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.
Country | Location | Ambassador | Selected | Predecessors / Comments |
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Afghanistan | Brussels (temporarily) | Raffaella Iodice (acting) | 2022 | Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin [1] (2013–2017); Pierre Mayaudon (2017-2021) Normally based in Kabul |
Albania | Tirana | Silvio Gonzato | 2023 | Ettore Sequi (2010–2014); Romana Vlahutin (2014–2019); Luigi Soreca (2019-2022)' Christiane Hohmann (2022-2023) |
Algeria | Algiers | Thomas Eckert | 2021 | Marek Skolil (2012–2016); John O’Rourke (2016-2021) |
Angola | Luanda | Rosário Bento Pais | 2023 | Gordon Kricke (2012–2016); Tomáš Uličný (2016-2020); Jeannette Seppen (2020-2023) |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | Amador Sánchez Rico | 2021 | Alfonso Diez-Torres (2010–2014); José Ignacio Salafranca (2014–2017); Aude Maio-Coliche (2017-2021) |
Armenia | Yerevan | Vassilis Maragos | 2023 | Traian Hristea (2011–2015); Piotr Świtalski (2015–2019); Andrea Wiktorin (2019–2023) |
Australia | Canberra | Gabriele Visentin | 2022 | Sem Fabrizi (2013–2017); Michael Pulch [2] (2017-2022) |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Peter Michalko | 2021 | Malena Mård (2013–2017); Kestutis Jankauskas (2017-2021) |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | / Charles Whiteley | 2021 | William Hanna (2010–2014); Pierre Mayaudon (2014–2017); Rensje Teerink (2017–2021) |
Barbados & the Eastern Caribbean States | Bridgetown | Małgorzata Wasilewska | 2020 | Mikael Barfod (2012–2016); Daniela Tramacere (2016–2020) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, the OECS and CARICOM/CARIFORUM |
Belarus | Minsk | Steen Nørlov (acting) | 2023 | Maira Mora (2011–2015); Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorin (2015-2019); Dirk Schuebel (2019-2022) |
Benin | Cotonou | Sylvia Hartleif | 2020 | Josep Coll i Carbo (2013–2017); Oliver Nette (2017-2019) |
Bolivia | La Paz | Michael Dóczy | 2020 | Tim Torlot (2012–2016); León de la Torre Kraiss (2016-2020) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Johann Sattler | 2019 | Peter Sørensen (2011–2015); Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2015–2019) Accredited also as EU Special Representative |
Botswana | Gaborone | Petra Pereyra | 2022 | Gerard McGovern (2010–2014); Alexander Baum [3] (2014-2018); Jan Sadek (2018-2022) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to SADC |
Brazil | Brasília | Marian Schuegraf | 2023 | João Gomes Cravinho (2015–2019); Ignacio Ybáñez (2019-2023) |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | Daniel Aristi Gaztelumendi | 2023 | Alain Holleville (2011–2015); Jean Lamy (2015-2019); Wolfram Vetter (2019-2023) |
Burundi | Bujumbura | Elisabetta Pietrobon | 2023 | Wolfram Vetter (2016–2019); Claude Bochu (2019-2023) |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Igor Driesmans | 2023 | Jean-Francois Cautain (2011–2015); George Edgar (2015-2019) Carmen Moreno (2019-2023); |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Jean-Marc Chataigner | 2023 | Françoise Collet (2013–2017); Hans-Peter Schadek (2017-2021); Philippe Van Damme (2021-2023) |
Canada | Ottawa | Melita Gabrič | 2021 | Marie-Anne Coninsx (2013–2017); Peteris Ustubs (2017-2021) |
Cape Verde | Praia | Carla Grijó | 2021 | José Manuel Pinto Teixeira (2012–2017); Sofia Moreira de Sousa (2017-2021) |
Central African Republic | Bangui | / Douglas Carpenter | 2021 | Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy [2] (2013–2017); Samuela Isopi (2017-2021) |
Chad | N'Djamena | Koenraad Cornelis | 2022 | Hélène Cave (2010–2015); Denisa-Elena Ionete (2015-2018); Betrand Soret (2018-2022) |
Chile | Santiago | León de la Torre Krais | 2020 | Rafael Dochao Moreno (2012–2016); Stella Zervoudaki (2016–2020) |
People's Republic of China | Beijing | Jorge Toledo | 2022 | Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2014–2018); Nicolas Chapuis (2018-2022) |
