List of ambassadors to the Philippines

The following is a list of ambassadors to the Republic of the Philippines, both resident and non-resident.

Resident Ambassadors

Sending country	Ambassador/Head of Mission	Date of accreditation	Ref.
Angola	Daniel António Rosa	17 January 2022	[1]
Argentina	Ricardo Luis Bocalandro	05 May 2022	[1]
Australia	Marc Innes-Brown	19 August 2025	[1] [2]
Austria	Johann Brieger	11 October 2022	[1]
Bangladesh	Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood	15 May 2025	[1] [3]
Belgium	Fabio Pompetti Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
Brazil	Gilberto Fonseca Guimarães de Moura	16 January 2024	[1]
Brunei	Megawati Manan	23 March 2023	[1]
Cambodia	Sin Saream	25 March 2025	[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	Edgar Rodrigo Rojas Garavito	25 March 2025	[1]
Czechia	Karel Hejč	24 October 2023	[1]
Denmark	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin	13 October 2022	[1]
Egypt	Nader Nabil Zaki Morcos	27 February 2025	[1] [4]
European Union	Mario Màssimo Santoro	25 September 2024	[1]
Finland	Saija Sinikka Nurminen	25 September 2024	[1]
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] [5]
India	Harsh Kumar Jain	23 September 2024	[1]
Indonesia	Agus Widjojo	25 May 2022	[1]
Iran	Yousef Esmaeil Zadeh	17 August 2023	[1]
Iraq	Khalid Ibrahim Mohammed al-Hamam Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1] [6]
Ireland	Emma Hickey	25 September 2024	[1]
Israel	Dana Kursh	19 August 2025	[1] [2]
Italy	Davide Giglio	23 September 2024	[1]
Japan	Kazuya Endo	04 April 2024	[1]
Kuwait	Meshari Yousef Muhammad Al-Nibari	10 June 2025	[1] [7]
Laos	Sonexay Vannaxay	05 December 2022	[1] [8]
Libya	Mohamed K A Issa 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	Soe Ko Ko Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
Netherlands	Maria Alfonsa Magdalena Geraedts	11 October 2022	[1]
New Zealand	Catherine Rosemary McIntosh	07 May 2024	[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] [9]
Pakistan	Asima Rabbani	10 June 2025	[1]
Palau	Keith Richard Sugiyama Chargé d'affaires, a.i.		[1]
Palestine	Mounir Y.K. Anastas	26 February 2025	[1] [10]
Panama	Eduardo Antonio Young Virzi	12 March 2025	[1]
Papua New Guinea	Vacant		[1]
Poland	Adam Marcin Dyszlewski 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]
Russia	Marat Ignatyevich Pavlov	02 December 2020	[1] [5]
Saudi Arabia	Faisal Ebraheem M. Al-Ajrafi Al-Ghamdi	10 June 2025	[1]
Singapore	See Sin Yuan Angelita Constance	08 June 2023	[1]
Slovenia	Smiljana Knez	26 February 2025	[1] [10]
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	Vacant		[1]
Sri Lanka	Chanaka Harsha Talpahewa	10 October 2023	[1]
Sweden	Anny Pernilla Ferry	27 February 2025	[1] [4]
Switzerland	Nicolas Brühl	20 September 2023	[1]
Thailand	Makawadee Sumitmor	10 June 2025	[1] [7]
Timor-Leste	Marciano Octavio Garcia da Silva	02 January 2024	[1]
Turkey	Niyazi Evren Akyol	13 October 2022	[1]
Ukraine	Yuliia Fediv	25 March 2025	[1]
United Arab Emirates	Mohamed Obaid Salem Al-Qataam Al-Zaabi	20 October 2021	[1]
United Kingdom	Michael Edward Welch Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.		[1]
United States	MaryKay Loss Carlson	July 22, 2022	[1] [11]
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	[12]
Albania	Ermal Muça Ambassador-designate		Japan	[13]
Algeria	Abdelhafid Bounour	22 May 2024	Malaysia	[1] [14]
Armenia	Suren Baghdasaryan	15 May 2025	Vietnam	[1] [3] [15]
Azerbaijan			Indonesia
Bahamas	Paulette Bethel		China
Barbados	Hallam Henry		China
Belarus	Raman Ramanouski	14 May 2024	Indonesia	[1] [16] [17]
Benin	Makarimi Abissola Adechoubou Ambassador-designate		Japan	[18]
Bolivia	Angela Karin Ayllon Quisbert Chargé d'Affaires a.i.		Japan
Botswana	Gotsileene Morake	22 May 2024	Japan	[19] [14]
Bulgaria	Pavlin Todorov	19 March 2025	Vietnam	[1] [20]
Burkina Faso			Japan
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	[21]
Congo-Kinshasa	François Balamuene Nkuna	19 March 2025	China	[1]
Costa Rica	Victor Hugo Rojas González	19 March 2025	Singapore	[1]
Croatia	Nebojša Koharović	20 May 20 2021	Indonesia	[1]
Cuba	Yadira Ledesma Hernández	15 May 2025	Malaysia	[1] [3] [22]
