Diplomatic,Diplomatic, ConsularConsular && OtherOther RepresentativesRepresentatives inin CanadaCanada 20020088 April - May 2008 Diplomatic, Consular & Other Representatives in Canada Inside A Word From the Publishing Team p. 2 Office of Protocol Senior Level Staff p. 3 Order of Precedence p. 4 Diplomatic Corps & Consular Representatives p. 7 International Organizations and Other Offices p. 141 National Days p. 156 Canadian National Holidays p. 160 Provincial Protocol Offices p. 161 A word from the publishing team Each month, an estimated 200 foreign The public’s continued feedback is highly representatives newly arrive in Canada in order to appreciated and if you find inaccuracies, you conduct diplomatic, consular and other bilateral or may contact us at the following: multilateral affairs, while another 200 end their [email protected] assignment. 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Since not all persons in who have departed or no longer enjoy this publication are entitled to privileges and diplomatic, consular and official status in immunities under the Vienna Conventions, any Canada. queries regarding the particular status of individuals should be more appropriately channelled to the We hope the following resource will facilitate Office of Protocol. Also note that this publication your exchanges with the diplomatic corps in does not list members of the administrative, Canada. technical and service staff, and locally-recruited staff. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) 2008 Page 2 The Office of Protocol www.international.gc.ca/protocol Mr. Robert W. PECK (613) 992-2344 e-mail: [email protected] Chief of Protocol Ms. Manon DUMAS (613) 995-5185 e-mail: [email protected] Deputy Chief of Protocol, Director, Diplomatic Corps Services Mr. Roger PORTELANCE (613) 995-3166 e-mail: [email protected] Deputy Chief of Protocol, Director, Visits and Conferences Ms. Francine BÉLAND (613) 944-0674 e-mail: [email protected] Deputy Chief of Protocol, Director, Summits and Hospitality Mr. Jacques CHARRON (613) 996-9862 e-mail: [email protected] Director, Management Services 24 hour Emergency Duty Officer (613) 996-8885 Page 3 ORDER OF PRECEDENCE Djibouti * His Excellency Roble OLHAYE March 29, 1989 Marshall Islands * His Excellency Banny DE BRUM June 29, 1999 Guyana His Excellency Rajnarine SINGH September 13, 1999 United Arab Emirates His Excellency Hassan Mohammed Obaid AL SOWAIDI February 2, 2000 Togo His Excellency Bawoumondom AMELETE September 11, 2000 Angola His Excellency Miguel Maria Nzau PUNA September 28, 2000 Paraguay His Excellency Juan Esteban O. AGUIRRE MARTINEZ June 13, 2001 Equatorial Guinea * His Excellency Teodoro BIYOGO NSUE OKOMO June 27, 2001 Holy See His Excellency The Most Reverend Luigi VENTURA October 2, 2001 Malaysia His Excellency Dennis Joachim IGNATIUS January 16, 2002 Congo * His Excellency Serge MOMBOULI June 24, 2002 Korea, Democratic People's His Excellency Gil Yon PAK June 24, 2002 Republic * Mozambique His Excellency Armando Alexandre PANGUENE March 14, 2003 Mali His Excellency Mamadou Bandiougou DIAWARA June 17, 2003 Russia His Excellency Georgy MAMEDOV June 17, 2003 Botswana * His Excellency Lapologang LEKOA June 17, 2003 Morocco His Excellency Mohamed TANGI September 11, 2003 Burkina Faso Her Excellency Juliette BONKOUNGOU/YAMEOGO September 11, 2003 Uruguay His Excellency Alvaro Marcelo MOERZINGER PAGANI September 16, 2003 Barbados His Excellency Glyne Samuel H. MURRAY October 18, 2003 Papua New Guinea * His Excellency Evan Jeremy PAKI October 23, 2003 Portugal His Excellency Joao Pedro DE ALMEIDA DA SILVEIRA December 3, 2003 CARVALHO Yemen His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Abdulwali NASHER December 3, 2003 Austria His Excellency Otto DITZ January 22, 2004 Argentina His Excellency Arturo Guillermo BOTHAMLEY February 23, 2004 Niger Her Excellency Nana Aicha Mouctari FOUMAKOYE March 30, 2004 Samoa * His Excellency Ali'ioaiga Feturi ELISAIA March 30, 2004 Côte d'Ivoire Her Excellency Dienebou KABA April 20, 2004 Bhutan * His Excellency Daw PENJO May 4, 2004 Solomon Islands * His Excellency Collin David BECK August 20, 2004 Thailand His Excellency Snanchart DEVAHASTIN September 2, 2004 Czech Republic His Excellency Pavel VOSALIK September 2, 2004 Finland His Excellency