List of ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada explained

This is a list of heads of diplomatic missions to Canada from other countries and entities, such as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, as listed by Global Affairs Canada.[1]

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Below are the Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, .[2]

Sending country/entity Name[3] Credentials
Title
San MarinoDamiano BeleffiAmbassador[4]
MonacoMaguy Maccario-DoyleAmbassador[5]
AndorraElisenda Vives BalmañaAmbassador
YemenJamal Abdullah Yahya Al-SallalAmbassador
TurkmenistanMeret OrazovAmbassador
DjiboutiMohamed Siad DoualeAmbassador
Antigua and BarbudaRonald Sanders, SirHigh Commissioner
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLouanne Gaylene GilchristAmbassador
UgandaJoy Ruth AchengHigh Commissioner
PalauHersey KyotaAmbassador
United Arab EmiratesFahad Saeed Mohamed Abdulla Al RaqbaniAmbassador
LebanonFadi ZiadehAmbassador
Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa29 January 2018Ambassador
MoroccoSouriya OtmaniAmbassador
ArmeniaAnahit HarutyunyanAmbassador
Sierra LeoneSidique Abou-Bakarr WaiHigh Commissioner
DenmarkHanne Fugl EskjaerAmbassador
Mohammad Hassan Soroosh YousufzaiAmbassador
RwandaProsper HigiroAmbassador
KuwaitReem Mohammad Khaled Zaid Al KhaledAmbassador
CroatiaVice SkračićAmbassador
LithuaniaDarius SkusevičiusAmbassador
Adriatik KryeziuAmbassador
MaliFatima Braoulé MéïtéAmbassador
ThailandKallayana VipattipumipratesAmbassador
NetherlandsGoverdina Christina (Ines) CoppoolseAmbassador
HungaryMária Éva Vass-SalazarAmbassador
IrelandEamonn Christopher McKeeAmbassador
SerbiaDejan RalevićAmbassador
HaitiWien-Weibert Arthus, Dr.Ambassador
El SalvadorRicardo Alfonso Cisneros RodriguezAmbassador
Melita Gabric1 February 2021Head of Delegation and Ambassador
GuatemalaGuisela Atalida Godinez SazoAmbassador
AustriaStefan PehringerAmbassador
Trinidad and TobagoDennis Daniel Moses29 March 2021High Commissioner
ArgentinaEugenio Maria CuriaAmbassador
Lynn Raymond Young4 August 2021High Commissioner
Susannah Clare Goshko23 August 2021High Commissioner
Oleg Stepanov9 September 2021Ambassador
Bafetigue Ouattara9 September 2021Ambassador
Andrea Ferrari9 September 2021Ambassador
Hlynur Gudjonsson9 September 2021Ambassador
Patrick Guido M. Van Gheel3 November 2021Ambassador
Ivan Jurkovic2 December 2021Ambassador[6]
Andrej Gregor Rode2 December 2021Ambassador
Anselm Ransford Adzete Sowah2 December 2021High Commissioner
Alfredo Martinez Serrano7 December 2021Ambassador
David L. Cohen7 December 2021Ambassador
Scott Michael Ryan19 December 2021High Commissioner
Jane Mugafalu Waetara15 February 2022High Commissioner
Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri10 March 2022Ambassador
Teburoro Tito10 March 2022Ambassador
Viliami Vainga Tone10 March 2022Ambassador
Issimail Chanfi10 March 2022Ambassador
Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf10 March 2022Ambassador
Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego10 March 2022Ambassador
Onkokame Kitso Mokaila10 March 2022High Commissioner
Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams10 March 2022High Commissioner
Nicole Catherine Marie Bintner10 March 2022Ambassador
Gline Arley Clarke27 April 2022High Commissioner
Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak27 April 2022Ambassador
Rieaz Shaik27 April 2022High Commissioner
Kaspars Ozolins27 April 2022Ambassador
Yuliia Kovaliv7 June 2022Ambassador
Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha7 June 2022Ambassador
Witold Miroslaw Dzielski7 June 2022Ambassador
Kanji Yamanouchi7 June 2022Ambassador
Zaheer Aslam Janjua7 June 2022High Commissioner
Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto22 September 2022Ambassador
Fitsum Arega Gebrekidan22 September 2022Ambassador
Margus Rava22 September 2022Ambassador
Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez22 September 2022Ambassador
Michel Miraillet22 September 2022Ambassador
Vergeneas Alfred Gray26 October 2022High Commissioner
Sergiu Odainic23 November 2022Ambassador
Olaf Andreas Kjelsen23 November 2022Ambassador
Woongsoon Lim23 November 2022Ambassador
Keith Linden George23 November 2022High Commissioner
Joksa Kabongo Ngoy23 November 2022Ambassador
Sanjay Kumar Verma23 November 2022High Commissioner
Argon Budjaku23 November 2022Ambassador
Adriana Solano Lacle20 January 2023Ambassador
Purmanund Jhugroo20 January 2023High Commissioner
Sisavath Inphachanh20 January 2023Ambassador
Paolelei Luteru20 January 2023High Commissioner
Moosa Hamdan Moosa Al Tai28 March 2023Ambassador
Gerlald M Zackios28 March 2023Ambassador
Cecil Toendepi Chinenere28 March 2023Ambassador
Maria Andrelita Austria28 March 2023Ambassador
Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez28 March 2023Ambassador
Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez28 March 2023Ambassador
Plamen Georgiev Georgiev26 June 2023Ambassador
Delia Beatriz Valle Marichal26 June 2023Ambassador
Esra Demir26 June 2023Ambassador
Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande26 June 2023Ambassador
Marsha Monique Coore Lobban10 September 2023High Commissioner
Bouroumdou Naloum25 September 2023Ambassador
Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga25 September 2023Ambassador
Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar25 September 2023Ambassador
Viera Grigova25 September 2023Ambassador
Baktybek Amanbaev25 September 2023Ambassador
Vinh Quang Pham13 October 2023Ambassador
Dauletbek Kussainov13 October 2023Ambassador
Sarantogos Erdenetsogt13 October 2023Ambassador
Iddo Moed13 October 2023Ambassador
Chin Siong Tan13 October 2023High Commissioner
Ian Dereck Joseph Madeleine13 October 2023High Commissioner
Signe Fenja Burgstaller17 November 2023Ambassador
Amal Yahya Almoalimi17 November 2023Ambassador
Martin Tlapa17 November 2023Ambassador
Carlos Alberto Franco Franca17 November 2023Ambassador
Gorgui Ciss17 November 2023Ambassador
Momodou Lamin Bah4 December 2023High Commissioner
Sophea Eat4 December 2023Ambassador
Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening4 December 2023High Commissioner
Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk4 December 2023Ambassador
Cecile Hillyer16 January 2024High Commissioner
Samuel Alharjai Berridge17 February 2024High Commissioner
Aleksandar Bogdanic20 February 2024Ambassador
Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie20 February 2024Ambassador
Ekaterini Dimakis20 February 2024Ambassador
Noureddine Sidi Abed20 February 2024Ambassador
Lassaad Boutara20 February 2024Ambassador
Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini20 February 2024Ambassador
Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce30 April 2024Ambassador
Joseph Edward Sokoine30 April 2024High Commissioner
Mark Anthony Pace30 April 2024High Commissioner
Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz30 April 2024Ambassador
Bharat Raj Paudyal30 April 2024Ambassador
Appolinaire Aya26 June 2024Ambassador
Di Wang26 June 2024Ambassador
Furkat Sidikov26 June 2024Ambassador

