List of ambassadors of the European Union

Below are current ambassadors of the European Union to non-EU countries and international organizations. They are also known as delegation heads or envoys. Prior to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU was represented abroad by the Ambassador of the country holding the semestral EU presidency, and the European Commission was represented by a Head of Delegation of the European Commission, member of the diplomatic corps and given the title of ambassador as a courtesy.

Vygaudas Ušackas, the former E.U. Ambassador to Russia.

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. They 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.

Current ambassadors

Ambassadors by nationalities (legend →)

Austria (4)
Belgium (6)
Bulgaria (1)
Croatia (2)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (6)
Estonia (1)
Finland (3)
France (15)
Germany (17)
Greece (3)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (3)
Italy (20)
Latvia (2)
Lithuania (1)
Luxembourg (2)
Malta (0)
Netherlands (6)
Poland (4)
Portugal (9)
Romania (3)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (2)
Spain (11)
Sweden (3)

Ambassadors to non-EU countries

Country	Location	Ambassador	Selected	Predecessors
Afghanistan	Kabul	Pierre Mayaudon	2017	Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin[1] (2013–2017)
Albania	Tirana	Luigi Soreca	2019	Ettore Sequi (2010–2014); Romana Vlahutin (2014–2019)
Algeria	Algiers	John O’Rourke	2016	Marek Skolil (2012–2016)
Angola	Luanda	Tomáš Uličný	2016	Gordon Kricke (2012–2016)
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Aude Maio-Coliche	2017	José Ignacio Salafranca (2014–2017); Alfonso Diez-Torres (2010–2014)
Armenia	Yerevan	Vassilis Maragos	2023	Andrea Wiktorin (2019–2023), Piotr Świtalski (2015–2019), Traian Hristea (2011–2015)
Australia	Canberra	Michael Pulch[2]	2017	Sem Fabrizi (2013–2017)
Azerbaijan	Baku	Peter Michalko	2021	Malena Mård (2013–2017) Kestutis Jankauskas (2017-2021)
Bangladesh	Dhaka	/ Charles Whiteley	2021	Rensje Teerink (2017–2021); Pierre Mayaudon (2014–2017); William Hanna (2010–2014)
Barbados	Bridgetown	Małgorzata Wasilewska	2020	Mikael Barfod (2012–2016); Daniela Tramacere (2016–2020)
Belarus	Minsk	Andrea Joana-Maria Wiktorin	2015	Maira Mora (2011–2015)
Benin	Cotonou	Oliver Nette	2017	Josep Coll i Carbo (2013–2017)
Bolivia	La Paz	León de la Torre Kraiss	2016	Tim Torlot (2012–2016)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Johann Sattler	2019	Peter Sørensen (2011–2015); Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2015–2019) Accredited also as EU Special Representative
Botswana	Gaborone	Alexander Baum[3]	2014	Gerard McGovern (2010–2014)
Brazil	Brasília	Ignacio Ybáñez	2019	João Cravinho (2015–2019)
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	Jean Lamy	2015	Alain Holleville (2011–2015)
Burundi	Bujumbura	Claude Bochu	2019	Wolfram Vetter (2016–2019)
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Carmen Moreno	2016	Jean-Francois Cautain (2011–2015)
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Hans-Peter Schadek	2017	Françoise Collet (2013–2017)
Canada	Ottawa	Peteris Ustubs	2017	Marie-Anne Coninsx (2013–2017)
Cape Verde	Praia	Sofia Moreira de Sousa	2017	José Manuel Pinto Teixeira (2012–2017)
Central African Republic	Bangui	Samuela Isopi	2017	Jean-Pierre Reymondet-Commoy[2] (2013–2017)
Chad	N'Djamena	Betrand Soret	2018	Hélène Cave (2010–2015)
Chile	Santiago	León de la Torre Krais	2020	Stella Zervoudaki (2016–2020); Rafael Dochao Moreno (2012–2016)
