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Diplomatic List 2011 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LIST MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ICELAND DEPARTMENT OF PROTOCOL REYKJAVÍK December 2011 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.................................................................13 Other Missions and Representations ..............................................................163 National Days..................................................................................................166 Icelandic Flag Days 2012-2015.......................................................................169 Icelandic National Holidays 2012-2015 ...........................................................170 4 Order of precedence of Heads of Missions *United Kingdom His Excellency Mr. Ian Whitting (Dean of the Diplomatic Corps) 02.07.2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - Cape Verde His Excellency Mr. Olívio Melício Pires 11.02.2003 Nicaragua His Excellency Mr. Alvaro Montenegro Mallona 31.10.2003 Mexico Her Excellency Mrs. Martha Bárcena Coqui 16.06.2005 El Salvador His Excellency Mr. Martin Rivera Gómez 26.10.2005 Botswana Her Excellency Mrs. Bernadette Sebage Rathedi 23.11.2005 Argentina His Excellency Mr. Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rozas 11.10.2006 Mozambique His Excellency Mr. Pedro Comissário Afonso 11.10.2006 Portugal His Excellency Mr. João de Lima Pimentel 27.02.2007 State of Qatar His Excellency Mr. Khalid Rashid Al-Hamoudi Al-Mansouri 28.02.2007 * Resident Heads of Missions 5 Kenya Her Excelency Mrs. Purity Wakiuru Muhindi 15.06.2007 Poland His Excellency Mr. Wojciech L. Kola ńczyk 23.10.2007 Uganda His Excellency Mr. Joseph Tomusange 24.10.2007 Djibouti His Excellency Mr. Rachad Farah 24.10.2007 Czech Republic His Excellency Mr. Luboš Nový 11.01.2008 Albania His Excellency Mr. Ruhi E. Hado 22.04.2008 Holy See His Excellency Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig 22.04.2008 Angola His Excellency Mr. Domingos Culolo 22.04.2008 Azerbaijan His Excellency Mr. Fakhraddin Isa oglu Gurbanov 10.09.2008 Costa Rica Her Excellency Mrs. Pilar Saborío de Rocafort 08.10.2008 Greece His Excellency Mr. Antonios Vlavianos 17.11.2008 Ukraine His Excellency Mr. Andrii Deshchytsia 18.11.2008 Burkina Faso Her Excellency Mrs. Monique Ilboudo 18.11.2008 6 South Africa Her Excellency Mrs. Beryl Rose Sisulu 03.03.2009 San Marino Her Excellency Mrs. Antonella Benedettini 03.03.2009 Slovenia His Excellency Mr. Bogdan Benko 03.03.2009 Israel His Excellency Mr. Michael Eligal 10.03.2009 Latvia His Excellency Mr. Andris Sekacis 10.03.2009 Saudi Arabia His Excellency Dr. Abdulrahman M. Gdaia 10.03.2009 Vietnam His Excellency Mr. Vu Van Luu 10.03.2009 Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of His Excellency Mr. Ri Hui Chol 17.03.2009 Mongolia His Excellency Mr. Bulgaa Altangerel 05.05.2009 Benin Her Excellency Mrs. Arlette Dagnon Vignikin 05.05.2009 Spain His Excellency Mr. Santiago Salas 15.06.2009 Cyprus His Excellency Mr. George C. Kasoulides 15.06.2009 Estonia His Excellency Mr. Arti Hilpus 16.06.2009 7 Kazakhstan His Excellency Mr. Kairat Abusseitov 16.06.2009 *Canada His Excellency Mr. Alan Bones 28.08.2009 *Denmark His Excellency Mr. Søren Haslund Jensen 04.09.2009 *Sweden His Excellency Mr. Anders Ljunggren 07.09.2009 Romania His Excellency Mr. Alexandru Victor Micula 17.09.2009 Netherlands His Excellency Mr. Richard van Rijssen 17.09.2009 *China His Excellency Mr. SU Ge 17.09.2009 *European Union His Excellency Mr. Timo Summa 06.01.2010 Austria His Excellency Dr. Daniel Krumholz 09.02.2010 Malta His Excellency Mr. Paul Bonello 09.02.2010 Venezuela His Excellency Mr. Jose de Jesus Sojo Reyes 16.02.2010 Macedonia His Excellency Mrs. Marija Efremova 16.02.2010 Croatia His Excellency Mr. Ladislav Piv čevi ć 23.02.2010 8 Afghanistan Her Excellency Mrs. Manizha Bakhtari 23.02.2010 Algeria His Excellency Mr. Fatah Mahraz 02.03.2010 *Russian Federation His Excellency Mr. Andrey Vasilyevich Tsyganov 23.03.2010 Indonesia Her Excellency Ms. Esti Andayani 20.04.2010 United Arab Emirates His Excellency Mr. Abdulrahman Ghanem A. Almutaiwee 15.06.2010 Australia His Excellency Mr. James Choi 15.06.2010 Chile His Excellency Mr. Juan Aníbal Barría García 15.06.2010 Italy His Excellency Mr. Antonio Bandini 16.06.2010 Kuwait His Excellency Mr. Ali Ibraheem Alnikhailan 16.06.2010 *Germany His Excellency Mr. Hermann-Josef Sausen 26.08.2010 *United States of America His Excellency Mr. Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas 20.09.2010 *Norway His Excellency Mr. Dag Wernø Holter 27.09.2010 Sudan Her Excellency Mrs. Ilham Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed 28.09.2010 Oman Her Excellency Dr. Zainab Ali Said Al-Qasmiah 09.11.2010 9 Iran His Excellency Mr. Seyed Hossein Rezvani 09.11.2010 Ireland His Excellency Mr. Brendan Scannell 09.11.2010 Japan His Excellency Mr. Akio Shirota 09.11.2010 Korea, Republic of His Excellency Mr. Byong-hyun Lee 15.02.2011 Ghana Her Excellency Mrs. Hajia Fati Habib-Jawulaa 15.02.2011 Bangladesh His Excellency Mr. A.F.M. Gousal Azam Sarker 22.02.2011 Tanzania His Excellency Mr. Muhammed Mwinyi Mzale 10.05.2011 Cuba His Excellency Mr. Francisco Roberto Florentino Graupera 10.05.2011 Honduras His Excellency Mr. Hernán Antonio Bermúdez Aguilar 30.08.2011 Thailand His Excellency Mr. Piyawat Niyomrerks 30.08.2011 Serbia His Excellency Mr. Milan Simurdi ć 30.08.2011 *Finland Her Excellency Ms. Irma Ertman 06.09.2011 Ethiopia His Excellency Mr. Berhanu Kebede 25.10.2011 10 Nigeria His Excellency Mr. Felix Yusufu Pwol 25.10.2011 Laos His Excellency Mr. Khouanta Phalivong 25.10.2011 *France His Excellency Mr. Marc Bouteiller 02.11.2011 Belgium His Excellency Mr. Michel Godfrind 22.11.2011 Switzerland His Excellency Mr. Jean-Philippe Tissières 22.11.2011 Egypt His Excellency Mr. Ashraf M. Mohieldin Elmoafi 22.11.2011 Slovakia Her Excellency Ms. Barbara Illková 05.12.2011 - - - - - - - - - - - - Peru His Excellency Mr. Hernán Couturier Mariátegui Agrée 10.06.2011 Montenegro His Excellency Dr. Ljubiš Stankovi ć Agrée 16.08.2011 Panama His Excellency Mr. Gilberto Arias P. Agrée 16.08.2011 Senegal His Excellency Mr. Abdou Sourang Agrée 16.08.2011 11 Morocco Her Excellency Mrs. Saadia El Alaoui Agrée 16.08.2011 Ecuador His Excellency Mr. Mario Aníbal Guerrero Murgueytio Agrée 02.09.2011 Sri Lanka His Excellency Mr. Oshadhi Jagath Kumara Alahapperuma Agrée 20.09.2011 Malaysia His Excellency Mr. Dato' Badruddin Bin Ab. Rahman Agrée 20.09.2011 Jordan His Excellency Mr. Mazen Homoud Agrée 03.10.2011 Turkey His Excellency Mr. Sanivar Olgun Agrée 06.10.2011 Georgia His Excellency Mr. Nikoloz Rtveliashvili Agrée 14.10.2011 Philippines His Excellency Mr. Bayani S. Mercado Agrée 14.10.2011 Luxembourg His Excellency Mr. Alphonse Berns Agrée 14.10.2011 Hungary His Excellency Mr. Géza Jeszenszky Agrée 17.10.2011 Pakistan His Excellency Mr. Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Andrabi Agrée 20.10.2011 *India His Excellency Mr. Ashtok Das Agrée 20.10.2011 Kosovo His Excellency Mr. Lulzim Peci Agrée 08.11.2011 12 Uruguay His Excellency Mr. Nestor Julio Moreira Morán Agrée 17.11.2011 Colombia Her Excellency Ms. Victoriana Mejia Marulands Agrée 07.12.2011 Palestine His Excellency Mr. Yasser Alnajjar Agrée 22.12.2011 Niger His Excellency Mr. Djibo Issaka Agrée 30.12.2011 13 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ACCREDITED TO ICELAND 14 AFGHANISTAN Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan National Day: 19 August Chancery: Kronprinsens gate 17 NO-0244 Oslo Open: 09:00-12:00; 13:00-17:00 (Mon-Fri) Tel.: (+47) 2323 9220 Fax: (+47) 2283 8411 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.afghanistanembassy.no Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Her Excellency Mrs. Manizha Bakhtari 23.02.2010 Mr. Abdul Naser Hotaki First Secretary Mr. Bashir Ahmad Shukran Mrs. Maliha Shukran Second Secretary Mr. Hazrat Shah Farkhari Mrs. Susan Farkhari 15 ALBANIA Embassy of the Republic of Albania National Day: 28 November - Independence Day (1912) 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 Mr. Ruhi E Hado 22.04.2008 Mrs. Blegina Hado 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 Mr. Fatah Mahraz 02.03.2010 Mrs. Wahiba Mahraz Counsellor Mr. Ismail Aknine Mrs. Fouzia Aknine Second Secretary Mr. Mohamed Sadaoui Mrs. Ouerdia Sadaoui Attaché Mr. Abou bakr Sefouane Mrs. Camelia Sefouane Attaché Mrs. Nawal Selloum Mr. Nabil Selloum 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] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Vacant Minister Counsellor - Chargé d'Affaires a.i. Mrs. Maria Noguer González 18 ANGOLA Embassy of the Republic of Angola National Day: 11 November - Independence Day (1975) Chancery: Skeppsbron 8 SE-111 33 Stockholm Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3199, SE-103 64 Stockholm Open: 09:00-16:30 (Mon-Fri) Tel.: (+46-8) 24 28 90 Fax: (+46-8) 34 31 27 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.angolaemb.se Consular Section: Open: 09:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:30 (Mon-Fri) Tel.: (+46-8) 24 28 90 Fax: (+46-8) 34 31 27 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Vacant Counsellor Mr.
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