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List of ambassadors of the European Union

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EU Ambassadors' Conference, September 2018

Below are current Ambassadors of the European Union to foreign countries and international organisations. They are also known as Heads of Delegation or Envoys. Prior to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU was represented abroad by the ambassador of the country holding the semestrial EU council presidency, and the European Commission was represented by a Head of Delegation of the Commission, who was a member of the diplomatic corps and given the title of ambassador as a courtesy.

Since 2010, the Ambassador of the European Union, now officially accredited as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, is appointed by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, following a proposal by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Ambassadors are chosen among candidates coming from the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission, the European Council, and the 27 Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the member states.

Current ambassadors

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Ambassadors by Nationalities (legend →)

Ambassadors to Non-EU Countries

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Country Location Ambassador Selected Predecessors / Comments
 Afghanistan Brussels (temporarily) Italy Raffaella Iodice (acting) 2022 Denmark Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin[1] (2013–2017); France Pierre Mayaudon (2017-2021)

Normally based in Kabul

 Albania Tirana Italy Silvio Gonzato 2023 Italy Ettore Sequi (2010–2014); Croatia Romana Vlahutin (2014–2019); Italy Luigi Soreca (2019-2022)' Germany Christiane Hohmann (2022-2023)
 Algeria Algiers Germany Thomas Eckert 2021 Czech Republic Marek Skolil (2012–2016); Republic of Ireland John O’Rourke (2016-2021)
 Angola Luanda Portugal Rosário Bento Pais 2023 Germany Gordon Kricke (2012–2016); Czech Republic Tomáš Uličný (2016-2020); Netherlands Jeannette Seppen (2020-2023)
 Argentina Buenos Aires Spain Amador Sánchez Rico 2021 Spain Alfonso Diez-Torres (2010–2014); Spain José Ignacio Salafranca (2014–2017); France Aude Maio-Coliche (2017-2021)
 Armenia Yerevan Greece Vassilis Maragos 2023 Romania Traian Hristea (2011–2015); Poland Piotr Świtalski (2015–2019); Germany Andrea Wiktorin (2019–2023)
 Australia Canberra Italy Gabriele Visentin 2022 Italy Sem Fabrizi (2013–2017); Germany Michael Pulch[2] (2017-2022)
 Azerbaijan Baku Slovakia Peter Michalko 2021 Sweden Malena Mård (2013–2017); Lithuania Kestutis Jankauskas (2017-2021)
 Bangladesh Dhaka Netherlands / United Kingdom Charles Whiteley 2021 Republic of Ireland William Hanna (2010–2014); France Pierre Mayaudon (2014–2017); Netherlands Rensje Teerink (2017–2021)
 Barbados & the Eastern Caribbean States Bridgetown Poland Małgorzata Wasilewska 2020 Denmark Mikael Barfod (2012–2016); Italy Daniela Tramacere (2016–2020)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica Dominica, Grenada Grenada, Saint Lucia St. Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent & the Grenadines, the OECS and CARICOM/CARIFORUM

 Belarus Minsk Denmark Steen Nørlov (acting) 2023 Latvia Maira Mora (2011–2015); Germany Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorin (2015-2019); Germany Dirk Schuebel (2019-2022)
 Benin Cotonou Germany Sylvia Hartleif 2020 Spain Josep Coll i Carbo (2013–2017); Germany Oliver Nette (2017-2019)
 Bolivia La Paz Austria Michael Dóczy 2020 United Kingdom Tim Torlot (2012–2016); Spain León de la Torre Kraiss (2016-2020)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Austria Johann Sattler 2019 Denmark Peter Sørensen (2011–2015); Sweden Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2015–2019)

Accredited also as EU Special Representative

 Botswana Gaborone Finland Petra Pereyra 2022 Republic of Ireland Gerard McGovern (2010–2014); Germany Alexander Baum[3] (2014-2018); Sweden Jan Sadek (2018-2022)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to SADC