People's Republic of China	Beijing	Nicolas Chapuis	2018	Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2014–2018)
Colombia	Bogotá	Gilles Bertrand	2021	Patricia Llombart (2015–2021)
Costa Rica	San José	María Antonia Calvo	2019	Pelayo Castro (2015–2019)
Republic of Congo	Brazzaville	Raul Mateus Paula	2018	Saskia de Lang (2014–2018)
Democratic Republic of Congo	Kinshasa	Jean Michel Dumond	2016	Tomáš Uličný (2011–2016)
Cuba	Havana	Alberto Navarro Gonzalez	2017	Herman Portocarrero (2012–2017)
Djibouti	Djibouti	Aidan O'Hara	2020	Adam Kułach (2016–2020); Joseph Silva (2012–2016)
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Katja Afheldt	2021	Alberto Navarro Gonzalez (2013–2017)
Ecuador	Quito	Marianne Van Steen	2016	Peter Schwaiger (2012–2016) chargé
Egypt	Cairo	Christian Berger[4]	2020	James Moran (2012–2016) Ivan Surkoš (2017–2020)
El Salvador	San Salvador	Andres Bassols Soldevila	2017	Jaume Segura Socias[2] (2013–2017); Stefano Gatto (2009–2013)
Eritrea	Asmara	Josep Coll i Carbo	2017	Christian R. Manahl (2014–2017)
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Johan Borgstam	2017	Chantal Hebberecht (2013–2017)
Fiji	Suva	Julian Wilson	2017	/ Andrew Jacobs (2013–2017)
Gabon	Libreville	Rosário Bento Pais	2019	Helmut Kulitz (2015–2019); Cristina Martins Barreira (2011–2015)
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)
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Stefano Gatto	2016	Stella Zervoudaki (2011–2016)
Guinea	Conakry	Gerardus Gielen[6]	2014	Philippe Van Damme (2010–2014)
Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	Sónia Neto	2019	Joaquin Gonzalez-Ducay (2011–2015); Victor Madeira dos Santos (2015–2019)
Guyana	Georgetown	Jernej Videtič	2015	Robert Kopecky (2011–2015) EU Ambassador also accredited in Suriname
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Vincent Degert	2015	Javier Niño (2012–2015)
Holy See	Rome	Alexandra Valkenburg	2020	Laurence Argimon-Pistre (2012–2016); Jan Tombiński (2016–2020) EU Ambassador also accredited to FAO, Malta Order and San Marino Republic
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Alessandro Palmero	2017	Ketil Karlsen (2013–2017); Peter Versteeg (2009–2013)
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Carmen Cano	2016	Vincent Piket (2012–2016) Accredited as Head of Office
Iceland	Reykjavík	Lucie Samcová-Hall Allen	2020	Michael Mann (2017–2020)
India	New Delhi	Ugo Astuto	2019	Tomasz Kozłowski (2015–2019), João Cravinho (2012–2015)
Indonesia	Jakarta	Vincent Piket	2016	Olof Skoog (2014–2015) EU Ambassador also accredited in Brunei
Iraq	Baghdad	Ramon Blecua	2017	Patrick Simonnet (2016–2017)
Israel	Tel Aviv	Emanuele Giaufret	2017	Lars Faaborg-Andersen (2013–2017)
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)
Japan	Tokyo	Viorel Isticioaia Budura[7]	2014	Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (2010–2014)
Jordan	Amman	Andrea Matteo Fontana	2015	Joanna Wronecka (2010–2015)
Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	Traian Hristea	2015	Aurelia Bouchez (2011–2015)
Kenya	Nairobi	Stefano Antonio Dejak	2015	Lodewijk Briët (2011–2015)
South Korea	Seoul	Michael Reiterer	2017	Gerhard Sabathil (2015–2017), Tomasz Kozłowski (2011–2015)
Kosovo	Pristina	Tomáš Szunyog	2020	Nataiiya Apostolova (2016–2020), Samuel Žbogar (2011–2016) Accredited as Head of Office and EU Special Representative
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Jaap Ora a.i.	2017	Cesare De Montis (2013–2017)