Colombia | Bogotá | Gilles Bertrand | 2021 | Patricia Llombart Cussac (2018–2021) |
Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | Giacomo Durazzo | 2021 | Saskia de Lang (2014–2018), Raul Mateus Paula (2018-2021) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Kinshasa | Nicolás Berlanga Martinez | 2023 | Jean Michel Dumond (2012-2016); Bart Ouvry (2017-2019); Jean-Marc Chataigner (2019-2022) |
Costa Rica | San José | Pierre-Louis Lempereur | 2021 | Pelayo Castro (2015–2019); María Antonia Calvo (2019-2021) |
Cuba | Havana | Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa | 2021 | Herman Portocarrero (2012–2017); Alberto Navarro Gonzalez (2017-2021) |
Djibouti | Djibouti | Sylvie Tabesse | 2020 | Joseph Silva (2012–2016); Adam Kułach (2016–2020) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to IGAD |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Katja Afheldt | 2021 | Alberto Navarro Gonzalez (2013–2017); Irene Horejs (2017-2021) |
Ecuador | Quito | Charles-Michel Geurts | 2020 | Peter Schwaiger (2012–2016); Marianne Van Steen (2016-2020) |
Egypt | Cairo | Christian Berger [4] | 2020 | James Moran (2012–2016); Ivan Surkoš (2017–2020) |
El Salvador | San Salvador | François Roudié | 2021 | Stefano Gatto (2009–2013); Jaume Segura Socias [2] (2013–2017); Andres Bassols Soldevila (2017-2021) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to SICA |
Eritrea | Asmara | Gianluca Grippa | 2022 | Christian R. Manahl (2014–2017); Josep Coll i Carbo (2017-2018); Gábor Iklódy (2019-2022) |
Eswatini | Mbabane | Dessislava Choumelova | 2021 | Nicola Bellomo (2014-2017); Esmeralda Hernandez Aragones (2017–2021) |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Roland Kobia | 2021 | Chantal Hebberecht (2013–2017); Johan Borgstam (2017-2021) |
Fiji & the Pacific | Suva | Barbara Plinkert | 2023 | / Andrew Jacobs (2013–2017); Julian Wilson (2017-2019); Sujiro Seam (2019-2023) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as well as French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis & Futuna. |
Gabon | Libreville | Cécile Abadie | 2023 | Cristina Martins Barreira (2011–2015); Helmut Kulitz (2015–2019); Rosário Bento Pais (2019-2023) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Sao Tomé & Principe and ECCAS |
The Gambia | Banjul | Corrado Pampaloni | 2021 | Attila Lajos (2017-2021); Joaquín González–Ducay (2015-2017) |
Georgia | Tbilisi | Paweł Herczyński | 2022 | Philip Dimitrov (2010–2014); János Herman [5] (2014–2018); Carl Hartzell (2018–2022) |
Ghana | Accra | Irchad Ramiandrasoa Razaaly | 2021 | Claude Maerten (2010–2014); William Hanna (2014-2018); Diana Acconcia (2018-2021) |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | Thomas Peyker | 2020 | Stella Zervoudaki (2011–2016); Stefano Gatto (2016-2020) |
Guinea | Conakry | Jolita Pons | 2022 | Philippe Van Damme (2010–2014); Gerardus Gielen [6] (2014-2018); Josep Coll i Carbo (2018-2022) |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | Artis Bertulis | 2022 | Joaquin Gonzalez-Ducay (2011–2015); Victor Madeira dos Santos (2015–2019); Sónia Neto (2019-2022) |
Guyana | Georgetown | Rene van Nes | 2022 | Robert Kopecky (2011–2015); Jernej Videtič (2015-2019); Fernando Ponz Cantó (2019-2022) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Suriname with responsibility for Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Barthelemy, St Eustatius and St Maarten |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | Stefano Gatto | 2022 | Javier Niño (2012–2015); Vincent Degert (2015-2019); Sylvie Tabesse (2019-2022) |
Holy See | Rome | Alexandra Valkenburg | 2020 | Yves Gazzo (2009-2012); Laurence Argimon-Pistre (2012–2016); Jan Tombiński (2016–2020) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to San Marino, Malta Order and FAO |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Jaume Segura Socías | 2020 | Peter Versteeg (2009–2013); Ketil Karlsen (2013–2017); Alessandro Palmero (2017-2020) |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Thomas Gnocchi | 2016 | Vincent Piket (2012–2016); Carmen Cano (2016-2020) |
