List of ambassadors to Belgium

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The following is the list of Ambassadors to Belgium. Note that some diplomats are accredited by, or to, more than one country.

## Current Ambassadors to Brussels

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Sending country | Ambassador | Presentation of the credentials
(As of 27 January 2017) | Location of resident (City) | Embassy website

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Afghanistan | Nazifullah Salarzai | 12 September 2019 | Brussels | [1]
Albania | Suela Janina[1] | 28 October 2015 | Brussels | [2]
Algeria | Amir Bouttaba | 15 September 2022 | Brussels | [3]
Andorra | Maria Ubach Font | 15 September 2015 | Brussels |
Angola | Maria Elizabeth Simbrao De Carvalho | 10 June 2009 | Brussels | [4]
Argentina | Pablo Ariel Grinspun | 23 May 2016 | Brussels | [5]
Armenia | Tatoul Markarian | 21 October 2014 | Brussels | [6]
Australia | Mark Higgie | 21 October 2014 | Brussels | [7]
Austria | Jürgen Meindl | 28 October 2015 | Brussels | [8]
Azerbaijan | Fuad Isgandarov | 5 December 2012 | Brussels | [9]
Bahamas | Eldred Edison Bethel | 13 March 2013 | Geneva, Switzerland |
Bahrain | Bahiya Mohamed Jawad Aljeshi | 12 October 2015 | Brussels | [10]
Bangladesh | Mohammed Shahdat Hossain | 6 September 2016 | Brussels | [11]
Barbados | Samuel Jefferson Chandler | 13 October 2010 | Brussels |
Belarus | Aleksandr Mikhnevich | 14 September 2016 | Brussels | [12]
Belize | Dylan Gregory Vernon | 13 February 2014 | Brussels |
Benin | Katia Ursula Akpédjé Kerekou Laourou | 4 Mai 2016 | Brussels | [13]
Bhutan | Pema Choden | 11 April 2016 | Brussels |
Bolivia | Gustavo Mayner Alarcon | 7 January 2015 | Brussels | [14]
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Erol Avdovic | 25 July 2023 | Brussels | [15]
Botswana | Samuel Otsile Outlule | 23 February 2011 | Brussels | [16]
Brazil | Luciano Helmold Macieira | 30 November 2011 | Brussels | [17]
Brunei Darussalam | Abu Sufian Haji Ali | 6 September 2016 | Brussels | [18]
Bulgaria | Maya Nikolova Dobreva | 18 February 2016 | Brussels | [19]
Burkina Faso | Jacqueline Marie Zaba Nikiema | 27 October 2016 | Brussels | [20]
Burundi | Jérémie Banigwaninzigo | 15 September 2015 | Brussels | [21]
Cabo Verde | José Filomeno de Carvalho Dias Monteir | 9 September 2016 | Brussels | [22]
Cambodia | Thireak Chea | 15 September 2015 | Brussels |
Cameroon | Daniel Evina Abe E | 1 October 2008 | Brussels | [23]
Canada | Olivier Constantin Nicoloff | 13 September 2016 | Brussels | [24]
Central African Republic | Daniel Emery Dede | 3 February 2015 | Brussels | [25]
Chad | Abdelkerim Oumar Noury | 5 October 2016 | Brussels | [26]
Chile | Rodrigo Javier Fernandez Gaete | 30 September 2014 | Brussels | [27]
China | Xing Qu | 3 February 2015 | Brussels | [28]
Colombia (Ambassador of Colombia to Belgium) | Jose Rodrigo Rivera Salazar | 13 December 2011 | Brussels |
Comoros | Said Mdahoma Ali | 20 June 2012 | Brussels |
Congo | Roger Julien Menga | 10 June 2009 | Brussels | [29]
Costa Rica | Istvan Alfaro Solano | 23 April 2014 | Brussels | [30]
Côte d'Ivoire | Jean Gabriel Vincent Akoto De Messe Zins | 30 June 2011 | Brussels | [31]
Croatia | Mario Nobilo | 17 October 2012 | Brussels | [32]
Cuba | Norma Miguelina Goicochea Estenoz | 3 February 2015 | Brussels | [33]
Cyprus | Antonis Grivas | 9 October 2013 | Brussels |