Laos	Vientiane	Leo Faber	2016
Lesotho	Maseru	Christian Manahl	2017	Michael Doyle (2014–2017)
Liberia	Monrovia	Hélène Cave	2017	Tina Intelmann (2014–2017)
Libya	Tripoli	Bettina Muscheidt	2016	Nataliya Apostolova (2012–2016) Currently the EU Delegation works from Tunis
Lebanon	Beirut	Christina Lassen[8]	2014	Angelina Eichhorst (2010–2014)
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Giovanni Di Girolamo	2018
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Michalis Rokas	2019	Maria Castillo Fernández (2016–2019), Luc Vandebon (2012–2016)
Malawi	Lilongwe	Rune Skinnebach	2018	Alexander Baum (2010–2014)
Mali	Bamako	Alain Holleville	2015	Richard Zink (2011–2015)
Mauritius	Port Louis	Marjaana Sall	2015	H-S. Gerstanlauer (2013–2015)
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Giacomo Durazzo	2017	José Antonio Sabadell (2013–2017)
Mexico	Mexico City	Jean-Pierre Bou	2019	Klaus Rudischhauser (2017–2019); Andrew Stanley(2013–2017); Marie-Anne Coninsx (2009–2013)
Moldova	Chișinău	Jānis Mažeiks	2021	Pirkka Tapiola (2013–2017) Peter Michalko (2017–2021)
Morocco	Rabat	Claudia Wiedey	2017	Rupert Joy (2013–2017)
Mozambique	Maputo	Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff[7]	2014	Paul Malin (2011–2014)
Myanmar	Yangon	Kristian Schmidt	2017	Roland Kobia (2013–2017)
Namibia	Windhoek	Jana Hybášková	2015	Raúl Fuentes Milani (2010–2015)
Nepal	Kathmandu	Veronica Cody	2017	Reesje Teerink (2013–2017)
New Zealand	Wellington	Nina Obermaier	2019	Mikalis Rokas (2012–2016); Bernard Savage (2016–2019)
Nicaragua	Managua	Pelayo Castro	2019	Javier Sandomingo, (2011–2015); Kenneth Bell (2015–19) Accredited also to Panamá and the Central American Integration System.
Niger	Niamey	Denisa-Elena Ionete[2]	2018	Hans-Peter Schadek (2011–2013)
Nigeria	Abuja	Ketil Karlsen	2017	Michel Arrion[2] (2013–2017)
North Macedonia	Skopje	Samuel Žbogar	2016	Aivo Orav (2012–2016)
Norway	Oslo	Thierry Bechet	2017	Helen Campbell[9] (2013–2017)
Pakistan	Islamabad	Androulla Kaminara	2019	Lars-Gunnar Wigemark (2011–2015); Jean François Cautain (2015–2019)
Panama	Panama City	Izabela Matusz	2022	Chris Hoornaert (2018–2022)
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Ioannis Giogkarakis-Argyropoulos	2015
Paraguay	Asunción	Paolo Berizzi	2017	Alessandro Palmero (2013–2017)
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); The ambassador in Lima was also accredited to Bolivia until 1995.
Philippines	Manila	Franz Jessen	2014	Guy Ledoux (2010–2014)
Russia	Moscow	Roland Galharague	2022	Markus Ederer (2017–2022)
Rwanda	Kigali	Nicola Bellomo	2017	Michael Ryan (2013–2017)
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Patrick Simonnet	2020	Also accredited to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Michele Cervone (2016–2020)
Senegal	Dakar	Joaquín González–Ducay	2015	Dominique Dellicour (2010–2015)
Serbia	Belgrade	Emanuele Giaufret	2021	Sem Fabrizi (2017–2021) Michael Davenport (2013–2017)
Sierra Leone	Freetown	Manuel Müller (diplomat)[10]	2021	Tom Vens (2017–2021)
Singapore	Singapore	Iwona Piórko	2021	Michael Pulch[2] (2013–2017), Barbara Plinkert (2017–2021)
Solomon Islands	Honiara	Leonidas Tazapsidis	2014	Also accredited to Vanuatu
South Africa	Pretoria	Marcus Cornaro	2014	Roeland van de Geer (2010–2014)
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Tung–Lai Margue	2016	David Daly (2013–2016)
Sudan	Khartoum	Aidan O'Hara	2022[11]	Tomáš Uličný (2011–2016), Jean Michel Dumond (2016–2022)
South Sudan	Juba	Stefano De Leo	2014	Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff (2010–2014)