 Brazil Brasília Germany Marian Schuegraf 2023 Portugal João Gomes Cravinho (2015–2019); Spain Ignacio Ybáñez (2019-2023)
 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Spain Daniel Aristi Gaztelumendi 2023 France Alain Holleville (2011–2015); France Jean Lamy (2015-2019); Germany Wolfram Vetter (2019-2023)
 Burundi Bujumbura Italy Elisabetta Pietrobon 2023 Germany Wolfram Vetter (2016–2019); France Claude Bochu (2019-2023)
 Cambodia Phnom Penh Belgium Igor Driesmans 2023 France Jean-Francois Cautain (2011–2015); United Kingdom George Edgar (2015-2019) Spain Carmen Moreno (2019-2023);
 Cameroon Yaoundé France Jean-Marc Chataigner 2023 France Françoise Collet (2013–2017); Germany Hans-Peter Schadek (2017-2021); Belgium Philippe Van Damme (2021-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea

 Canada Ottawa Slovenia Melita Gabrič 2021 Belgium Marie-Anne Coninsx (2013–2017); Latvia Peteris Ustubs (2017-2021)
 Cape Verde Praia Portugal Carla Grijó 2021 Portugal José Manuel Pinto Teixeira (2012–2017); Portugal Sofia Moreira de Sousa (2017-2021)
 Central African Republic Bangui Belgium / United Kingdom Douglas Carpenter 2021 France Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy[2] (2013–2017); Italy Samuela Isopi (2017-2021)
 Chad N'Djamena Belgium Koenraad Cornelis 2022 France Hélène Cave (2010–2015); Romania Denisa-Elena Ionete (2015-2018); France Betrand Soret (2018-2022)
 Chile Santiago Spain León de la Torre Krais 2020 Spain Rafael Dochao Moreno (2012–2016); Greece Stella Zervoudaki (2016–2020)
 People's Republic of China Beijing Spain Jorge Toledo 2022 Austria Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2014–2018); France Nicolas Chapuis (2018-2022)
 Colombia Bogotá France Gilles Bertrand 2021 Spain Patricia Llombart Cussac (2018–2021)
 Republic of Congo Brazzaville Italy Giacomo Durazzo 2021 Netherlands Saskia de Lang (2014–2018), Portugal Raul Mateus Paula (2018-2021)
 Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa Spain Nicolás Berlanga Martinez 2023 France Jean Michel Dumond (2012-2016); Belgium Bart Ouvry (2017-2019); France Jean-Marc Chataigner (2019-2022)
 Costa Rica San José France Pierre-Louis Lempereur 2021 Spain Pelayo Castro (2015–2019); Spain María Antonia Calvo (2019-2021)
 Cuba Havana Portugal Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa 2021 Belgium Herman Portocarrero (2012–2017); Spain Alberto Navarro Gonzalez (2017-2021)
 Djibouti Djibouti France Sylvie Tabesse 2020 France Joseph Silva (2012–2016); Poland Adam Kułach (2016–2020)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to IGAD

 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Germany Katja Afheldt 2021 Spain Alberto Navarro Gonzalez (2013–2017); Austria Irene Horejs (2017-2021)
 Ecuador Quito Belgium Charles-Michel Geurts 2020 Germany Peter Schwaiger (2012–2016); Belgium Marianne Van Steen (2016-2020)
 Egypt Cairo Austria Christian Berger[4] 2020 United Kingdom James Moran (2012–2016); Slovakia Ivan Surkoš (2017–2020)
 El Salvador San Salvador France François Roudié 2021 Italy Stefano Gatto (2009–2013); Spain Jaume Segura Socias[2] (2013–2017); Spain Andres Bassols Soldevila (2017-2021)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to SICA