Czech Republic | Jaroslav Kurfürst | 17 October 2014 | Brussels | [34]
Democratic Republic of Congo | Dominique Kilufya Kamfwa | 13 October 2015 | Brussels | [35]
Denmark | Lene Louise Bang Jespersen | 21 October 2014 | Brussels | [36]
Djibouti | Omar Abdi Said | 23 September 2014 | Brussels | [37]
Dominica | Len Monica Ishmael | 2 July 2014 | Brussels |
Dominican Republic | Aníbal de Jesús de Castro Rodríguez | 13 September 2017 | Brussels | [38]
Ecuador | Jenny Elizabeth Lalama Fernandez | 17 August 2015 | Brussels |
Egypt | Ehab Mohamed Mostafa Fawzy | 21 November 2013 | Brussels | [39]
El Salvador | Julia Emma Villatoro Tario | 14 June 2016 | Berlin, Germany |
Equatorial Guinea | Carmelo Nvono Nca | 7 December 2011 | Brussels | [40]
Eritrea | Negassi Kassa Tekle | 23 September 2014 | Brussels |
Estonia | Kristi Land | 1 August 2014 | Brussels |
Ethiopia | Teshome Toga Chanaka | 9 January 2014 | Brussels | [41]
Fiji | Deo Saran | 20 May 2015 | Brussels | [42]
Finland | Timo Jalmari Ranta | 12 November 2015 | Brussels | [43]
France | Claude-France Arnould | 12 November 2015 | Brussels | [44]
Gabon | Félicité Ongouori Ngoubili | 13 March 2012 | Brussels |
Gambia | Teneng Mba Jaiteh | 23 September 2014 | Brussels | [45]
Georgia | Natalie Sabanadze | 19 September 2013 | Brussels |
Germany | Rüdiger Lüdeking | 15 September 2015 | Brussels |
Ghana | Novisi Aku Abaidoo | 2 February 2016 | Brussels | [46]
Greece | Eleftheria Galathianaki | 15 September 2015 | Brussels | [47]
Guatemala | Jose Alberto Briz Gutierrez | 11 October 2016 | Brussels |
Guinea | Ousmane Sylla | 3 September 2012 | Brussels |
Guinea-Bissau | Alfredo Lopes Cabral | 14 December 2010 | Brussels |
Guyana | David Thomas Allan Hales | 31 August 2016 | Brussels | [48]
Haiti | André Daniel Supplice | 21 September 2016 | Brussels |
Holy See | Ruediger Feulner | 18 August 2014 | Brussels |
Honduras | Roberto Ochoa Madrid | 2 February 2016 | Brussels | [49]
Hungary | Zoltán Nagy | 10 March 2015 | Brussels | [50]
Iceland | Bergdis Ellertsdottir | 17 October 2014 | Brussels | [51]
India | Manjeev Singh Puri | 13 February 2014 | Brussels | [52]
Indonesia | Yuri Octavian Thamrin | 29 February 2016 | Brussels | [53]
Iran | Peiman Seadat | 11 December 2015 | Brussels | [54]
Iraq | Jawad Kadhim Jawad Al-Chlaihawi | 8 September 2015 | Brussels | [55]
Ireland | Eamonn Mac Aodha | 13 March 2012 | Brussels | [56]
Israel | Emmanuel Nahshon[2] | 2019 | Brussels | [57]
Italy | Andrea Esteban Sama | 22 September 2015 | Brussels | [58]
Jamaica | Vilma Kathleen McNish | 20 June 2012 | Brussels | [59]
Japan | Masafumi Ishii | 21 October 2014 | Brussels | [60]
Jordan | Yousef Bataineh | 28 April 2015 | Brussels | [61]
Kazakhstan | Margulan Baimukhan | 23 June 2021 | Brussels | [62]
Kenya | Johnson Mwangi Weru | 13 March 2013 | Brussels | [63]
Kosovo | Bernard Nikaj | 20 July 2016 | Brussels | [64]
Kuwait | Jsem Mohamed Albudaiwi | 29 September 2016 | Brussels | [65]
Kyrgyzstan | Asein Isaev | 2 July 2014 | Brussels |
Laos | Khamkheuang Bounteum | 8 September 2015 | Brussels | [66]
Latvia | Ilze Ruse | 14 September 2016 | Brussels | [67]
Lebanon | Rami Martada | 17 April 2013 | Brussels | [68]
Lesotho | Mpeo Limpho Mahase-Moiloa | 19 September 2013 | Brussels |
Liberia | Isaac Wehyee Nyenabo II | 28 April 2015 | Brussels | [69]
Libya | Abdurazaq Barka | 25 September 2014 | Brussels |