Pasi Mikael PATOKALLIO September 10, 2004 France His Excellency Daniel Paul-Henry JOUANNEAU September 10, 2004 Gabon His Excellency Joseph OBIANG-NDOUTOUME September 24, 2004 Cuba His Excellency Ernesto Antonio SENTI DARIAS September 24, 2004 Uzbekistan * His Excellency Abdulaziz KAMILOV September 24, 2004 Israel His Excellency Alan BAKER September 27, 2004 Afghanistan His Excellency Omar SAMAD September 27, 2004 Denmark His Excellency Poul Erik Dam KRISTENSEN November 3, 2004 Poland His Excellency Piotr OGRODZINSKI November 3, 2004 Gambia * His Excellency Dodou Bammy JAGNE November 3, 2004 Singapore * His Excellency Vanu Gopala MENON November 3, 2004 Sudan Her Excellency Dr. Faiza Hassan TAHA ARMOUSA November 22, 2004 Iraq His Excellency Howar M. ZIAD December 8, 2004 Macedonia His Excellency Sasko NASEV December 8, 2004 Kuwait His Excellency Musaed Rashed A. AL-HAROUN February 8, 2005 Syria His Excellency Jamil SAKR February 8, 2005 Panama Her Excellency Romy VASQUEZ DE GONZALEZ February 8, 2005 Australia His Excellency William Norman FISHER March 1, 2005 China His Excellency Shumin LU March 21, 2005 Tonga * Her Excellency Fekitamoeloa T.M. UTOIKAMANU March 21, 2005 Libya His Excellency Ahmed A.A. JARRUD May 27, 2005 Page 4 * Non-Resident Slovak Republic His Excellency Stanislav OPIELA June 7, 2005 Nepal * His Excellency Kedar Bhakta SHRESTHA June 7, 2005 Seychelles * His Excellency Emile Patrick Jeremie BONNELAME June 7, 2005 United States of America His Excellency David Horton WILKINS June 29, 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina His Excellency Milenko MISIC September 20, 2005 Jordan His Excellency Nabil Ali Mohamed BARTO September 20, 2005 Mongolia His Excellency Gotov DUGERJAV September 20, 2005 Norway His Excellency Tor Berntin NAESS October 21, 2005 Spain His Excellency Mariano ALONSO-BURON Y ABERASTURI October 21, 2005 Sweden Her Excellency Ingrid Maria IREMARK November 14, 2005 Iceland His Excellency Markus Orn ANTONSSON November 14, 2005 Netherlands His Excellency Karel DE BEER November 14, 2005 Croatia Her Excellency Vesela MRDEN KORAC November 14, 2005 Zimbabwe Her Excellency Florence Zano CHIDEYA December 13, 2005 Romania Her Excellency Elena STEFOI December 13, 2005 Philippines His Excellency Jose S. BRILLANTES December 13, 2005 Indonesia His Excellency Djoko HARDONO January 26, 2006 Algeria His Excellency Smail BENAMARA January 26, 2006 Italy His Excellency Gabriele SARDO January 26, 2006 Luxembourg * His Excellency Joseph WEYLAND January 26, 2006 Colombia His Excellency Jaime GIRON DUARTE March 24, 2006 Kyrgyz Republic * Her Excellency Zamira SYDYKOVA March 24, 2006 Ethiopia His Excellency Getachew Hamussa HAILEMARIAM June 6, 2006 Switzerland His Excellency Werner BAUMANN June 6, 2006 Slovenia His Excellency Tomaz KUNSTELJ June 6, 2006 Sao Tome and Principe His Excellency Ovidio Manuel Barbosa PEQUENO June 6, 2006 Sri Lanka His Excellency Wijesinghe Jinasena S. KARUNARATNE June 13, 2006 Madagascar His Excellency Simon Constant HORACE June 13, 2006 Lesotho Her Excellency Motseoa Philadel SENYANE September 19, 2006 Germany His Excellency Matthias Martin A. HÖPFNER September 19, 2006 Albania His Excellency Besnik KONCI September 19, 2006 Honduras Her Excellency Delia Beatriz VALLE MARICHAL September 19, 2006 Ghana Her Excellency Margaret Ivy AMOAKOHENE September 19, 2006 Vietnam His Excellency Duc HUNG NGUYEN September 26, 2006 Belgium His Excellency Jean L. A. LINT September 26, 2006 Chile His Excellency Eugenio Luis ORTEGA RIQUELME September 26, 2006 South Africa His Excellency Abraham Sokhaya NKOMO September 26, 2006 Burundi Her Excellency Appolonie SIMBIZI September 26, 2006 Chad * His Excellency Bechir MAHAMOUD ADAM September 26, 2006 New Zealand Her Excellency Kathleen Janet LACKEY October 3, 2006 Uganda His Excellency George Marino ABOLA October 30, 2006 European Union His Excellency Dorian Ford PRINCE October 30, 2006 Ireland His Excellency Declan Michael KELLY October 30, 2006 Georgia * His Excellency Vasil SIKHARULIDZE October 30, 2006 Kenya Her Excellency Judith Mbula BAHEMUKA January 30, 2007 Ukraine His Excellency Ihor OSTASH January 30, 2007 Hungary His Excellency Pal VASTAGH January 30, 2007 Bulgaria His Excellency Evgueni Stefanov STOYTCHEV January 30, 2007 Pakistan His Excellency Musa Javed