List of ambassadors to the Philippines

The following is a list of ambassadors to the Republic of the Philippines.

Resident Ambassadors

Sending country	Ambassador/Head of Mission	Date of accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Ricardo Luis Bocalandro	05 May 2022	[1]
Australia	Hae Kyong Yu	11 October 2022	[1]
Austria	Johann Brieger	11 October 2022	[1]
Bangladesh	Borhan Uddin	15 December 2021	[1] [2]
Belgium	Michel Monique M. Parys	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Brazil	Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura	16 January 2024	[1]
Brunei	Megawati Manan	23 March 2023	[1]
Cambodia	Phan Peuv	25 May 2022	[1]
Canada	David Bruce Hartman	31 January 2023	[1]
Chile	Álvaro Domingo Jara Bucarey	23 March 2023	[1]
China	Huang Xilian	04 December 2019	[1]
Colombia	Marcela Ordóñez Fernández	10 February 2021	[1]
Czechia	Karel Hejč	24 October 2023	[1]
Denmark	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin	13 October 2022	[1]
Egypt	Ahmed Shehabeldin Ibrahim Abdullah	02 December 2020	[1] [4]
European Union	Luc Serge Gustave Eugène Véron	10 February 2021	[1]
Finland	Juha Markus Pyykkö	02 December 2020	[1] [4]
France	Marie Aude Françoise Lassalle ep. Fontanel	20 September 2023	[1]
Germany	Andreas Michael Pfaffernoschke	17 August 2023	[1]
Greece	Ioannis Pediotis	25 May 2022	[1]
Holy See	Charles John Brown	14 December 2020	[1]
Hungary	Titanilla Tóth	02 December 2020	[1]
India	Shambhu Santha Kumaran	02 December 2020	[1]
Indonesia	Agus Widjojo	25 May 2022	[1]
Iran	Yousef Esmaeil Zadeh	17 August 2023	[1]
Iraq	Khalid Ibrahim Mohammed Alhamam Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1] [5]
Ireland	William John Carlos	15 December 2021	[1]
Israel	Ilan Simon Fluss	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Italy	Marco Clemente	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Japan	Kazuhiko Koshikawa	14 December 2020	[1]
Kuwait	Musaed Saleh A.M. Al-Thuwaikh	06 December 2016	[1]
Laos	Sonexay Vannaxay	05 December 2022	[1] [6]
Libya	Mohamed M. O. Melad Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
Malaysia	Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino	23 March 2023	[1]
Mexico	Daniel Hernández Joseph	10 July 2023	[1]
Morocco	Mohammed Rida El Fassi	10 January 2017	[1]
Myanmar	San Yu Kyaw Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
Netherlands	Maria Alfonsa Magdalena Geraedts	11 October 2022	[1]
New Zealand	Peter Francis Tavita Kell	19 June 2020	[1]
Nigeria	Adeshina Edward Oloje Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
Norway	Christian Halaas Lyster	13 October 2022	[1]
Oman	Nasser Said Abdullah Al-Manwari	31 January 2023	[1] [7]
Pakistan	Imtiaz Ahmad Kazi	02 December 2020	[1] [4]
Palau	Keith Richard Sugiyama Chargé d'affaires, a.i.		[1]
Palestine	Saleh As'ad Saleh Mohammad	19 June 2020	[1]
Panama	Fabio Hidalgo Valdez Chargé d'affaires, a.i.		[1]
Papua New Guinea	Betty Palaso	19 March 2019	[1]
Poland	Jarosław Roman Szczepankiewicz Chargé d'affaires, a.i.		[1]
Qatar	Ahmed Saad N. A. Al-Homidi	23 March 2023	[1]
Romania	Răduţa Dana Matache	15 December 2021	[1] [2]
Russia	Marat Ignatyevich Pavlov	02 December 2020	[1] [8]
Saudi Arabia	Hisham Sultan Al-Zafir Al-Qahtani	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Singapore	See Sin Yuan Angelita Constance	08 June 2023	[1]
South Africa	Bartinah Ntombizodwa Radebe-Netshitenzhe	04 December 2019	[1]
South Korea	Lee Sang-Hwa	10 July 2023	[1]
Spain	Miguel Utray Delgado	13 October 2022	[1]
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Leopoldo Lazatin	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Sri Lanka	Chanaka Harsha Talpahewa	10 October 2023	[1]
Sweden	Annika Gunilla Thunborg	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
Switzerland	Nicolas Brühl	20 September 2023	[1]
Thailand	Tull Traisorat	22 July 2022	[1]
Timor-Leste	Marciano Octavio Garcia da Silva	02 January 2024	[1]
Turkey	Niyazi Evren Akyol	13 October 2022	[1]
United Arab Emirates	Mohamed Obaid Salem Al-Qataam Al-Zaabi	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
United Kingdom	Laure Nicole Stephanie Beaufils	20 October 2021	[1] [3]
United States	MaryKay Loss Carlson	July 22, 2022	[1] [9]
Venezuela	Richard Gregorio Espinoza Lobo Charge d'Affaires a.i.		[1]
Vietnam	Lại Thái Bình	02 January 2024	[1]

