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Executive Database 10 September 2020 Nb EXECUTIVE DATABASE 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 NB: THIS DATABASE IS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SA MISSIONS POLITICAL DESKS FOREIGN MISSIONS COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE DATE OF HEAD OF GOVERNMENT DATE OF MINISTER OF FOREIGN CAPITAL CITY INAUGURATION (PRIME MINISTER) APPOINTMENT AFFAIRS African Union HE Mr Matamela Cyril 12/02/2020 HE Mr Moussa Faki 14/03/2017 Addis Ababa (AU) Ramaphosa Mahamat Chairperson Chairperson of the African Union Commission0 Islamic Republic HE Mr Ashraf Ghani 29/09/2014 Chief Executive 29/09/2014 HE Haroon Kabul of Afghanistan Chakhansuri (acting) President Mr Abdullah Abdullah Minister of Foreign Affairs 23/01/2020 Republic of HE Mr Ilir Rexhep Metaj 24/07/2017 HE Mr Edi Rama 15/09/2013 HE Mr Edi Rama Tirana Albania President Prime Minister Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 21/01/2019 Gent Cakaj Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (with full responsibility as a Minister) 22/01/2019 Democratic HE Mr Abdelmadjid Tebboune 19/12/2019 HE Mr Abdelaziz Djerad 28/12/2019 HE Ms Sabri Boukadoum Algiers People’s President Prime Minister presiding Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of over the Council of and International Algeria Ministers Cooperation Head of Government 02/04/2019 Principality of HE Bishop Joan Enric VIVES I 16/05/2019 HE Mr Xavier Espot 17/07/2017 HE Mrs Maria Ubach Font Andorra La Andorra SICILIA Zamora Vella Minister of Foreign Affairs (Co-Prince of Andorra) Prime Minister (Letters to each HE Mr Emmanuel Macron Co-Prince) (Co-Prince of Andorra) Republic of HE Mr João Manuel 26/09/2017 HOS is also HOG HE HE Mr Manuel Luanda Angola Gonçalves Lourenço Domingos Augusto President 26/19/2017 Antigua and (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 14/09/2014 The Hon Gaston Browne 13/06/2014 HE E.P Chet Greene St John’s Barbuda II) Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Governor-General: and International Trade HE Sir Rodney Williams 21/03/2018 KGN GCMG Argentine HE Mr Alberto Fernández 10/12/2019 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Felipe Solá Buenos Aires Republic President Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship 10/12/2019 Republic of HE Dr Armen Sarkissian 09/04/2018 HE Mr Nikol Pashinyan 08/05/2018 HE Mr Zohrab Yerevan Armenia Mnatsakanyan President Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs 12/05/2018 Commonwealth (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 28/03/2014 20/08/2018 Canberra The Hon Mr Scott Morrison, The Honourable of Australia II) MP Marise Payne Governor-General: Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency General the Prime Minister 26/08/2018 Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK, MC Republic of HE Mr Alexander Van der 26/01/2017 HE Mr Sebastian Kurz 7/01/2020 HE Mr Alexander Vienna Austria Bellen Schallenberg President Chancellor Federal Minister of European and International Affairs 3/06/19 Republic of HE Mr Ilham Heydar oglu 31/10/2003 HE Mr Ali Asadov 08/10/2019 HE Mr Elmar Baku Azerbaijan ALIYEV Mammadyarov Prime Minister President Minister of foreign Affairs 02/04/2004 The (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 28/06/2019 The Hon Dr. Hubert 11/05/2017 HE Hon Darren Henfield Nassau Commonwealth II) Alexander Minnis of the Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Governor-General: Prime Minister 04/05/2017 H.E. Cornelius Alvin Smith Kingdom of His Majesty King Hamad Bin 06/03/1999 His Highness Khalifa bin 10/01/1970 HE Sheikh Khalid Bin Manama Bahrain Isa Al Khalifa Salman AL KHALIFA Ahmed bin Mohamed AL KHALIFA King of Bahrain Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs 26/09/2005 People’s HE Mr Abdul HAMID 20/03/2013 The Honourable Sheikh 06/01/2009 The Hon Abulkalam Abdul Dhaka Republic of HASINA Momen Bangladesh Minister for Foreign Affairs President Prime Minister 06/01/2019 Barbados (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 08/01/2018 The Hon Ms Mia Mottley 25/05/2018 Sen. The Hon Maxine Bridgetown II) McLEAN Prime Minister Governor-General: (Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) HE Dame Sandra Mason Republic of HE Mr Alexander 20/07/1994 HE Mr Syarhey Rumas 18/08/2018 HE Mr Vladmir Makei Minsk Belarus LUKASHENKO Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs President Kingdom of His Majesty, King Philippe 21/07/2013 HE Ms Sophie Wilmès 27/10/2019 HE Mr Philippe Goffin Brussels Belgium (head of a caretaker (1/12/2019) King of the Belgians government while negotiations for a new governing coalition are ongoing) Acting Prime Minister Belize (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 17/11/1993 The Right Honourable 01/03/2016 The Hon. Sam Condor Belmopan II) Dean Barrow (Minister of Foreign Governor-General: Prime Minister Affairs and Foreign Trade) HE Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG, MBE,MBA Republic of HE Mr Patrice Talon 06/04/2016 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Aurélien Cotonou Benin Agbénonci President Minister of Foreign Affaisr, African Integration and Francophone and Beninese Diasporas 