 Eritrea Asmara Italy Gianluca Grippa 2022 Austria Christian R. Manahl (2014–2017)[1]; Spain Josep Coll i Carbo (2017-2018); Hungary Gábor Iklódy (2019-2022)
 Eswatini Mbabane Bulgaria Dessislava Choumelova 2021 Italy Nicola Bellomo (2014-2017); Spain Esmeralda Hernandez Aragones (2017–2021)
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Belgium Roland Kobia 2021 Belgium Chantal Hebberecht (2013–2017); Sweden Johan Borgstam (2017-2021)
 Fiji & the Pacific Suva Germany Barbara Plinkert 2023 France / United Kingdom Andrew Jacobs (2013–2017); France Julian Wilson (2017-2019); France Sujiro Seam (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Cook Islands Cook Islands, Kiribati Kiribati,Marshall Islands Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Nauru Nauru, Niue Niue, Palau Palau, Samoa Samoa, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, Tonga Tonga, Tuvalu Tuvalu and Vanuatu Vanuatu, as well as French Polynesia French Polynesia, New Caledonia New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna Wallis & Futuna.

 Gabon Libreville France Cécile Abadie 2023 Portugal Cristina Martins Barreira (2011–2015); Germany Helmut Kulitz (2015–2019); Portugal Rosário Bento Pais (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Sao Tomé & Principe and ECCAS

 The Gambia Banjul Italy Corrado Pampaloni 2021 Hungary Attila Lajos (2017-2021); Spain Joaquín González–Ducay (2015-2017)
 Georgia Tbilisi Poland Paweł Herczyński 2022 Bulgaria Philip Dimitrov (2010–2014); Hungary János Herman[5] (2014–2018); Sweden Carl Hartzell (2018–2022)
 Ghana Accra France Irchad Ramiandrasoa Razaaly 2021 Belgium Claude Maerten (2010–2014); Republic of Ireland William Hanna (2014-2018); Italy Diana Acconcia (2018-2021)
 Guatemala Guatemala City Austria Thomas Peyker 2020 Greece Stella Zervoudaki (2011–2016); Italy Stefano Gatto (2016-2020)
 Guinea Conakry Lithuania Jolita Pons 2022 Belgium Philippe Van Damme (2010–2014); Netherlands Gerardus Gielen[6] (2014-2018); Spain Josep Coll i Carbo (2018-2022)
 Guinea-Bissau Bissau Latvia Artis Bertulis 2022 Spain Joaquin Gonzalez-Ducay (2011–2015); Portugal Victor Madeira dos Santos (2015–2019); Portugal Sónia Neto (2019-2022)
 Guyana Georgetown Netherlands Rene van Nes 2022 Czech Republic Robert Kopecky (2011–2015); Slovenia Jernej Videtič (2015-2019); Spain Fernando Ponz Cantó (2019-2022)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to  Suriname with responsibility for Aruba Aruba, Bonaire Bonaire, Curaçao Curaçao, Saba (island) Saba, Saint Barthélemy St Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius St Eustatius and Sint Maarten St Maarten

 Haiti Port-au-Prince Italy Stefano Gatto 2022 Spain Javier Niño (2012–2015); France Vincent Degert (2015-2019); France Sylvie Tabesse (2019-2022)
 Holy See Rome Netherlands Alexandra Valkenburg 2020 France Yves Gazzo (2009-2012); France Laurence Argimon-Pistre (2012–2016); Poland Jan Tombiński (2016–2020)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to San Marino San Marino, Sovereign Military Order of Malta Malta Order and United Nations FAO

 Honduras Tegucigalpa Spain Jaume Segura Socías 2020 Netherlands Peter Versteeg (2009–2013); Denmark Ketil Karlsen (2013–2017); Italy Alessandro Palmero (2017-2020)
 Hong Kong Hong Kong Italy Thomas Gnocchi 2016 Netherlands Vincent Piket (2012–2016); Spain Carmen Cano (2016-2020)

