelandic National Holidays 2014-2017 ...................................... 166 4 Order of precedence of Heads of Missions *Denmark Her Excellency Mette Kjuel Nielsen 28.08.2013 - - - - - - - - - - - - San Marino Her Excellency Antonella Benedettini 03.03.2009 Philippines His Excellency Bayani S. Mercado 29.05.2012 Lesotho His Excellency Paramente Phamotse 05.02.2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina His Excellency Emir Poljo 19.03.2013 * Resident Heads of Missions 5 South Africa Her Excellency Queen Anne Zondo 03.10.2013 Mozambique Her Excellency Frances Victória Velho Rodrigues 09.12.2013 Botswana His Excellency Lameck Nthekela 10.12.2013 Peru His Excellency José Beraún Araníbar 11.12.2013 Burundi His Excellency Pascal Ruhomvyumworo 11.12.2013 Italy His Excellency Giorgio Novello 15.01.2014 Uganda His Excellency Zaake Wanume Kibedi 16.01.2014 Slovenia His Excellency Tone Kajzer 02.04.2014 Turkey His Excellency Esat Şafak Göktürk 02.04.2014 Indonesia His Excellency Yuwono Agus Putranto 03.04.2014 *Russian Federation His Excellency Anton Vsevolodovich Vasiliev 12.05.2014 *Norway Her Excellency Cecilie Landsverk 05.09.2014 *Finland His Excellency Valtteri Hirvonen 08.09.2014 *China His Excellency ZHANG Weidong 30.09.2014 6 Singapore Her Excellency Chi Hsia Foo 30.10.2014 Bulgaria Her Excellency Roumiana Mitreva 04.03.2015 Kenya His Excellency Joseph Kiprono Sang 04.03.2015 Guinea His Excellency Paul Goa Zoumanigui 05.03.2015 Israel His Excellency Raphael Schutz 17.03.2015 Ireland Her Excellency Cliona Manahan 12.05.2015 Uruguay His Excellency Fernando López-Fabregat 12.05.2015 Cyprus Her Excellency Maria Papakyriakou 12.05.2015 Croatia His Excellency Frane Krnić 13.05.2015 Laos His Excellency Sayakane Sisouvong 13.05.2015 *Germany His Excellency Herbert Ludwig Beck 07.09.2015 Tanzania Her Excellency Dora Mmari Msechu 09.09.2015 Algeria His Excellency Ahcène Kerma 09.09.2015 Albania His Excellency Ilir Abdi 15.09.2015 7 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of His Excellency Yong Dok Kang 15.09.2015 Azerbaijan His Excellency Tahir Tofig oglu Taghizadeh 01.10.2015 Qatar His Excellency Yousef Ali Al Khater 01.10.2015 Vietnam His Excellency Nguyen Truong Thanh 13.10.2015 India His Excellency Rajiv Kumar Nagpal 13.10.2015 Côte d’Ivoire Her Excellency Mina Marie Balde-Laurent 09.02.2016 Benin His Excellency Eusège Agbangla 09.02.2016 Belgium Her Excellency Nancy Rossignol 09.02.2016 Colombia Her Excellency Sonia Durán Smela 10.02.2016 Pakistan Her Excellency Riffat Masood 10.02.2016 Egypt Her Excellency Mahy Hassan Abdellatif Mohamed 12.04.2016 Niger His Excellency Amadou Tcheko 12.04.2016 Mali His Excellency Toumani Djimé Diallo 12.04.2016 Hungary Her Excellency Anna Mária Sikó 13.04.2016 8 Serbia Her Excellency Suzana Bošković-Prodanović 13.04.2016 Korea, Republic of His Excellency Hae-yun Park 13.04.2016 Bangladesh His Excellency Muhammad Abdul Muhith 19.04.2016 Ukraine His Excellency Andrii V. Olefirov 07.06.2016 Montenegro His Excellency Borislav Banović 07.06.2016 Kuwait His Excellency Nabeel Al Dakheel 19.09.2016 Lithuania Her Excellency Gintė Bernadeta Damušis 19.09.2016 United Kingdom His Excellency Michael Nevin 20.09.2016 *Canada Her Excellency Anne-Tamara Lorre 27.09.2016 Japan His Excellency Yasuhiko Kitagawa 21.11.2016 Cuba Her Excellency Rosario Cristina Navas Morata 07.02.2017 El Salvador Her Excellency Anita Cristina Escher Echeverría 07.02.2017 Honduras His Excellency Roberto Ochoa Madrid 07.02.2017 Estonia Her Excellency Janne Joesaar-Ruusalu 14.02.2017 9 Morocco Her Excellency Lamia Radi 14.02.2017 Romania His Excellency Mihai AlexandruGradinar 14.03.2017 Tunisia Her Excellency Fatma Omrani Chargui 14.03.2017 Brunei Darussalam Her Excellency Rakiah Haji Abdul Lamit 15.03.2017 Rwanda Her Excellency Christine Nkulikiyinka 15.03.2017 Czech Republic His Excellency Jaroslav Knot 23.05.2017 Switzerland His Excellency Alain-Denis Henchoz 23.05.2017 Panama His Excellency Daniel E. Fabrega 23.05.2017 Brazil His Excellency George Monteiro Prata 15.06.2017 Costa Rica His Excellency Roberto Carlos Dormond Cantú 15.06.2017 Republic of Sudan Her Excellency Ahlam Abdelgalil Abuzeid Ali 15.06.2017 Iran His Excellency Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh 23.08.2017 Sri Lanka His Excellency Manjusri Jayantha Pallpane 23.08.2017 Moldova His Excellency Veaceslav Dobînda 24.08.2017 10 Saudi Arabia His Excellency Abdulaziz H.F. Al Zaid 24.08.2017 Namibia Her Excellency