Non-Resident Ambassadors

Sending country	Ambassador/Head of Mission	Date of accreditation	Host country	Ref.
Afghanistan	Bashir Mohabbat Ambassador-designate		Japan	[10]
Algeria	Abdelhafid Bounour Ambassador-designate		Malaysia	[11] [12]
Angola	Daniel António Rosa	17 January 2022	Singapore	[1]
Armenia	Vahram Kazhoyan	13 December 2021	Vietnam	[1] [13]
Azerbaijan	Jalal Mirzayev	3 August 2021	Indonesia	[1]
Bahamas	Paulette Bethel		China
Barbados	Hallam Henry		China
Belarus	Raman Ramanouski Ambassador-designate		Indonesia	[14]
Benin	Makarimi Abissola Adechoubou, Ambassador-designate		Japan	[15]
Bolivia	Angela Karin Ayllon Quisbert Chargé d'Affaires a.i.		Japan
Botswana	Gotsileene Morake Ambassador-designate		Japan	[16]
Bulgaria	Marinela Milcheva Petkova	26 July 2021	Vietnam	[1]
Burkina Faso	Pascal Batjobo	01 July 2021	Japan	[1]
Burundi	Pascal Gasunzu		China
Cameroon	Eleih-Elle Etian		China
Cape Verde	Tania Serafim Yvonne Romualdo		China
Comoros	Maoulana Charif		China
Congo-Brazzaville	Daniel Owassa	January 8, 2015	China	[17]
Congo-Kinshasa	Marcel Tshidimba Mulumba		Japan
Croatia	Nebojša Koharović	20 May 20 2021	Indonesia	[1]
Cuba	Florentino Batista González	20 December 2021	Malaysia	[1]
Cyprus	Pantelakis Eliades	June 10, 2014	Cyprus	[18]
Djibouti	Ahmed Araita Ali	January 15, 2009	Japan
Dominican Republic	David Puig Ambassador-designate		India	[19]
Ecuador	Santiago Javier Chávez Pareja	25 April 2023	Indonesia	[1]
El Salvador	Martha Lidia Zelayandia Cisneros	January 10, 2013	Japan
Equatorial Guinea	Manuel Mbela Bama Ndong Ambassador-designate		India	[20]
Eritrea	Tesggai Tesfazion	18 March 2004	China	[1]
Estonia	Väino Reinart	20 August 2019	Japan	[21]
Ethiopia	Dessie Dalki Dukamo	15 August 2023	South Korea	[1]
Fiji	Filimone Waqabaca Ambassador-designate		Japan	[22]
Gabon	Carlos Victor Boungou	10 June 2013	South Korea	[1]
Gambia	Ramzia Diab Ghanim	January 21, 2019	Malaysia	[18] [23]
Georgia	Irakli Asashvili	20 August 2019	Indonesia	[1]
Ghana	Florence Buerki Akonor Ambassador-designate		Malaysia	[24]
Guatemala	Manuel Estuardo Roldán Barillas	03 October 2023	Japan	[1]
Guinea	Senkoun Sylla	June 10, 2014	Japan	[18]
Guinea-Bissau	António Serifo Embaló	08 August 2023	China	[1]
Guyana	Bayney Karran Ambassador-designate		China
Honduras	Héctor Alejandro Palma Cerna	April 27, 2021	Japan	[18]
Iceland	Stefán Jóhannesson	16 March 2022	Japan	[1]
Ivory Coast	Jérôme Kloh Weya	10 January 2013	Japan	[1]
Jamaica	Shorna-Kay Marie Richards	18 January 2022	Japan	[1]
Jordan	Lina Annab	10 June 10 2021	Japan	[1] [25]
Kazakhstan	Daniyar Sarekenov	June 28, 2021	Indonesia	[18]
Kenya	Galma Boru Ambassador-designate		Indonesia	[26]
Kyrgyzstan	Mirlan Arstanbaev	14 December 2021	Japan	[1]
Lebanon	Nidal Yehya	02 August 2021	Japan	[1]