Accredited as Head of Office. Accredited also to Macau Macao

 Iceland Reykjavík Czech Republic Lucie Samcová-Hall Allen 2020 United Kingdom Michael Mann (2017–2020)
 India New Delhi France Hervé Delphin 2023 Portugal João Gomes Cravinho (2012–2015); Poland Tomasz Kozłowski (2015–2019); Italy Ugo Astuto (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Bhutan Bhutan

 Indonesia Jakarta Belgium Denis Chaibi 2023 Sweden Olof Skoog (2014–2015); Netherlands Vincent Piket (2015-2019);

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to  Brunei

 Iraq Baghdad Germany Thomas Seiler 2023 France Patrick Simonnet (2016–2017); Spain Ramon Blecua (2017-2019); Germany Martin Huth (2019-2021); Finland Ville Varjola (2021-2023)
 Israel Tel Aviv Bulgaria Dimiter Tzantchev 2021 Denmark Lars Faaborg-Andersen (2013–2017); Italy Emanuele Giaufret (2017-2021)
 Ivory Coast Abidjan Italy Francesca Di Mauro 2022 Germany Jobst von Kirchmann (2018-2022)
 Jamaica Kingston Belgium Marianne Van Steen 2020 Italy Paola Amadei (2012–2016); Poland Małgorzata Wasilewska (2016–2020)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Belize Belize, The Bahamas The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands Cayman Islands

 Japan Tokyo France Jean-Eric Paquet 2022 Austria Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2010–2014); Romania Viorel Isticioaia Budura[7] (2014-2018); Germany Patricia Flor (2018-2022)
 Jordan Amman Cyprus / France Pierre-Christophe Chatzisavas 2023 Poland Joanna Wronecka (2010–2015); Italy Andrea Matteo Fontana (2015-2019); Cyprus Maria Hadjitheodosiou (2019-2023)
 Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan Lithuania Kestutis Jankauskas 2021 France Aurelia Bouchez (2011–2015); Romania Traian Hristea (2015-2018); Sweden Sven-Olov Carlsson (2018-2021)
 Kenya Nairobi Germany Henriette Geiger 2021 Netherlands Lodewijk Briët (2011–2015); Italy Stefano Antonio Dejak (2015-2019); Republic of Ireland / United Kingdom Simon Mordue (2019-2021)

Accredited also as EU Permanent Representative to United Nations UNEP and United Nations UN-Habitat

 Kosovo Pristina Estonia Aivo Orav 2024 Slovenia Samuel Žbogar (2011–2016); Bulgaria Nataiiya Apostolova (2016–2020); Czech RepublicTomáš Szunyog (2020–2024)

Accredited as Head of Office and EU Special Representative

 Kuwait Kuwait City Finland Anne Koistinen 2023 Romania Cristian Tudor (2019-2022)
 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Sweden Marilyn Josefson 2022 Italy Cesare De Montis (2013–2017); Austria Eduard Auer (2018-2022)
 Laos Vientiane Lithuania Ina Marčiulionytė 2020 Luxembourg Leo Faber (2016-2020)
 Lebanon Beirut Belgium Sandra De Waele 2023 Netherlands Angelina Eichhorst (2011–2015), Denmark Christina Lassen[8] (2015-2019); Germany Ralph Tarraf (2019-2023)
 Lesotho Maseru Italy Paola Amadei 2021 Republic of Ireland Michael Doyle (2014–2017); Austria Christian Manahl (2017-2021)
 Liberia Monrovia Belgium Nona Deprez 2023 Estonia Tina Intelmann (2014–2017); France Hélène Cave (2017-2020); FranceLaurent Delahousse (2020-2023)
 Libya Tripoli Italy Nicola Orlando 2023 Bulgaria Nataliya Apostolova (2012–2016); Germany Bettina Muscheidt (2016-2018); Malta Alan Bugeja (2018-2020); Spain Jose Antonio Sabadell (2020-2023)
 Madagascar Antananarivo France Isabelle Delattre Burger 2022 Italy Giovanni Di Girolamo (2018-2022)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Comoros Comoros