Cyprus	Nicholas Panayiotou	07 November 2024	Indonesia	[1]
Djibouti	Ibrahim Bileh Doualeh	22 May 2024	Japan	[1] [14] [23]
Dominican Republic	Jaime Yorquis Francisco Rodríguez	14 May 2024	Vietnam	[1] [24] [17]
Ecuador	Santiago Javier Chávez Pareja	25 April 2023	Indonesia	[25]
El Salvador	Martha Lidia Zelayandia Cisneros	January 10, 2013	Japan
Equatorial Guinea	Mauricio Mauro Epkua Obama Bindang	07 November 2024	China	[1]
Eritrea	Tseggai Tesfazion	18 March 2004	China	[1]
Estonia	Mait Martinson	22 May 2024	Japan	[1]
Ethiopia	Dessie Dalki Dukamo	15 August 2023	South Korea	[1]
Fiji	Filimone Waqabaca Ambassador-designate		Japan	[26]
Gabon	Carlos Victor Boungou	10 June 2013	South Korea	[1]
Georgia			Indonesia
Ghana	Florence Buerki Akonor	14 May 2024	Malaysia	[1] [17]
Guatemala	Manuel Estuardo Roldán Barillas	03 October 2023	Japan	[1]
Guinea	Moussa Fanta Camara	07 November 2024	Japan	[1]
Guinea-Bissau	António Serifo Embaló	08 August 2023	China	[1]
Guyana	Bayney Karran Ambassador-designate		China
Haiti	Darlier Dorval Chargé d'Affaires a.i.		Vietnam	[27]
Honduras	Harold Burgos	19 March 2025	Japan	[1]
Iceland	Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson	16 March 2022	Japan	[1]
Ivory Coast			Japan
Jamaica	Shorna-Kay Marie Richards	18 January 2022	Japan	[1]
Jordan			Japan
Kazakhstan	Daniyar Sarekenov	June 28, 2021	Indonesia	[28]
Kenya	Galma Mukhe Boru	07 November 2024	Indonesia	[1] [29]
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	[30]
Lithuania	Ričardas Šlepavičius	03 October 2023	South Korea	[1]
Luxembourg	Michel Leesch	19 March 2025	Japan	[1]
Madagascar	Randrianjafy Maherizo Tsilavo Charge d'Affaires a.i.		Japan	[31]
Malawi	Kwacha Chisiza	05 October 2023	Japan	[1]
Maldives	Mariyam Shabeena Ahmed	19 August 2025	Malaysia	[2]
Mali	Mohamed El Moctar Ambassador-designate		Japan	[32]
Malta	John Busuttil	14 May 2024	China	[1] [17]
Marshall Islands	Alexander Carter Bing Ambassador-designate		Japan	[33]
Mauritania	B.A. Samba Mamadou	05 December 2022	Japan	[34] [8]
Mauritius	Jagdishwar Goburdun	22 May 2024	Malaysia	[1]
Micronesia	John S. Fritz	07 November 2024	Japan	[1]
Mongolia	Enkhtaivan Dashnyam	15 May 2025	Indonesia	[1] [3]
Namibia	Herman Pule Diamonds	05 October 2023	Malaysia	[1]
Nepal	Netra Prasad Timsina	19 August 2025	Malaysia	[2] [35]
Nicaragua	Mario Armengol Campos	07 November 2024	Vietnam	[1]
Niger	Dambina Bawa		China
North Korea	Kim Je Bong	01 June 2021	Thailand	[1]
Palau	Peter Adelbai	Tokyo	[1] [3]
Paraguay	Irineo Raúl Silvero Silvagni	09 January 2018	South Korea	[36]
Peru	Cecilia Zunilda Galarreta Bazán	15 August 2023	Thailand	[1]
Portugal	Miguel de Mascarenhas de Calheiros Velozo	19 March 2025	Indonesia	[1]
Rwanda	Mukasine Marie Claire	19 March 2025	Japan	[1]
Samoa	Faalavaau Perina J. Sila-Tualaulelei	09 June 2016	Japan	[1]
San Marino	Massimo Ferdinandi		Indonesia
Senegal	Abdoulaye Barro Ambassador-designate		Malaysia	[37]
Serbia	Slodoban Marinković	January 17, 2018	Indonesia	[28]
Seychelles	Lalatiana Accouche Ambassador-designate		India	[38]
Sierra Leone	Kathos Jibao Mattai	20 May 2021	South Korea	[1]
Slovakia	Tomáš Ferko	07 November 2024	Indonesia	[1] [39]
South Sudan	Michael Milli Husein	January 22, 2015	China
Sudan	Hassan Abdelsalam Omer	22 May 2024	Malaysia	[1] [14]
Suriname	Erick Rahmat Moertabat Ambassador-designate		Indonesia	[40]
Tanzania	Ramadhani Kitwana-Dau	17 January 2018	Malaysia	[1]
Togo	Bodjona Alewabia Delali Aklesso		Japan
Tonga	Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho	24 July 2019	Australia	[41]
Trinidad and Tobago	Analisa Low	19 March 2025	China	[1]
Tunisia	Mohamed Trabelsi Ambassador-designate		Indonesia	[42] [43]
Turkmenistan	Atadurdy Bayramov	14 May 2024	Japan	[1] [44] [17]
Uganda	Betty Oyella Bigombe	10 October 2023	Malaysia	[1]
Uruguay	Cristina González	07 November 2024	Indonesia	[1]
Uzbekistan	Farhod Arziev	22 May 2024	China	[1] [14] [45]
Yemen	Adel Mohamed Ali Ba Hamid	23 January 2018	Malaysia	[1]
Zambia	Morecome Mumba	22 May 2024	Malaysia	[1] [14] [46]
Zimbabwe	Constance Chemwayi	08 August 2023	Malaysia	[1]

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