Iceland | Reykjavík | Lucie Samcová-Hall Allen | 2020 | Michael Mann (2017–2020) |
India | New Delhi | Hervé Delphin | 2023 | João Gomes Cravinho (2012–2015); Tomasz Kozłowski (2015–2019); Ugo Astuto (2019-2023) |
Indonesia | Jakarta | Denis Chaibi | 2023 | Olof Skoog (2014–2015); Vincent Piket (2015-2019); Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Brunei |
Iraq | Baghdad | Thomas Seiler | 2023 | Patrick Simonnet (2016–2017); Ramon Blecua (2017-2019); Martin Huth (2019-2021); Ville Varjola (2021-2023) |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Dimiter Tzantchev | 2021 | Lars Faaborg-Andersen (2013–2017); Emanuele Giaufret (2017-2021) |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Francesca Di Mauro | 2022 | Jobst von Kirchmann (2018-2022) |
Jamaica | Kingston | Marianne Van Steen | 2020 | Paola Amadei (2012–2016); Małgorzata Wasilewska (2016–2020) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Belize, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands |
Japan | Tokyo | Jean-Eric Paquet | 2022 | Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2010–2014); Viorel Isticioaia Budura [7] (2014-2018); Patricia Flor (2018-2022) |
Jordan | Amman | / Pierre-Christophe Chatzisavas | 2023 | Joanna Wronecka (2010–2015); Andrea Matteo Fontana (2015-2019); Maria Hadjitheodosiou (2019-2023) |
Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan | Kestutis Jankauskas | 2021 | Aurelia Bouchez (2011–2015); Traian Hristea (2015-2018); Sven-Olov Carlsson (2018-2021) |
Kenya | Nairobi | Henriette Geiger | 2021 | Lodewijk Briët (2011–2015); Stefano Antonio Dejak (2015-2019); / Simon Mordue (2019-2021) Accredited also as EU Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat |
Kosovo | Pristina | Aivo Orav | 2024 | Samuel Žbogar (2011–2016); Nataiiya Apostolova (2016–2020); Tomáš Szunyog (2020–2024) Accredited as Head of Office and EU Special Representative |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Anne Koistinen | 2023 | Cristian Tudor (2019-2022) |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Marilyn Josefson | 2022 | Cesare De Montis (2013–2017); Eduard Auer (2018-2022) |
Laos | Vientiane | Ina Marčiulionytė | 2020 | Leo Faber (2016-2020) |
Lebanon | Beirut | Sandra De Waele | 2023 | Angelina Eichhorst (2011–2015), Christina Lassen [8] (2015-2019); Ralph Tarraf (2019-2023) |
Lesotho | Maseru | Paola Amadei | 2021 | Michael Doyle (2014–2017); Christian Manahl (2017-2021) |
Liberia | Monrovia | Nona Deprez | 2023 | Tina Intelmann (2014–2017); Hélène Cave (2017-2020); Laurent Delahousse (2020-2023) |
Libya | Tripoli | Nicola Orlando | 2023 | Nataliya Apostolova (2012–2016); Bettina Muscheidt (2016-2018); Alan Bugeja (2018-2020); Jose Antonio Sabadell (2020-2023) |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Isabelle Delattre Burger | 2022 | Giovanni Di Girolamo (2018-2022) |
Malawi | Lilongwe | Rune Skinnebach | 2021 | Alexander Baum (2010–2014); Marchell Germann (2014-2018); Sandra Paesen (2018-2020) |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Michalis Rokas | 2020 | Luc Vandebon (2012–2016); Maria Castillo Fernández (2016–2020) |
Mali | Bamako | Pascal Perennec (acting) | 2023 | Richard Zink (2011–2015); Alain Holleville (2015-2019); Bart Ouvry (2019-2023) |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | / Gwilym Jones | 2017 | José Antonio Sabadell (2013–2017); Giacomo Durazzo (2017-2021) |
Mauritius | Port Louis | Oskar Benedikt | 2023 | H-S. Gerstanlauer (2013–2015), Marjaana Sall (2015-2019); Vincent Degert (2019-2023) |
Mexico | Mexico City | Gautier Mignot | 2021 | Marie-Anne Coninsx (2009–2013); Andrew Stanley (2013–2017); Klaus Rudischhauser (2017–2019); Jean-Pierre Bou (2019-2021) |
Moldova | Chișinău | Jānis Mažeiks | 2021 | Pirkka Tapiola (2013–2017); Peter Michalko (2017–2021) |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaater | Axelle Nicaise | 2021 | Traian Hristea (2018-2021) |