 Malawi Lilongwe Denmark Rune Skinnebach 2021
Germany Alexander Baum (2010–2014); Netherlands Marchell Germann (2014-2018); Belgium Sandra Paesen (2018-2020)
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Greece Michalis Rokas 2020 Belgium Luc Vandebon (2012–2016); Spain Maria Castillo Fernández (2016–2020)
 Mali Bamako France Pascal Perennec (acting) 2023 Germany Richard Zink (2011–2015); France Alain Holleville (2015-2019); Belgium Bart Ouvry (2019-2023)
 Mauritania Nouakchott France / United Kingdom Gwilym Jones 2017 Spain José Antonio Sabadell (2013–2017); Italy Giacomo Durazzo (2017-2021)
 Mauritius Port Louis Austria Oskar Benedikt 2023 Germany H-S. Gerstanlauer (2013–2015), Finland Marjaana Sall (2015-2019); France Vincent Degert (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Seychelles Seychelles

 Mexico Mexico City France Gautier Mignot 2021 Belgium Marie-Anne Coninsx (2009–2013); United Kingdom Andrew Stanley (2013–2017); Germany Klaus Rudischhauser (2017–2019); France Jean-Pierre Bou (2019-2021)
 Moldova Chișinău Latvia Jānis Mažeiks 2021 Finland Pirkka Tapiola (2013–2017); Slovakia Peter Michalko (2017–2021)
 Mongolia Ulaanbaater France Axelle Nicaise 2021 Romania Traian Hristea (2018-2021)
 Montenegro Podgorica Romania Oana-Cristina Popa 2020 Slovenia Mitja Drobnic (2012-2016); Estonia Aivo Orav (2016-2020)
 Morocco Rabat Spain Patricia Llombart Cussac 2021 United Kingdom Rupert Joy (2013–2017); Germany Claudia Wiedey (2017-2021)
 Mozambique Maputo Italy Antonino Maggiore 2022 Republic of Ireland Paul Malin (2011–2014); Germany Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff[7] (2014-2018); Spain Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (2018-2022)
 Myanmar Yangon Italy Ranieri Sabatucci 2020 Belgium Roland Kobia (2013–2017); Denmark Kristian Schmidt (2017-2020)
 Namibia Windhoek Portugal / Germany Ana Beatriz Martins 2023 Spain Raúl Fuentes Milani (2010–2015); Czech Republic Jana Hybášková (2015-2019); Finland Sinikka Antila (2019-2023)
   Nepal Kathmandu France / Spain Veronique Lorenzo 2023 Netherlands Reesje Teerink (2013–2017), Republic of Ireland Veronica Cody (2017-2020), Belgium Nona Deprez (2020-2023)
 New Zealand Wellington Republic of Ireland / United Kingdom Lawrence Meredith 2023 Greece Mikalis Rokas (2012–2016); United Kingdom Bernard Savage (2016–2019); Germany Nina Obermaier (2019-2023)
 Nicaragua Managua Spain Fernando Ponz 2022 Spain Javier Sandomingo, (2011–2015); United Kingdom Kenneth Bell (2015–2019); Spain Pelayo Castro (2019-2021); Germany Bettina Muscheidt (2021-2022)
 Niger Niamey Portugal Salvador Pinto da França 2022 Germany Hans-Peter Schadek (2011–2013); Portugal Raul Mateus Paula (2013-2018); (2018-2021); Romania Denisa-Elena Ionete[2] (2018-2022)
 Nigeria Abuja Italy Samuela Isopi 2021 Belgium Michel Arrion[2] (2013–2017); Denmark Ketil Karlsen (2017-2021)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to ECOWAS

