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List of Heads of Missionspdf -1- As of Thursday, 02 September 2021 LIST OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK (with date of presentation of credentials) *asterisk denotes latest change AFGHANISTAN *H.E. Mr. Ghulam M. Isaczai (19 July 2021) ALBANIA H.E. Ms. Besiana Kadare (30 June 2016) ALGERIA H.E. Mr. Sofiane Mimouni (15 October 2019) ANDORRA H.E. Mrs. Elisenda Vives Balmaña (3 November 2015) ANGOLA H.E. Ms. Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira (21 May 2018) ANTIGUA & BARBUDA H.E. Mr. Walton Alfonso Webson (17 December 2014) ARGENTINA H.E. Ms. María del Carmen Squeff (31 August 2020) ARMENIA H.E. Mr. Mher Margaryan (31 August 2018) AUSTRALIA H.E. Mr. Mitchell Peter Fifield (22 October 2019) AUSTRIA H.E. Mr. Alexander Marschik (6 July 2020) AZERBAIJAN H.E. Mr. Yashar T. Aliyev (10 June 2014) BAHAMAS H.E. Mr. Chet Donovan Neymour (7 April 2021) BAHRAIN H.E. Mr. Jamal Fares Alrowaiei (14 September 2011) BANGLADESH H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima (6 December 2019) BARBADOS H.E. Mr. François Ayodele Jackman (21 May 2021) BELARUS H.E. Mr. Valentin Rybakov (15 September 2017) BELGIUM H.E. Mr. Philippe Kridelka (10 August 2020) BELIZE H.E. Mr. Carlos Cecil Fuller (31 March 2021) BENIN H.E. Mr. Marc Hermanne G. Araba (5 January 2021) BHUTAN H.E. Ms. Doma Tshering (13 September 2017) BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL H.E. Mr. Diego Pary Rodríguez (11 December 2020) STATE OF) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA H.E. Mr. Sven Alkalaj (5 July 2019) BOTSWANA H.E. Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile (26 October 2018) BRAZIL H.E. Mr. Ronaldo Costa Filho (6 February 2020) BRUNEI DARUSSALAM H.E. Ms. Noor Qamar Sulaiman (18 February 2019) BULGARIA H.E. Ms. Lachezara Stoeva (17 February 2021) BURKINA FASO H.E. Mr. Yemdaogo Eric Tiare (21 December 2015) BURUNDI H.E. Mr. Zéphyrin Maniratanga (26 April 2021) CABO VERDE H.E. Mr. José Luis Fialho Rocha (5 December 2016) CAMBODIA H.E. Mr. Sovann Ke (13 August 2018) CAMEROON H.E. Mr. Michel Tommo Monthe (8 September 2008) _________________________________ Protocol and Liaison Service List of PRs in NY (with date of presentation of credentials) 2 September 2021 -2- CANADA H.E. Mr. Robert Rae (31 August 2020) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Mr. Marcien Aubin Kpatamango (Chargé d’affaires, a.i.) CHAD H.E. Ms. Ammo Aziza Baroud (11 December 2020) CHILE H.E. Mr. Milenko E. Skoknic Tapia (21 May 2018) CHINA H.E. Mr. Zhang Jun (30 July 2019) COLOMBIA H.E. Mr. Guillermo Roque Fernández de Soto Valderrama (26 October 2018) COMOROS H.E. Mr. Issimail Chanfi (4 December 2020) CONGO H.E. Mr. Raymond Serge Balé (11 November 2008) COSTA RICA H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Alberto Carazo (31 August 2018) CÔTE D’IVOIRE H.E. Mr. Kacou Houadja Léon Adom (12 July 2018) CROATIA H.E. Mr. Ivan Šimonović (16 September 2019) CUBA H.E. Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta (16 October 2020) CYPRUS H.E. Mr. Andreas Hadjichrysanthou (17 February 2021) CZECH REPUBLIC H.E. Mrs. Marie Chatardová (2 August 2016) DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S H.E. Mr. Kim Song (20 September 2018) REPUBLIC OF KOREA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Mr. Paul Losoko Efambe Empole (Chargé d’affaires, a.i.) OF THE CONGO DENMARK H.E. Mr. Martin Bille Hermann (14 January 2019) DJIBOUTI H.E. Mr. Mohamed Siad Doualeh (24 November 2015) DOMINICA H.E. Ms. Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts (22 August 2016) DOMINICAN REP. H.E. Mr. José Alphonso Blanco Conde (19 October 2020) ECUADOR H.E. Mr. Cristian Espinoza Cañizares (28 September 2020) EGYPT H.E. Mr. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees (28 February 2018) EL SALVADOR H.E. Mrs. Egriselda Aracely González López (21 August 2019) EQUATORIAL GUINEA H.E. Mr. Anatolio Ndong Mba (7 January 2010) ERITREA H.E. Ms. Sophia Tesfamariam (5 September 2019) ESTONIA H.E. Mr. Sven Jürgenson (13 August 2015) ESWATINI H.E. Mr. Melusi Martin Masuku (5 July 2017) ETHIOPIA H.E. Mr. Taye Atske Sellassie Amde (10 September 2018) FIJI H.E. Mr. Satyendra Prasad (21 May 2018) FINLAND H.E. Mr. Jukka Salovaara (4 June 2019) FRANCE H.E. Mr. Nicolas de Rivière (8 July 2019) GABON H.E. Mr. Michel Xavier Biang (18 August 2017) GAMBIA H.E. Mr. Lang Yabou (18 October 2018) GEORGIA H.E. Mr. Kaha Imnadze (23 July 2013) GERMANY H.E. Mr. Christoph Heusgen (26 July 2017) GHANA H.E. Mr. Harold Adlai Agyeman (21 May 2021) _________________________________ Protocol and Liaison Service List of PRs in NY (with date of presentation of credentials) 2 September 2021 -3- GREECE H.E. Ms. Maria Theofili (13 September 2017) GRENADA H.E. Ms. Keisha A. McGuire (12 April 2016) GUATEMALA H.E. Mr. Luis Antonio Lam Padilla (5 September 2019) GUINEA H.E. Mr. Aly Diane (28 January 2021) GUINEA BISSAU H.E. Mr. Henrique Adriano Da Silva (18 February 2021) GUYANA H.E. Mrs. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (2 October 2020) HAITI H.E. Mr. Antonio Rodrigue (4 September 2020) HONDURAS H.E. Ms. Mary Elizabeth Flores (29 April 2010) HUNGARY H.E. Ms. Zsuzsanna Horváth (16 February 2021) ICELAND H.E. Mr. Jörundur Valtýsson (5 September 2019) INDIA H.E. Mr. T. S. Tirumurti (19 May 2020) INDONESIA H.E. Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani (12 April 2016) IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) H.E. Mr. Majid Takht Ravanchi (23 April 2019) IRAQ H.E. Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom (12 September 2017) IRELAND H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason (18 August 2017) ISRAEL H.E. Mr. Gilad Erdan (12 August 2020) ITALY *H.E. Mr. Maurizio Massari (19 July 2021) JAMAICA *Ms. Deniese Sealey (Chargé d’affaires, a.i.) JAPAN H.E. Mr. Ishikane Kimihiro (19 November 2019) JORDAN *H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud (2 September 2021) KAZAKHSTAN H.E. Mr. Magzhan Ilyassov (26 October 2020) KENYA H.E. Mr. Martin Kimani (3 December 2020) KIRIBATI H.E. Mr. Teburoro Tito (13 September 2017) KUWAIT H.E. Mr. Mansour Ayyad Sh. A. Alotaibi (4 March 2010) KYRGYZSTAN H.E. Ms. Mirgul Moldoisaeva (12 April 2016) LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC H.E. Mr. Anouparb Vongnorkeo (28 January 2020) REPUBLIC LATVIA H.E. Mr. Andrejs Pildegovičs (5 September 2018) LEBANON H.E. Ms. Amal Mudallali (15 January 2018) LESOTHO H.E. Mr. Nkopane Raseeng Monyane (18 February 2019) LIBERIA H.E. Mr. Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah , Sr. (20 September 2018) LIBYA H.E. Mr. Taher M. El-Sonni (6 January 2020) LIECHTENSTEIN H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser (1 October 2002) LITHUANIA H.E. Mr. Rytis Paulauskas (25 May 2021) _________________________________ Protocol and Liaison Service List of PRs in NY (with date of presentation of credentials) 2 September 2021 -4- LUXEMBOURG *H.E. Mr. Olivier Maes (15 July 2021) MADAGASCAR Ms. Vero Henintsoa Andriamiarisoa (Chargé d’affaires, a.i.) MALAWI H.E. Mr. Perks Master Clemency Ligoya (24 August 2018) MALAYSIA H.E. Mr. Syed Mohamad Hasrin Aidid (5 July 2019) MALDIVES H.E. Ms. Thilmeeza Hussain (21 May 2019) MALI H.E. Mr. Issa Konfourou (9 September 2016) MALTA H.E. Mrs. Vanessa Frazier (6 January 2020) MARSHALL ISLANDS H.E. Ms. Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua (5 July 2016) MAURITANIA H.E. Mr. Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf (20 August 2020) MAURITIUS H.E. Mr. Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul (24 November 2015) MEXICO H.E. Mr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (18 February 2019) MICRONESIA H.E. Mrs. Jane J. Chigiyal (2 December 2011) MONACO H.E. Ms. Isabelle F. Picco (11 September 2009) MONGOLIA H.E. Mr. Vorshilov Enkhbold (20 February 2020) MONTENEGRO H.E. Mrs. Milica Pejanović Đurišić (21 May 2018) MOROCCO H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale (23 April 2014) MOZAMBIQUE H.E. Mr. Pedro Comissário Afonso (8 December 2020) MYANMAR H.E. Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun (20 October 2020) NAMIBIA H.E. Mr. Neville Melvin Gertze (9 January 2017) NAURU H.E. Ms. Margo Reminisse Deiye (27 November 2020) NEPAL H.E. Mr. Amrit Bahadur Rai (8 March 2019) NETHERLANDS H.E. Ms. Yoka Brandt (2 September 2020) NEW ZEALAND H.E. Mr. Craig John Hawke (18 August 2017) NICARAGUA H.E. Mr. Jaime Hermida Castillo (18 October 2018) NIGER H.E. Mr. Abdou Abarry (4 June 2019) NIGERIA H.E. Mr. Tijjani Muhammad Bande (3 May 2017) NORTH MACEDONIA Mr. Dushko Uzunovski (Chargé d’affaires, a.i.) NORWAY H.E. Ms. Mona Juul (14 January 2019) OMAN H.E. Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan (21 August 2019) PAKISTAN H.E. Mr. Munir Akram (05 November 2019) PALAU H.E. Ms. Ngedikes Olai Uludong (21 March 2017) PANAMA H.E. Ms. Markova Concepción Jaramillo (16 November 2020) PAPUA NEW GUINEA H.E. Mr. Max Hufanen Rai (9 June 2016) PARAGUAY H.E. Mr. Julio César Arriola Ramírez (21 March 2017) PERU H.E. Mr. Néstor Popolizio (6 December 2019) _________________________________ Protocol and Liaison Service List of PRs in NY (with date of presentation of credentials) 2 September 2021 -5- PHILIPPINES H.E. Mr. Enrique Austria Manalo (27 July 2020) POLAND *H.E. Mr. Krzysztof Szczerski (2 September 2021) PORTUGAL H.E. Mr. Francisco António Duarte Lopes (13 September 2017) QATAR H.E. Sheikha Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani (24 October 2013) REPUBLIC OF KOREA H.E. Mr. Cho Hyun (22 October 2019) REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA H.E. 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