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HEADS of STATE Protocol and Liaison Service HEADS of GOVERNMENT PUBLIC LIST MINISTERS for FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNITED NATIONS HEADS OF STATE Protocol and Liaison Service HEADS OF GOVERNMENT PUBLIC LIST MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN His Excellency Same as Head of State His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Mr. Salahuddin Rabbani Full Title President of the Islamic Republic of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic Afghanistan of Afghanistan Date of Appointment 29-Sep-14 02-Feb-15 ALBANIA His Excellency His Excellency same as Prime Minister Mr. Ilir Meta Mr. Edi Rama Full Title President of the Republic of Albania Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Affairs of the Republic of Albania Republic of Albania Date of Appointment 24-Jul-17 15-Sep-13 21-Jan-19 ALGERIA Son Excellence Son Excellence Son Excellence Monsieur Abdelkader Bensalah Monsieur Nour-Eddine Bedoui Monsieur Sabri Boukadoum Full Title Chef d'État de la République algérienne Premier Ministre de la République algérienne Ministre des Affaires étrangères de la République démocratique et populaire démocratique et populaire algérienne démocratique et populaire Date of Appointment 09-Apr-19 31-Mar-19 31-Mar-19 31/05/2019 Page 1 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ANDORRA Son Excellence Son Excellence Son Excellence Monseigneur Joan Enric Vives Sicília Monsieur Xavier Espot Zamora Madame Maria Ubach Font et Son Excellence Monsieur Emmanuel Macron Full Title Co-Princes de la Principauté d’Andorre Chef du Gouvernement de la Principauté d’Andorre Ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Principauté d’Andorre Date of Appointment 16-May-12 21-May-19 17-Jul-17 ANGOLA His Excellency His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço Mr. Manuel Domingos Augusto Full Title President of the Republic of Angola Same as Head of State Minister of External Relations of the Republic of President of the Popular Movement Angola for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) Date of Appointment 26-Sep-17 30-Sep-08 09-Oct-17 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) His Excellency His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Gaston Alphonso Browne Mr. Everly Paul Chet Greene Sir Rodney Williams Full Title Governor-General of Antigua and Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Barbuda Corporate Governance of Antigua and Barbuda Immigration of Antigua and Barbuda Date of Appointment 14-Aug-14 03-Jul-14 21-Mar-18 31/05/2019 Page 2 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ARGENTINA Excelentísimo Señor No Prime Minister Excelentísimo Señor Mauricio Macri Jorge Marcelo Faurie Full Title Presidente de la República Argentina Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de la República Argentina Date of Appointment 10-Dec-15 12-Jun-17 ARMENIA His Excellency His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Armen Sarkissian Mr. Nikol Pashinyan Mr. Zohrab Mnatsakanyan Full Title President of the Republic of Armenia Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Date of Appointment 02-Mar-18 08-May-18 12-May-18 AUSTRALIA (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) His Excellency Her Excellency Mr. Scott Morrison, MP Ms. Marise Payne His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove Full Title Governor-General of the Commonwealth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of of Australia Australia Date of Appointment 28-Mar-14 26-Aug-18 26-Aug-18 31/05/2019 Page 3 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRIA His Excellency His Excellency Her Excellency Mr. Alexander van der Bellen Mr. Sebastian Kurz Ms. Karin Kneissl Full Title Federal President of the Republic of Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Austria Affairs of the Republic of Austria Date of Appointment 26-Jan-17 18-Dec-17 18-Dec-17 AZERBAIJAN His Excellency His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev Mr. Artur Tahir oglu Rasizadeh Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov Full Title President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Date of Appointment 31-Oct-03 01-Nov-03 02-Apr-04 BAHAMAS (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Hubert Alexander Minnis, MP Mr. Darren Allen Henfield, MP Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling Full Title Governor-General of the Commonwealth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of of the Bahamas Bahamas the Bahamas Date of Appointment 08-Jul-14 11-May-17 15-May-17 31/05/2019 Page 4 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BAHRAIN His Majesty