Liechtenstein |  |  | Brussels |
Lithuania | Gediminas Varvuolis | 21 November 2013 | Brussels | [70]
Luxembourg | Arlette Marylène Henriette Conzemius | 29 August 2016 | Brussels | [71]
Macedonia | Snezhana Gjorgjieva | 1 July 2015 | Brussels |
Madagascar | Ibrahim Norbert Richard | 28 September 2005 | Brussels |
Malaysia | Hasnudin Bin Hamzah | 29 August 2016 | Brussels | [72]
Malawi | Tedson Aubrey Kalebe | 8 September 2015 | Brussels | [73]
Maldives | Ahmed Shiaan | 10 March 2015 | Brussels | [74]
Mali | Sekou Dit Gaoussou Cisse | 12 November 2015 | Brussels | [75]
Malta | Raymond Azzopardi | 9 January 2014 | Brussels | [76]
Mauritius | Haymandoyal Dillum | 1 December 2015 | Brussels | [77]
Mauritania | Abdellahi Kebd | 14 April 2016 | Brussels |
Mexico | Eloy Cantu Segovia | 17 February 2016 | Brussels | [78]
Moldova | Iurie Renita | 23 February 2016 | Brussels | [79]
Monaco | Sophie Thevenoux | 20 May 2015 | Brussels |
Mongolia | Anand Amgalan | 29 August 2–16 | Brussels |
Montenegro | Vladimir Radulovic | 7 October 2015 | Brussels |
Morocco | Mohammed Ameur | 8 November 2016 | Brussels |
Mozambique | Ana Nemba Uaiene | 8 February 2012 | Brussels | [80]
Myanmar | Paw Lwin Sein | 5 December 2012 | Brussels | [81]
Namibia | Kaire Munionganda Mbuende | 2 February 2016 | Brussels | [82]
Nepal | Lok Bahadur Thapa | 7 December 2016 | Brussels | [83]
Netherlands | Maryem Sonia Helia Van Den Heuvel | 1 October 2008 | Brussels | [84]
New Zealand | Gregory Michael Andrews | 1 September 2016 | Brussels | [85]
Nicaragua | Mauricio Lautaro Sandino Montes | 13 October 2010 | Brussels |
Niger | Ousmane Alhassane | 2 February 2016 | Brussels | [86]
North Korea | Hak Bong Hyon | 9 May 2012 | London, UK |
Norway | Ingrid Schulerud | 12 November 2015 | Brussels | [87]
Oman | Najeem Sulaiman Najeem Al Abri | 13 February 2014 | Brussels |
Pakistan | Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi | 2 July 2014 | Brussels | [88]
Palau | Ngedikes Olai Uludong | 22 June 2016 | Brussels |
Panama | Dario Ernesto Chiru Ochoa | 28 April 2015 | Brussels |
Papua New Guinea | Joshua Kalinoe | 23 April 2014 | Brussels |
Paraguay | Enrique Miguel Franco Maciel | 23 July 2013 | Brussels |
Peru | David Adalberto Vergara Pilares | 7 August 2015 | Brussels |
Philippines | Alan Deniega | 19 May 2016 | Brussels | [89]
Poland | Artur Jan Orzechowski | 30 August 2016 | Brussels |
Portugal | Antonio Vasco Alves Machado | 20 May 2015 | Brussels | [90]
Qatar | Saoud Sultan Al-Binali | 27 July 2012 | Brussels | [91]
Romania | Dragos-Alexandru Banescu | 28 September 2015 | Brussels | [92]
Russia (List of Ambassadors of Russia to Belgium) | Alexander Avreljevich Tokovinin [ru] | 20 July 2016 | Brussels | [93]
Rwanda | Olivier Nduhungirehe | 2 March 2016 | Brussels | [94]
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Len Monica Ishmael | 2 July 2014 | Brussels |
Saint Lucia | Len Monica Ishmael | 2 July 2014 | Brussels |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Len Monica Ishamel | 2 July 2014 | Brussels |
Samoa | Paolelei Luteru | 20 June 2012 | Brussels | [95]
San Marino | Antonella Benedettini | 17 October 2014 | Brussels |
Sao Tome and Principe | Américo Afonso Lima Viegas | 7 September 2015 | Brussels |
Saudi Arabia | Abdulrahman Sulaiman Alahmed | 23 April 2014 | Brussels | [96]
Senegal | Amadou Diop | 17 April 2013 | Brussels |