Morina Muuondjo 24.08.2017 Spain Her Excellency María Isabel Vicandi Plaza 24.08.2017 Sweden His Excellency Håkan Juholt 12.09.2017 Georgia His Excellency Gigi Gigiadze 13.09.2017 Greece Her Excellency Maria Diamanti 13.09.2017 *European Union His Excellency Michael Mann 19.09.2017 France His Excellency Paul Graham 10.10.2017 Australia Her Excellency Mary Ellen Douglas Miller 17.10.2017 The Netherlands His Excellency Tom J.M. van Oorschot 10.10.2017 United Arab Emirates His Excellency Sulaiman Almazroui 10.10.2017 Slovakia Her Excellency Denisa Frelichová 17.10.2017 Argentina Her Excellency Mónica Liliana Maria Victoria Dinucci 25.10.2017 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - Afghanistan Her Excellency Shukria Barakzai Agrée 21.12.2015 Malaysia Her Excellency Norlin Othman Agrée 28.01.2016 The Sultanate of Oman Her Excellency Lyutha Sultan Al-Mughairy Agrée 19.01.2017 Palestine His Excellency Ammro A.A.Alhourani Agrée 23.02.2017 Mongolia His Excellency Sanjaa Bayar Agrée 23.02.2017 Apostolic Nuncio His Excellency James Patrick Green Agrée 27.02.2017 New Zealand Her Excellency Lyndal Walkert Agrée 28.03.2017 United Arab Emirates His Excellency Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui Agrée 29.03.2017 Luxembourg His Excellency Jean Olinger Agrée 12.05.2017 Austria Her Excellency Dr. Maria Rotheiser-Scotti Agrée 12.05.2017 Kazakhstan His Excellency Mr. Erlan Idrissov Agrée 27.06.2017 Equador His Excellency Mr. Lautaro Hernan Pozo Malo Agrée 22.08.2017 Iraq His Excellency Baker Fattah Hussen Agrée 18.09.2017 12 Mexico His Excellency Carlos Pujalte Pineiro Agrée 14.09.2017 Guyana His Excellency Frederick Hamley Case Agrée 19.09.2017 Poland His Excellency Gerard Slawomir Pokruszynski 19.09.2017 Ghana Her Excellency Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa Agrée 28.09.2017 Chile His Excellency Waldemar Couts Agrée 28.09.2017 Nicaraqua Her Excellency Guisell Morales-Echaverry Agrée 03.10.2017 Latvia Her Excellency Judite Dobele Agrée 12.10.2017 Thailand His Excellency Prasittiporn Wetprasit Agrée 25.10.2017 Zambia Her Excellency Rosa Salukatula Agrée 03.10.2017 Nigeria Her Excellency Uzoma Elizabeth Emenike Agrée 25.10.2017 13 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ACCREDITED TO ICELAND 14 AFGHANISTAN Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan National Day: 19 August Chancery: Gange-Rolvs gate 5 NO-0244 Oslo Open: 09:00-16:00 (Mon-Fri) Consular office: 09:00-12:00 Tel.: (+47) 2212 3570 / 2212 3576 Fax: (+47) 2212 3571 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.afghanistanembassy.no Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Her Excellency Shukria Barakzai Agrée 2015 Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Mr Saleemshah Maidanwall Mrs Homa Maidanwall First Secretary Mr Ahmad Khalid Akbar Mrs Rabia Akbar First Secretary Mr Mohammad Saber Yaqin Mrs Khadija Yaqin Second Secretary Mrs Nooria Mehdi Mr M. Yama Shahir Third Secretary Mrs Amina Eshaq Mr Khalid Azim 15 ALBANIA Embassy of the Republic of Albania National Day: 28 November - Independence and Flag Day Chancery: Capellavägen 7 SE-181 32 Lidingö Open: 08:00-16:00 (Mon-Fri) Tel.: (+46-8) 731 0920 Fax: (+46-8) 767 6557 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mfa.gov.al Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary His Excellency Ilir Abdi 15.09.2015 Minister Counsellor Mr Genti Bendo First Secretary Ms Rozeta Fejzulla 16 ALGERIA Embassy of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria National Day: 1 November Chancery: Danderydsgatan 3-5 SE-100 41 Stockholm Mailing Address: P.O. Box 26027 Open: 09:00-16:00 (Mon-Fri) Tel.: (+46-8) 679 9130 / 40 / 50 Fax: (+46-8) 611 4957 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.embalgeria.se Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary His Excellency Ahcene Kerma 09.09.2015 Mrs Zineb Kerma Attaché for Consular Affairs Mr Mohamed Mehdi Aissa Djafar Attaché for Foreign Affairs Mr Mohammed Hiba Mrs Safaa Hiba Secretary for Foreign Affirs Mr Ali Lahcene Mrs Rebiha Lahcene Attaché for Foreign Affairs Mr Sebti Boudebbouz Mrs Fatima Zohra Boudebbouze 17 ANDORRA Embassy of the Principality of Andorra National Day: 8 September - Virgin of Meritxell Chancery: c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs C/ Prat de la Creu 62-64 AD-500 Andorra la Vella Tel.: (+376) 875 704 Fax: (+376) 869 559 e-mail: [email protected] Minister
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