Lesotho	Palesa Mosetse	15 April 2021	Japan	[1]
Liberia	Francis N. Muhoro Ambassador-designate		Japan	[27]
Lithuania	Ričardas Šlepavičius	03 October 2023	Japan	[1]
Luxembourg	Pierre Ferring	14 April 2021	Japan	[1]
Madagascar	Randrianjafy Maherizo Tsilavo Charge d'Affaires a.i.		Japan	[28]
Malawi	Kwacha Chisiza	05 October 2023	Japan	[1]
Maldives	Hussain Shibab	June 10, 2013	Malaysia
Mali	Mohamed El Moctar Ambassador-designate		Japan	[29]
Malta	John Joseph Aquilina	09 January 2018	China	[30]
Marshall Islands	Alexander Carter Bnig Ambassador-designate		Japan	[31]
Mauritania	B.A. Samba Mamadou	05 December 2022	Japan	[32] [6]
Mauritius	Issop Patel Ambassador-designate		Malaysia
Mongolia	Enkhbayar Sosorbaram	05 December 2022	Singapore	[1] [6]
Namibia	Herman Pule Diamonds	05 October 2023	Malaysia	[1]
Nepal	Dilli Raj Poudel Ambassador-designate		Malaysia	[33] [34]
Nicaragua	Sandy Annabel Dávila Sandoval Ambassador-designate		Japan	[35]
Niger	Dambina Bawa		China
North Korea	Kim Je Bong	01 June 2021	Thailand	[1]
Paraguay	Irineo Raúl Silvero Silvagni	09 January 2018	South Korea	[1] [30]
Peru	Cecilia Zunilda Galarreta Bazán	15 August 2023	Thailand	[1]
Portugal	Maria João Lopes Cardoso, Ambassador-designate		Indonesia	[36]
Rwanda	Ernest Rwamucyo	02 August 2021	Japan	[1]
Samoa	Faalavaau Perina J. Sila-Tualaulelei	09 June 2016	Japan	[1]
San Marino	Massimo Ferdinandi		Indonesia
Senegal	Bouna Somou Diouf		Japan	[18]
Serbia	Slodoban Marinković	January 17, 2018	Indonesia	[18]
Seychelles	Lalatiana Accouche, Ambassador-designate		India	[37]
Sierra Leone	Kathos Jibao Mattai	20 May 2021	South Korea	[1]
Slovakia	Jaroslav Chlebo	April 16, 2021	Indonesia	[18]
Slovenia	Jurij Rifelj Ambassador-designate		Japan	[38]
South Sudan	Michael Milli Husein	January 22, 2015	China
Sudan	Hamza Omer Hassan Ahmed	January 21, 2019	Malaysia	[23]
Suriname	Titi Amina Pardi	January 8, 2014	Indonesia	[39]
Tanzania	Ramadhani Kitwana-Dau	17 January 2018	Malaysia	[1]
Togo	Bodjona Alewabia Delali Aklesso		Japan
Tonga	Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho	24 July 2019	Australia	[40]
Trinidad and Tobago	Stephen Jr. B. Seedansingh, Ambassador-designate		China	[41]
Tunisia	Riadh Dridi	September 1, 2021	Indonesia	[18]
Turkmenistan	Atadurdy Bayramov Ambassador-designate		Japan	[42]
Uganda	Betty Oyella Bigombe	10 October 2023	Malaysia	[1]
Ukraine	Denys Mykhailiuk Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		Malaysia	[43] [44]
Uruguay	Luis Fernando Iribarne Restuccia		South Korea
Uzbekistan	Bakhtiyor Saidov	24 July 2019	China	[18] [40]
Yemen	Adel Mohamed Ali Ba Hamid	23 January 2018	Malaysia	[1]
Zambia	Walubita Imakando	24 July 2019	Malaysia	[40]
Zimbabwe	Constance Chemwayi	08 August 2023	Malaysia	[1]

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