Serbia | Vesna Arsic | 9 May 2012 | Brussels | [97]
Seychelles | Thomas Selby Pillay | 10 January 2015 | Brussels |
Sierra Leone | Ibrahim Sorie | 19 September 2013 | Brussels |
Singapore | Jaya Ratnam | 14 September 2016 | Brussels | [98]
Slovakia | Stanislav Vallo | 3 December 2014 | Brussels |
Slovenia | Matjaz Sinkovec | 21 November 2013 | Brussels | [99]
Solomon Islands | Moses Kouni Mose | 23 September 2014 | Brussels |
Somalia | Ali Saïd Faqi | 13 February 2014 | Brussels |
South Africa | Baso Sangqu | 8 September 2016 | Brussels | [100]
South Korea | Seong Deok Yun | 3 December 2013 | Brussels | [101]
South Sudan | Emmanuel Lomoro Lowilla | 28 April 2015 | Brussels | [102]
Spain | Jorge Ignacio Notivoli Marin | 12 September 2016 | Brussels |
Sri Lanka | Eluppiti Mudiyanselage Rodney Perera | 17 October 2014 | Brussels | [103]
Sudan | Mutrif Siddig Ali Nimmery | 12 November 2015 | Brussels |
Suriname | Milton Andy Castelen | 28 August 2015 | Brussels |
Swaziland | Philile Masuku | 9 October 2007 | Brussels | [104]
Sweden | Annika Hahn-Englund | 22 September 2016 | Brussels | [105]
Switzerland | Christian Meuwly | 28 October 2015 | Brussels | [106]
Tajikistan | Erkinkhon Rahmatullozoda | 19 February 2016 | Brussels | [107]
Tanzania | Agnes Richard Kayola | 9 September 2006 | Brussels |
Timor-Leste | Francisco Tilman Cepeda | 26 April 2016 | Brussels |
Togo | Kokou Nayo Atsumikoa M'Beou | 21 October 2014 | Brussels | [108]
Trinidad and Tobago | Colin Michael Connelly | 6 October 2016 | Brussels |
Tunisia | Tahar Cherif | 30 January 2013 | Brussels |
Turkmenistan | Ata Serdarov | 23 March 2016 | Brussels |
Turkey | Mehmet Hakan Olcay | 30 January 2013 | Brussels |
Tuvalu | Tine Leuelu | 14 July 2010 | Brussels |
Uganda | Mirjam Blaak | 18 June 2013 | Brussels | [109]
Ukraine | Mykola Tochytskyi | 19 February 2016 | Brussels | [110]
United Arab Emirates | Abdalla Hassan Obaid Hassan Alshamsi | 16 September 2016 | Brussels | [111]
United Kingdom (List of UK Ambassadors to Belgium) | Martin Shearman | Summer 2019 | Brussels |
United States (US Ambassador to Belgium) | Ronald Gidwitz | 4 July 2018 | Brussels | [112]
Uruguay | Carlos Rafael Perez Del Castillo Artaga | 14 April 2016 | Brussels |
Uzbekistan | Vladimir Norov | 19 September 2013 | Brussels | [113]
Vanuatu | Roy Mickey Joy | 29 October 2007 | Brussels |
Venezuela | Mary Ponte | February 2019 | Brussels | [114]
Vietnam | Thua Phong Vuong | 3 February 2015 | Brussels | [115]
Yemen | Mohamed Taha Mustafa | 4 October 2016 | Brussels | [116]
Zambia | Grace Musonda Mutale Kabwe | 12 July 2012 | Brussels | [117]
Zimbabwe | Tadeous Tafinyika Chifamba | 3 December 2014 | Brussels |

## See also

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* List of ambassadors from Belgium

## References

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1. ^ "CV Dr. SUELA JANINA". Albanian Embassy in Belgium. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
2. ^ Lempkowicz, Yossi (June 16, 2020). "Vote by Belgian parliament of a resolution to recognize a 'State of Palestine': not a useful step, says Israel's ambassador". European Jewish Press. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

* (French) "Liste des chefs de poste accrédités aurprès du Roi" (PDF). Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

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