 North Macedonia Skopje Belgium / United Kingdom David Geer 2020 Estonia Aivo Orav (2012–2016); Slovenia Samuel Žbogar (2016-2020)
 Norway Oslo France Nicolas de La Grandville 2021 United Kingdom Helen Campbell[9] (2013–2017); Belgium Thierry Béchet (2017-2021)
 Pakistan Islamabad Estonia Dr Riina Kionka 2022 Sweden Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2011–2015); France Jean François Cautain (2015–2019), Cyprus Androulla Kaminara (2019-2022)
 Palestine Ramallah Germany Alexandre Stutzmann 2023 Germany Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (2019-2023)

Accredited as Head of Office. Accredited also to United Nations UNWRA

 Panama Panama City Poland Izabela Matusz 2022 Belgium Chris Hoornaert (2018–2022)
 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby France Jacques Fradin 2022 Greece Ioannis Giogkarakis-Argyropoulos (2015-2019); Slovenia Jernej Videtič (2019-2022)
 Paraguay Asunción Spain Javier García de Viedma 2021 Italy Alessandro Palmero (2013–2017); Italy Paolo Berizzi (2017-2021)
 Peru Lima Spain Gaspar Frontini 2021 Italy Sabato Della Monica (1991–1996); France Jean-Michel Perille (1997–2001); Germany Mendel Goldstein (2001–2005); Portugal António Cardoso Mota (2005–2009); Sweden Hans Allden (2010–2013); Austria Irene Horejs (2013–2017); Spain Diego Mellado (2017–2021)
 Philippines Manila France Luc Véron 2019 France Guy Ledoux (2011–2015); Denmark Franz Jessen (2015-2019)
 Qatar Doha Romania Cristian Tudor 2022 None
 Russia Moscow France Roland Galharague 2022 Lithuania Vygaudas Ušackas (2013-2017); Germany Markus Ederer (2017–2022)
 Rwanda Kigali Spain Belén Calvo Uyarra 2022 United Kingdom Michael Ryan (2013–2017); Italy Nicola Bellomo (2017-2021)
 Saudi Arabia Riyadh France Christophe Farnaud 2023 Michele Cervone d'Urso (2016–2020); France Patrick Simonnet (2020-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to  Bahrain and  Oman

 Senegal Dakar France / Malta Jean-Marc Pisani 2018 Belgium Dominique Dellicour (2010–2015); Spain Joaquín González–Ducay (2015-2018)
 Serbia Belgrade Italy / France Emanuele Giaufret 2021 United Kingdom Michael Davenport (2013–2017); Italy Sem Fabrizi (2017–2021)
 Sierra Leone Freetown Germany Manuel Müller 2021 Belgium Tom Vens (2017–2021)
 Singapore Singapore Poland Iwona Piórko 2021 Germany Michael Pulch[2] (2013–2017); Germany Barbara Plinkert (2017–2021)
 Somalia Mugadishu Sweden Karin Johansson 2023 France / Spain Veronique Lorenzo (2016-2018); Spain Nicolás Berlanga Martinez (2018-2021); Estonia Tiina Intelmann (2021-2023)
 South Africa Pretoria Netherlands Sandra Kramer 2022 Netherlands Roeland van de Geer (2010–2014); Austria Marcus Cornaro (2014-2018); Estonia Dr Riina Kionka (2018-2022)
 South Korea Seoul Spain Maria Castillo Fernandez 2020 Poland Tomasz Kozłowski (2011–2015); Germany Gerhard Sabathil (2015–2017); Austria Michael Reiterer (2017-2020)
 South Sudan Juba Finland Timo Olkkonen 2022 Germany Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (2012–2014); Italy Stefano De Leo (2014-2018); Republic of Ireland Sinéad Walsh (2018-2020); Germany Christian Bader (2020-2022)
 Sudan Khartoum Republic of Ireland Aidan O'Hara 2022[10] Czech Republic Tomáš Uličný (2011–2016); France Jean Michel Dumond (2016–2019); Netherlands Robert van den Dool (2019-2022)
 Sri Lanka Colombo Spain Carmen Moreno 2023 Republic of Ireland David Daly (2013–2016); Luxembourg Tung–Lai Margue (2016-2019); Belgium Denis Chaibi (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Maldives Maldives