Montenegro | Podgorica | Oana-Cristina Popa | 2020 | Mitja Drobnic (2012-2016); Aivo Orav (2016-2020) |
Morocco | Rabat | Patricia Llombart Cussac | 2021 | Rupert Joy (2013–2017); Claudia Wiedey (2017-2021) |
Mozambique | Maputo | Antonino Maggiore | 2022 | Paul Malin (2011–2014); Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff [7] (2014-2018); Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (2018-2022) |
Myanmar | Yangon | Ranieri Sabatucci | 2020 | Roland Kobia (2013–2017); Kristian Schmidt (2017-2020) |
Namibia | Windhoek | / Ana Beatriz Martins | 2023 | Raúl Fuentes Milani (2010–2015); Jana Hybášková (2015-2019); Sinikka Antila (2019-2023) |
Nepal | Kathmandu | / Veronique Lorenzo | 2023 | Reesje Teerink (2013–2017), Veronica Cody (2017-2020), Nona Deprez (2020-2023) |
New Zealand | Wellington | / Lawrence Meredith | 2023 | Mikalis Rokas (2012–2016); Bernard Savage (2016–2019); Nina Obermaier (2019-2023) |
Nicaragua | Managua | Fernando Ponz | 2022 | Javier Sandomingo, (2011–2015); Kenneth Bell (2015–2019); Pelayo Castro (2019-2021); Bettina Muscheidt (2021-2022) |
Niger | Niamey | Salvador Pinto da França | 2022 | Hans-Peter Schadek (2011–2013); Raul Mateus Paula (2013-2018); (2018-2021); Denisa-Elena Ionete [2] (2018-2022) |
Nigeria | Abuja | Samuela Isopi | 2021 | Michel Arrion [2] (2013–2017); Ketil Karlsen (2017-2021) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to ECOWAS |
North Macedonia | Skopje | / David Geer | 2020 | Aivo Orav (2012–2016); Samuel Žbogar (2016-2020) |
Norway | Oslo | Nicolas de La Grandville | 2021 | Helen Campbell [9] (2013–2017); Thierry Béchet (2017-2021) |
Pakistan | Islamabad | Dr Riina Kionka | 2022 | Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2011–2015); Jean François Cautain (2015–2019), Androulla Kaminara (2019-2022) |
Palestine | Ramallah | Alexandre Stutzmann | 2023 | Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (2019-2023) |
Panama | Panama City | Izabela Matusz | 2022 | Chris Hoornaert (2018–2022) |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Jacques Fradin | 2022 | Ioannis Giogkarakis-Argyropoulos (2015-2019); Jernej Videtič (2019-2022) |
Paraguay | Asunción | Javier García de Viedma | 2021 | Alessandro Palmero (2013–2017); Paolo Berizzi (2017-2021) |
Peru | Lima | Gaspar Frontini | 2021 | Sabato Della Monica (1991–1996); Jean-Michel Perille (1997–2001); Mendel Goldstein (2001–2005); António Cardoso Mota (2005–2009); Hans Allden (2010–2013); Irene Horejs (2013–2017); Diego Mellado (2017–2021) |
Philippines | Manila | Luc Véron | 2019 | Guy Ledoux (2011–2015); Franz Jessen (2015-2019) |
Qatar | Doha | Cristian Tudor | 2022 | None |
Russia | Moscow | Roland Galharague | 2022 | Vygaudas Ušackas (2013-2017); Markus Ederer (2017–2022) |
Rwanda | Kigali | Belén Calvo Uyarra | 2022 | Michael Ryan (2013–2017); Nicola Bellomo (2017-2021) |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Christophe Farnaud | 2023 | Michele Cervone d'Urso (2016–2020); Patrick Simonnet (2020-2023) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Bahrain and Oman |
Senegal | Dakar | / Jean-Marc Pisani | 2018 | Dominique Dellicour (2010–2015); Joaquín González–Ducay (2015-2018) |
Serbia | Belgrade | / Emanuele Giaufret | 2021 | Michael Davenport (2013–2017); Sem Fabrizi (2017–2021) |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | Manuel Müller | 2021 | Tom Vens (2017–2021) |
Singapore | Singapore | Iwona Piórko | 2021 | Michael Pulch [2] (2013–2017); Barbara Plinkert (2017–2021) |
Somalia | Mugadishu | Karin Johansson | 2023 | / Veronique Lorenzo (2016-2018); Nicolás Berlanga Martinez (2018-2021); Tiina Intelmann (2021-2023) |
South Africa | Pretoria | Sandra Kramer | 2022 | Roeland van de Geer (2010–2014); Marcus Cornaro (2014-2018); Dr Riina Kionka (2018-2022) |
South Korea | Seoul | Maria Castillo Fernandez | 2020 | Tomasz Kozłowski (2011–2015); Gerhard Sabathil (2015–2017); Michael Reiterer (2017-2020) |
