Fall 2015 DEPARTMENT of STATE PUBLICATION 11221 Office of the Chief of Protocol

Diplomatic List Fall 2015 DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 11221 Office of the Chief of Protocol Revised October 19, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------- For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Preface This publication contains the names of the members of the diplomatic staffs of all missions and their spouses. Members of the diplomatic staff are the members of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank. These persons, with the exception of those identified by asterisks, enjoy full immunity under provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Pertinent provisions of the Convention include the following: Article 29 The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity. Article 31 A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State. He shall also enjoy immunity from its civil and administrative jurisdiction, except in the case of: (a) a real action relating to private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State, unless he holds it on behalf of the sending State for the purposes of the mission; (b) an action relating to succession in which the diplomatic agent is involved as executor, administrator, heir or legatee as a private person and not on behalf of the sending State; (c) an action relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the diplomatic agent in the receiving State outside of his official functions. A diplomatic agent’s family members are entitled to the same immunities unless they are United States nationals. ASTERISKS (*) IDENTIFY UNITED STATES NATIONALS NOTE: The information contained herein was compiled as of October 19, 2015. The names of the diplomatic agents are not in protocol order of precedence. This publication is a reference guide as status of diplomatic personnel working at foreign missions changes on a daily basis. The Diplomatic List is available free of charge on the Department of State internet web site under: http:///www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl The Diplomatic List is available to the public for a fee through the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (telephone [202] 512-1800). III National Holidays January 01 .......................................... Haiti May 29 .............................................. Nepal August 15 ............................. Liechtenstein January 01 ........................................ Sudan August 17 ........................................ Gabon January 01 .......................................... Cuba June 01 ............................................. Samoa August 17 ................................... Indonesia January 04 ....................................... Burma June 02 ................................................. Italy August 19 ...............................Afghanistan January 26 ................................... Australia June 05 ......................................... Denmark August 20 .................................... Hungary January 26 .......................................... India June 06 ........................................... Sweden August 24 ...................................... Ukraine January 31 ........................................ Nauru June 10 ......................................... Portugal August 25 .................................... Uruguay June 12 .................................... Philippines August 27 .................................... Moldova February 04 ................................. Sri Lanka June 12 ............................................. Russia August 31 ....................................... Kyrgyz February 06 ......................... New Zealand June 13 ...........................United Kingdom August 31 .................................... Malaysia February 07 ................................. Grenada June 17 ........................................... Iceland August 31 ............... Trinidad and Tobago February 15 ...................................... Serbia June 18 ....................................... Seychelles February 16 ................................ Lithuania June 23 .................................. Luxembourg September 01 .................................. Slovak February 17 .................................... Kosovo June 25 ........................................... Croatia September 01 .......................... Uzbekistan February 18 ................................... Gambia June 25 ................................. Mozambique September 02 ............................... Vietnam February 22 .............................. Saint Lucia June 25 ......................................... Slovenia September 03 .......................... San Marino February 23 ...................................... Brunei June 26 ................................... Madagascar September 06 ............................ Swaziland February 23 ................................... Guyana June 27 .......................................... Djibouti September 07 .................................... Brazil February 24 .................................... Estonia June 30 ............... Congo, Democratic Rep. September 08 ............................... Andorra February 25 .................................... Kuwait September 08 ........................... Macedonia February 27 ............. Dominican Republic July 01 ............................................ Burundi September 09 ............................. Tajikistan July 01 ............................................. Canada March 03 ....................................... Bulgaria July 01 ............................................ Rwanda March 06 ........................................... Ghana July 01 ............................................ Somalia September 15 ............................ Costa Rica March 12 ..................................... Mauritius July 03 ............................................. Belarus September 15 .......................... El Salvador March 13 ..................................... Holly See July 05 ..................................... Cabo Verde September 15 ........................... Guatemala March 17 .......................................... Ireland July 05 ............................................. Algeria September 15 ............................ Honduras March 20 ........................................ Tunisia July 05 ........................................ Venezuela September 15 .......................... El Salvador March 21 ....................................... Namibia July 06 ......................................... Comoros September 15 ............................ Nicaragua March 23 ....................................... Pakistan July 06 ............................................ Malawi September 16 ................................. Mexico March 25 .......................................... Greece July 07 ............................. Solomon Islands September 16 ............ Papua New Guinea March 26 .................................. Bangladesh July 09 .................................... South Sudan September 18 ..................................... Chile July 10 .......................................... Bahamas September 19 ......... Saint Kitts and Nevis April 04 ........................................... Senegal July 11 ......................................... Mongolia September 21 ............................... Armenia April 16 ........................................ Denmark July 12 ............................................. Kiribati September 21 .................................... Belize April 18 ..................................... Zimbabwe July 12 .................. Sao Tome and Principe September 21 .................................... Malta April 23 ............................................... Israel July 13 ..................................... Montenegro September 22 ...................................... Mali April 26 ........................................ Tanzania July 14 .............................................. France September 23 ....................... Saudi Arabia April 27 .................................. Sierra Leone July 20 ......................................... Colombia September 24 ..................... Guinea-Bissau April 27 ............................................... Togo July 21 ........................................... Belgium September 30 ............................. Botswana April 27 .................................. South Africa July 23 ................................................ Egypt April 30 ...................................Netherlands July 26 .............................................. Liberia October 01 .........................................China July 26 .......................................... Maldives October 01 ...................................... Cyprus May 01 ............................ Marshall Islands July 28 .................................................. Peru October 01 ...................................... Nigeria May 03 ............................................. Poland July 30 ........................................... Morocco October 01 ......................................... Palau May 15 ........................................

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