His Royal Highness Prince His Excellency King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa Full Title King of the Kingdom of Bahrain Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain Date of Appointment 14-Feb-02 01-Jan-71 27-Sep-05 BANGLADESH His Excellency Her Excellency His Excellency Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Mr. A.K. Abdul Momen, MP Full Title President of the People’s Republic of Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic Bangladesh Bangladesh of Bangladesh Date of Appointment 06-Jan-09 07-Jan-19 BARBADOS (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) Her Excellency His Excellency Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP Mr. Jerome Xavier Walcott, JP Her Excellency Dame Sandra Mason, GCMG, DA Full Title Governor-General of Barbados Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Civil Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Barbados Affairs and Investment of Barbados Date of Appointment 08-Jan-18 24-May-18 24-May-18 31/05/2019 Page 5 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BELARUS His Excellency His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Alyaksandr Lukashenko Mr. Sergei Rumas Mr. Vladimir Makei Full Title President of the Republic of Belarus Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Date of Appointment 20-Jul-94 18-Aug-18 20-Aug-12 BELGIUM Sa Majesté le Roi Philippe Son Excellence Son Excellence Monsieur Charles Michel Monsieur Didier Reynders Full Title Roi des Belges Premier Ministre du Royaume de Belgique Vice-Premier Ministre, Ministre des Affaires étrangères et européennes, chargé de Beliris et des Institutions culturelles fédérales du Royaume de Belgique Date of Appointment 21-Jul-13 11-Oct-14 27-Feb-17 BELIZE (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Dean Barrow Mr. Wilfred Elrington His Excellency Sir Colville Norbert Young, GCMG, MBE Full Title Governor-General of Belize Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Belize Attorney General, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize Date of Appointment 17-Nov-93 08-Feb-08 08-Feb-08 31/05/2019 Page 6 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BENIN Son Excellence same as Head of State Son Excellence Monsieur Patrice Athanase Guillaume Monsieur Aurélien Agbenonci Talon Full Title Président de la République du Bénin Chef du Gouvernement de la République du Bénin Ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération de la République du Bénin Date of Appointment 06-Apr-16 06-Apr-16 06-Apr-16 BHUTAN His Majesty His Excellency His Excellency King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Mr. Lotay Tshering, MBBS, MD Mr. Tandi Dorji, MBBS, MD Wangchuck Full Title King of Bhutan Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bhutan Date of Appointment 17-Oct-06 07-Nov-18 07-Nov-18 BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL Excelentísimo Señor No Prime Minister Excelentísimo Señor STATE OF) Evo Morales Ayma Diego Pary Rodríguez Full Title Presidente Constitucional del Estado Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Plurinacional de Bolivia Date of Appointment 22-Jan-06 04-Sep-18 31/05/2019 Page 7 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA His Excellency His Excellency His Excellency Mr. Milorad Dodik Mr. Denis Zvizdić Mr. Igor Crnadak Full Title Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and and Herzegovina Herzegovina Herzegovina Date of Appointment 20-Nov-18 31-Mar-15 31-Mar-15 BOTSWANA His Excellency No Prime Minister Her Excellency Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi Ms. Unity Dow Full Title President of the Republic of Botswana Minister for International Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Botswana Date of Appointment 01-Apr-18 20-Jun-18 BRAZIL His Excellency No Prime Minister His Excellency Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro Mr. Ernesto Henrique Fraga Araújo Full Title President of the Federative Republic of Minister for External Relations of the Federative Brazil Republic of Brazil Date of Appointment 01-Jan-19 25-Jan-19 31/05/2019 Page 8 of 66 COUNTRY HEAD OF STATE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BRUNEI DARUSSALAM His Majesty Same as Head of State His Excellency Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof Full Title Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan of Negara Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade II of Brunei Brunei Darussalam Finance, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Darussalam of Brunei Darussalam Date of Appointment 30-Jan-18 BULGARIA His Excellency His Excellency Her Excellency Mr.
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