06/04/2016 Kingdom of His Majesty King Jigme 09/12/2006 HE Dr Lotay Tshering 07/11/2018 HE Lyonpo (Mr) Damcho Thimphu Bhutan Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck DORJI Prime Minister Minister for Foreign Affairs Plurinational HE Ms Jeanine Áñez 12/11/2019 HOS is also HOG HE Mr David La Paz State of Bolivia CHOQUEHUANCA Acting President Cespedes Minister of Foreign Affairs Bosnia and H E Mr Željko Komšić 20/11/2018 HE Mr Denis Zvizdic 14/09/2019 HE Mr Sven ALKALAJ Sarajevo Herzegovina President Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs NB: Members of the Presidency rotates every 8 months Republic of HE Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi 01/04/2018 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Vincent T. Seretse Gaborone Botswana President (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation) 04/04/2018 Federative HE Mr Jair Messias Bolsonaro 01/01/2019 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Ernesto Henrique Brasilia Republic of Fraga Araújo President Brazil Minister of Foreign Affairs 01/01/2019 Brunei His Majesty Sultan Haji 01/08/1968 HOS is also HOG His Royal Highness Bandar Seri Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Prince Mohammed Begawan Waddaulah Bolkiah Formal name is: Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Brunei Darussalam Darussalam Republic of HE Mr Rumen Georgiev 22/01/2017 HE Mr Boyko Metodiev 04/05/2017 Hon. Ms Ekaterina Sofia Bulgaria Radev Borissov Spasova Gecheva- Zaharieva President Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs 04/05/2017 Burkina Faso HE Mr Roch Marc Christian 29/12/2015 HE Mr Christophe Joseph 24/01/2019 HE Mr Alpha Barry Ouagadougou Kabore Marie Dabiré Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Abroad President Prime Minister Burkinabe HE General Republic of 18/06/2020 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Ezechiel Nibigira Bujumbura Évariste Ndayishimiye Burundi Minister of External Affairs President and International Co- operation 19/04/2018 Kingdom of His Majesty Samdech Preah 14/10/2004 HE Mr Samdech Hun Sen 14/01/1985 HE Mr Prak Sokhonn Phnom Penh Cambodia Baromneath NORODOM Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister SIHAMONI and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation) (2016) Republic of HE Mr Paul BIYA 06/11/1982 HE Mr Joseph Dion Ngute 04/01/2019 HE Lejeune Mbella Yaoundé Cameroon Mbella Mbonjo President Prime Minister Minister of State in charge of External Relations 02/10/2015 Canada (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 02/10/2017 HE The Rt Hon Justin P. J 04/11/2015 HE The Rt Hon Stephane Ottawa II) Trudeau Dion Governor-General and Prime Minister Min of Foreign Affairs Commander-in-Chief of Canada, Her Excellency The Rt Hon Julie Payette Republic of HE Mr Jorge Carlos de 09/09/2011 HE Ulisses Correia e Silva 22/04/2016 HE Luís Felipe Tavares Praia Cape Verde Almeida FONSECA Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs, President Co-operation and the International Community 222/04/2016 Central African HE Faustin Archange 30/03/2016 HE Mr Firmin Ngrébada 25/02/2019 Mr Charles-Armel Bangui Republic Touadera Doubane Prime Minister President Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Francophonie 27/01/2014 Republic of HE Mr Idriss Déby Itno 02/12/1990 Vacant HE Mr Mahamat Zene N’Djaména Chad Cherif President Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Intergration 24/12/2017 Republic of HE Mr Sebastián Piñera 11/03/2018 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Heraldo Muñoz Santiago Chile Valenzuela President Minister of Foreign Affairs 11/03/2014 People’s HE Mr Xi Jinping 15/11/2012 HE Mr Li Keqiang 15/03/2013 HE Mr YANG Jiechi Beijing Republic of President Premier Minister of Foreign Affairs China Republic of Mr Iván Duque Márquez HOS is also HOG HE Ms Claudia Blum de Bogota Colombia Barberi Minister of Foreign Affairs 27/11/2019 HE Mr Azali Assoumani Union of 26/05/2016 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Mohamed El- Moroni Comoros Amine Souef President (Minister of External Relations, Co-operation in charge of the Diaspora, Francophone and Arab World ) 17/07/2017 Republic of HE Mr Denis Sassou 25/10/1997 He Mr Clément Mouamba 23/04/2016 HE Mr Basile IKOUEBE Brazzaville Congo N’GUESSO Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs President and Francophonie 31/05/2007 Cook Islands (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 27/07/2013 The Hon Mr Henry Puna 30/11/2010 The Hon Henry Puna Avarua II) Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Queen’s Representative in and Immigration Cook Islands:: 30/11/2010 HE Mr Tom Marsters (Salution: Your Excellency) Republic of HE Mr Carlos Alvarado 08/05/2018 HOS is also HOG HE Mr Rene CASTRO San José Costa Rica Salazar President Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of Côte HE Mr Alassane Dramane 04/12/2010 HE Mr Daniel Kablan 16/01/2017 HE Mr Abdallah Albert Abidjan d’Ivoire Ouattara Duncan Toikeusseu Mabri President Vice President Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs 12/01/2016 Republic of HE Mr Zoran Milanović 19/02/2020 HE Mr Andrej Plenković 19/10/2016 HE Dr Sc.
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