Other offices

Chargé d'Affaires and other diplomatic heads

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. and other diplomatic heads in Canada, [7] !Sending country/entity!Name!Diplomatic title!Higher official title
Eliabeta FrrokuSecond Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Mokhtar AllouneChargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
AzerbaijanVasif Cingiz Oglu AbutalibovChargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Hossne Ayub DewanDeputy High Commissioner & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Suzianti Abdul LatipSecond Secretary and Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Idrissa Nenin SoulamaMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
CameroonPhilippe Aime Landry Fouda Tsilla OttoFirst Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.High Commissioner
Antonios LemesianosActing High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Erick Augusto Bernard MateoCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Marisol Del Carmen Nieto CuevaMinister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Sari Susanna Uusi-RauvaDeputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
GabonRosine Engone Ep OliveiraFirst Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
George MeskheliMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Karina KaeuslmeierDeputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Alhassane DiabateFirst Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
James Moni ManyangeDeputy Head of Mission & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Lereko Felix MaineCounsellor & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
LibyaRashed A M SharkasiCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
MadagascarSahondra Harilala RakotoniainaCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Moahmmad Al Hafiz Bin Mohd NadzirCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.High Commissioner
MyanmarMay Thazin TunCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Remigius Obioma NzewujiMinister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.High Commissioner
Anders Holmen GulbrandsenMinister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Thais Augusta Collado CastilloFirst Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.Ambassador
Anzul Banu JhanDeputy High Commissioner & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
SudanBakhit Ismail DahyaChargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador)Ambassador
TogoCofie Sena Rodrigue WoussidoFirst Counsellor & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner

Vacant offices

Vacant positions, [8] !Sending country!Last officeholder!Credentials!Title
AngolavacantHigh Commissioner
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
BurundivacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
Central African RepublicvacantAmbassador
Equatorial GuineavacantAmbassador
EritreavacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacant[9] Ambassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
MozambiquevacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
NigervacantAmbassador
Papua New GuineavacantHigh Commissioner
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador
Timor-LestevacantAmbassador
TuvaluvacantAmbassador
vacantAmbassador

See also

References

Notes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 29, 2021. Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence. 2021-05-15. Global Affairs Canada.
  2. Web site: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada . Government of Canada . 2006-06-07 . Protocol_DC_Title . 2022-07-13 . w05.international.gc.ca . en.
  3. Web site: Canada. Global Affairs. 2011-03-31. List of regional deans. 2021-05-15. GAC.
  4. Co-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.
  5. Co-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.
  6. Titled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.
  7. Web site: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada . Government of Canada . 2006-06-07 . Protocol_DC_Title . 2022-07-13 . w05.international.gc.ca . en.
  8. Web site: Canada . Global Affairs . 2006-06-07 . Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions . 2021-05-15 . w05.international.gc.ca.
  9. News: Clark. Campbell. Martin. Patrick. Mackinnon. Mark. 7 September 2012. Envoys out as Canada abruptly severs ties with Iran. The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc.. Toronto. 29 May 2014.