South Sudan | Juba | Timo Olkkonen | 2022 | Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (2012–2014); Stefano De Leo (2014-2018); Sinéad Walsh (2018-2020); Christian Bader (2020-2022) |
Sudan | Khartoum | Aidan O'Hara | 2022 [10] | Tomáš Uličný (2011–2016); Jean Michel Dumond (2016–2019); Robert van den Dool (2019-2022) |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | Carmen Moreno | 2023 | David Daly (2013–2016); Tung–Lai Margue (2016-2019); Denis Chaibi (2019-2023) |
Switzerland | Bern | / Petros Mavromichalis | 2020 | Richard Jones (2012–2016); Michael Matthiessen (2016-2020) |
Syria | Beirut (temporarily) | Dan Stoenescu (acting) | 2021 | Simon Bojsen-Moller - acting (2016–2017); Tosca Barucco - acting (2017-2019); Gilles Bertrand (2019-2021) Normally based in Damascus |
Taiwan | Taipei | Filip Grzegorzewski | 2019 | Frédéric Laplanche (2011–2015); Madeleine Majorenko (2015–2019) Accredited as Head of Office |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Raimundas Karoblis | 2022 | Eduard Auer (2010–2014); Hidajet Biščević (2014-2018); Marilyn Josefsson (2018-2022) |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Christine Grau | 2023 | Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi (2011–2015); Roeland van de Geer (2015-2018); Manfredo Fanti (2019-2023) Accredited also as EU Ambassador to EAC |
Thailand | Bangkok | David Daly | 2021 | Jesús Miguel Sanz Escorihuel [9] (2013–2017); Pirkka Tapiola (2017-2021) |
Timor-Leste | Dili | Marc Fiedrich | 2022 | Alexandre Leitão (2016–2019); / Andrew Jacobs (2019-2022) |
Togo | Lomé | Joaquín Tasso Vilallonga | 2020 | Maria Cristina Martins Barreira (2017–2020) |
Trinidad & Tobago | Port of Spain | Peter Cavendish | 2021 | Daniela Tramacere (2012–2016); Arend Biesebroek (2016-2020) |
Tunisia | Tunis | Marcus Cornaro | 2020 | Laura Baeza (2012–2016); Patrice Bergamini (2016-2020) |
Turkey | Ankara | Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut [4] | 2020 | Marc Pierini (2006-2011); Jean-Maurice Ripert (2011-2013); Hansjörg Haber (2015-2016); Christian Berger (2016–2020) |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Beata Pęksa | 2023 | Diego Ruiz Alonso (2020–2023) |
Uganda | Kampala | Jan Sadek | 2022 | Kristian Schmidt (2013–2017); Attilio Pacifici (2017-2022) |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Katarína Mathernová | 2023 | Jan Tombiński (2012–2016); Hugues Mingarelli (2016–2019); Matti Maasikas (2019-2023) |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Lucie Berger | 2023 | Mihail Stuparu (2012–2014), Patrizio Fondi (2015–2020); Andrea Matteo Fontanta (2020-2023) |
United Kingdom | London | Pedro Serrano | 2022 | João Vale de Almeida [11] (2020-2022) |
United States | Washington, D.C. | Jovita Neliupšienė | 2019 | João Vale de Almeida (2010–2014); David O'Sullivan [12] (2014–2019); Stavros Lambrinidis [13] (2019-2023) |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Paolo Berizzi | 2021 | Juan Fernández Trigo (2013–2017); Karl-Otto Koenig (2017-2021) |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Charlotte Adriaen | 2020 | Yuri Sterk (2012–2016) |
Venezuela | Caracas | Rachel Roumet (acting) | 2021 | Aude Maio-Coliche (2013–2017); Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa (2017-2021) |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Julien Guerrier | 2023 | Bruno Angelet (2015–2019); Pier Giorgio Aliberti (2019-2023) |
Yemen | Amman (temporarily) | Gabriel Munuera Vinlas | 2021 | María Antonia Calvo (2016-2019); Hans Grundberg (2019–2021) Normally based in Sanaa |
Zambia | Lusaka | Karolina Stasiak | 2023 | Gilles Hervio (2010–2015); Alessandro Mariani (2015–2019); Jacek Jankowski (2019–2023) |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Jobst von Kirchmann | 2022 | Philippe Van Damme (2014–2018); Timo Olkkonen (2018-2022) |
The European Union has not established diplomatic relations with Iran and North Korea.