  Switzerland Bern Greece / Belgium Petros Mavromichalis 2020 United Kingdom Richard Jones (2012–2016); Denmark Michael Matthiessen (2016-2020)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Liechtenstein Liechtenstein

 Syria Beirut (temporarily) Romania Dan Stoenescu (acting) 2021 Denmark Simon Bojsen-Moller - acting (2016–2017); Italy Tosca Barucco - acting (2017-2019); France Gilles Bertrand (2019-2021)

Normally based in Damascus

 Taiwan Taipei Poland Filip Grzegorzewski 2019 France Frédéric Laplanche (2011–2015); Sweden Madeleine Majorenko (2015–2019)

Accredited as Head of Office

 Tajikistan Dushanbe Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis 2022 Austria Eduard Auer (2010–2014); Croatia Hidajet Biščević (2014-2018); SwedenMarilyn Josefsson (2018-2022)
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam Germany Christine Grau 2023 Italy Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi (2011–2015); Netherlands Roeland van de Geer (2015-2018); Italy Manfredo Fanti (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to EAC

 Thailand Bangkok Republic of Ireland David Daly 2021 Spain Jesús Miguel Sanz Escorihuel[9] (2013–2017); Finland Pirkka Tapiola (2017-2021)
 Timor-Leste Dili Germany Marc Fiedrich 2022 Portugal Alexandre Leitão (2016–2019); France / United Kingdom Andrew Jacobs (2019-2022)
 Togo Lomé Spain Joaquín Tasso Vilallonga 2020 Portugal Maria Cristina Martins Barreira (2017–2020)
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain Republic of Ireland Peter Cavendish 2021 Italy Daniela Tramacere (2012–2016); Netherlands Arend Biesebroek (2016-2020)
 Tunisia Tunis Austria Marcus Cornaro 2020 Spain Laura Baeza (2012–2016); France Patrice Bergamini (2016-2020)
 Turkey Ankara Germany Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut[4] 2020 Italy Marc Pierini (2006-2011); France Jean-Maurice Ripert (2011-2013); Germany Hansjörg Haber (2015-2016); Austria Christian Berger (2016–2020)
 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Poland Beata Pęksa 2023 Spain Diego Ruiz Alonso (2020–2023)
 Uganda Kampala Sweden Jan Sadek 2022 Denmark Kristian Schmidt (2013–2017); Italy Attilio Pacifici (2017-2022)
 Ukraine Kyiv Slovakia Katarína Mathernová 2023 Poland Jan Tombiński (2012–2016); France Hugues Mingarelli (2016–2019); Estonia Matti Maasikas (2019-2023)
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Czech Republic Lucie Berger 2023 Romania Mihail Stuparu (2012–2014), Italy Patrizio Fondi (2015–2020); Italy Andrea Matteo Fontanta (2020-2023)
 United Kingdom London Spain Pedro Serrano 2022 Portugal João Vale de Almeida[11] (2020-2022)

Member state of the European Union European Union (1973–2020)

 United States Washington, D.C. Lithuania Jovita Neliupšienė 2019 Portugal João Vale de Almeida (2010–2014); Republic of Ireland David O'Sullivan[12] (2014–2019); Greece Stavros Lambrinidis[13] (2019-2023)
 Uruguay Montevideo Italy Paolo Berizzi 2021 Spain Juan Fernández Trigo (2013–2017); Germany Karl-Otto Koenig (2017-2021)
 Uzbekistan Tashkent Denmark Charlotte Adriaen 2020 Bulgaria Yuri Sterk (2012–2016)
 Venezuela Caracas France Rachel Roumet (acting) 2021 France Aude Maio-Coliche (2013–2017); Portugal Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa (2017-2021)
 Vietnam Hanoi France Julien Guerrier 2023 Belgium Bruno Angelet (2015–2019); Italy Pier Giorgio Aliberti (2019-2023)
 Yemen Amman (temporarily) Spain Gabriel Munuera Vinlas 2021 Spain María Antonia Calvo (2016-2019); Sweden Hans Grundberg (2019–2021)