Host organisation | Location | Ambassador | Selected | Predecessors / Comments |
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African Union | Addis Ababa | Roland Kobia (acting) | 2023 | Gary Quince (2011–2015), Ranieri Sabatucci (2015-2019); Birgitte Markussen (2019-2023) |
ASEAN | Jakarta | Sujiro Seam | 2023 | Igor Driesmans (2021-2023) |
Council of Europe | Strasbourg | Vesna Batistić Kos | 2022 | Luisella Pavan-Woolfe (2009–2014) [14] Jari Vilen [15] (2014–2018); Meglena Kuneva (2018-2022) |
OSCE | Vienna | Rasa Ostrauskaite | 2020 | Didier Lenoir (2015-2019) Deputy Head of Delegation in Vienna |
United Nations | New York City | Stavros Lambrinidis | 2024 | João Vale de Almeida (2015–2019); Thomas Mayr-Harting (2011-2015); Olof Skoog (2019-2023) |
United Nations | Geneva | Lotte Knudsen | 2021 | Maria Angela Zappia (2011–2014), Walter Stevens [16] (2018-2021) |
United Nations | Vienna | Carl Hallergård | 2023 | Stephan Klement [17] (2017-2023) Head of Delegation in Vienna |
OECD & UNESCO | Paris | Christina Kokkinakis | 2023 | Didier Lenoir (2019-2023) |
World Trade Organization | Geneva | João Aguiar Machado | 2019 | Angelos Pangratis (2011–2015) Mark Vanheukelen (2015–2019) |
Country | Location | Ambassador | Selected | Predecessors / Comments |
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Solomon Islands | Honiara | Leonidas Tazapsidis | 2014-2018 | Closed in 2018. Accredited also as EU Ambassador to Vanuatu |
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Thomas Mayr-Harting is an Austrian diplomat. He is the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process. From November 2015 to August 2019 he was managing director for Europe and Central Asia in the European External Action Service.
Poul Skytte Christoffersen is a Danish diplomat. He holds a degree in Economics. Christoffersen prepared the negotiations on EU enlargement to take in 10 central and eastern European countries in 2004, so that they could be concluded at the Copenhagen summit in December 2002. He was the Danish Ambassador to the European Union from 1995 -2003. He then was appointed ambassador to Italy. In 2009 he again became ambassador to the EU, a role which he gave up when becoming Special advisor to Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. He is to help Ashton set up the European External Action Service (EEAS).
European Union–Pakistan relations are the international relations between the common foreign policy and trade relations of the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. There has been no EU State Leader's visit for over twenty years.
Peter Ingemann Moesgaard Sørensen is a Danish diplomat, EU Ambassador to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva. He previously served as European Union Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bernardino León Gross is a Spanish diplomat and politician and former United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Prior to this appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he served as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Southern Mediterranean. León is a former Secretary General at the office of the Spanish Prime Minister, Sherpa for the G20 and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career has mainly been devoted to the Arab world.
Angelina Julietta Francisca Eichhorst is a Dutch diplomat and European civil servant, currently the managing director for Europe and Central Asia at the European External Action Service in Brussels, Belgium.
This article outlines the present structure of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), a part of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) based on articles 42–46 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Article 42.2 of TEU states that the CSDP includes the 'progressive framing' of a common Union defence policy, and will lead to a common defence, when the European Council of national heads of state or government, acting unanimously, so decides.