Normally based in Sanaa

 Zambia Lusaka Poland Karolina Stasiak 2023 France Gilles Hervio (2010–2015); Italy Alessandro Mariani (2015–2019); Poland Jacek Jankowski (2019–2023)
 Zimbabwe Harare Germany Jobst von Kirchmann 2022 Italy Philippe Van Damme (2014–2018); Finland Timo Olkkonen (2018-2022)

The European Union has not established diplomatic relations with Iran Iran and North Korea North Korea.

Ambassadors to International Organisations

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Host organisation Location Ambassador Selected Predecessors / Comments
 African Union Addis Ababa Belgium Roland Kobia (acting) 2023 United Kingdom Gary Quince (2011–2015), Italy Ranieri Sabatucci (2015-2019); DenmarkBirgitte Markussen (2019-2023)
 ASEAN Jakarta France Sujiro Seam 2023 Belgium Igor Driesmans (2021-2023)
 Council of Europe Strasbourg Croatia Vesna Batistić Kos 2022 Italy Luisella Pavan-Woolfe (2009–2014)[14] Finland Jari Vilen[15] (2014–2018); Bulgaria Meglena Kuneva (2018-2022)
 OSCE Vienna Austria Rasa Ostrauskaite 2020 France Didier Lenoir (2015-2019)

Deputy Head of Delegation in Vienna

 United Nations New York City Greece Stavros Lambrinidis 2024 Portugal João Vale de Almeida (2015–2019); Austria Thomas Mayr-Harting (2011-2015); Sweden Olof Skoog (2019-2023)
 United Nations Geneva Denmark Lotte Knudsen 2021 Italy Maria Angela Zappia (2011–2014), Belgium Walter Stevens[16] (2018-2021)
 United Nations Vienna Sweden Carl Hallergård 2023 Austria Stephan Klement[17] (2017-2023)

Head of Delegation in Vienna

United Nations OECD & UNESCO Paris Austria Christina Kokkinakis 2023 France Didier Lenoir (2019-2023)

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Andorra Andorra and Monaco Monaco

 World Trade Organization Geneva Portugal João Aguiar Machado 2019 Greece Angelos Pangratis (2011–2015) Belgium Mark Vanheukelen (2015–2019)

Ambassadors at now Defunct Offices

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Country Location Ambassador Selected Predecessors / Comments
 Solomon Islands Honiara Greece Leonidas Tazapsidis 2014-2018 Closed in 2018.

Accredited also as EU Ambassador to  Vanuatu

See also

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References

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  1. ^ EU Special Representative in Afghanistan
  2. ^ a b c d e f High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints 12 new Heads of EU Delegations
  3. ^ High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Botswana and the Council of Europe-Strasbourg
  4. ^ a b "Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut appointed as EU ambassador to Turkey". Daily Sabah. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads and Deputy Heads of EU Delegations under the 2010 rotation, EEAS 15 September 2010
  6. ^ High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints three new Heads of EU Delegation to Bangladesh, Guinea (Conakry) and Malawi
  7. ^ a b High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints six new Heads of EU Delegation to Japan, UN Geneva, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
  8. ^ "About the EU Delegation to Lebanon – European External Action Service".
  9. ^ a b EU High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Australia, Norway and Thailand
  10. ^ "Sudan fighting: EU ambassador assaulted in Khartoum home". BBC News. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ^ Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
  12. ^ Catherine Ashton appoints new Head of EU Delegation to the United States
  13. ^ Immediate Change to the EU Delegation to the United States’ Protocol Status
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