Swaziland	Mbabane	Esmeralda Hernandez Aragones	2017	Nicola Bellomo[2] (2013–2017)
Switzerland	Bern	Michael Matthiessen	2016	Richard Jones (2012–2016)
Syria	Damascus	Tosca Barucco	2017	Simon Bojsen-Moller a.i. (2016–2017) Currently the EU Delegation works from Beirut
Taiwan	Taipei	Filip Grzegorzewski	2019	Madeleine Majorenko (2015–2019) Frédéric Laplanche (2011–2015; Accredited as Head of Office)
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Hidajet Biščević	2014	Eduard Auer (2010–2014)
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Roeland van de Geer	2015	Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi (2011–2015)
Thailand	Bangkok	Pirkka Tapiola	2017	Jesús Miguel Sanz Escorihuel[9] (2013–2017)
Timor-Leste	Dili	/ Andrew Jacobs	2019	Alexandre Leitão (2016–2019)
Togo	Lomé	Joaquín Tasso Vilallonga	2020	Maria Cristina Martins Barreira (2017–2020)
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	Arend Biesebroek	2016	Daniela Tramacere (2012–2016)
Tunisia	Tunis	Patrice Bergamini	2016	Laura Baeza (2012–2016)
Turkey	Ankara	Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut[4]	2020	Christian Berger (2016–2020)
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Beata Pęksa	2023	Diego Ruiz Alonso (2020–2023)
UAE	Abu Dhabi	Andrea Matteo Fontanta	2020	Mihail Stuparu (2012–2014), Carlo De Filippi a.i. (2015) Patrizio Fondi (2015–20)
Uganda	Kampala	Attilio Pacifici	2017	Kristian Schmidt (2013–2017)
Ukraine	Kyiv	Matti Maasikas	2019	Jan Tombiński (2012–2016) Hugues Mingarelli (2016–2019)
United Kingdom	London	João Vale de Almeida[12]	2020	Member of (1973–2020)/ More information
United States	Washington, D.C.	Stavros Lambrinidis[13]	2019	David O'Sullivan(2014–2019)[14] João Vale de Almeida (2010–2014)/ More information
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Charlotte Adriaen	2020	Yuri Sterk(2012–2016)
Uruguay	Montevideo	Karl-Otto Koenig	2017	Juan Fernández Trigo (2013–2017)
Venezuela	Caracas	Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa	2017	Aude Maio-Coliche (2013–2017)
Vietnam	Hanoi	Pier Giorgio Aliberti	2019	Bruno Angelet (2015–2019)
Yemen	Sanaa	Gabriel Munuera Vinlas	2021	Hans Grundberg (2019–2021)
Zambia	Lusaka	Karolina Stasiak	2023	Jacek Jankowski (2019–2023) Alessandro Mariani (2015–2019) Gilles Hervio (2010–2015)
Zimbabwe	Harare	Timo Olkkonen	2014	Philippe Van Damme (2014–2018)

Ambassadors to international organisations

Host organisation	Location	Ambassador	Selected	Notes
African Union	Addis Ababa	Ranieri Sabatucci	2015	Previously Gary Quince (2011–2015)
ASEAN	Jakarta	Igor Driesmans	2021
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	Meglena Kuneva	2018	Luisella Pavan-Woolfe (2009–2014)[15] Jari Vilen (2014–2018)[16]
World Trade Organization	Geneva	João Aguiar Machado	2019	Angelos Pangratis (2011–2015) Mark Vanheukelen (2015–2019)
United Nations	New York City	Olof Skoog	2019	João Vale de Almeida (2015–2019)
United Nations	Geneva	Walter Stevens[17]	2018	Maria Angela Zappia (2011–2014)
United Nations	Vienna	Stephan Klement[18]	2019	Györgyi Margit Martin Zanathy (2011–2015); Also accredited to the OSCE.
UNESCO	Paris	Didier Lenoir	2016	Maria Francesca Spatolisano (2012–2016); Also accredited to the OSCE

References

EU Special Representative in Afghanistan
High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints 12 new Heads of EU Delegations
High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Botswana and the Council of Europe-Strasbourg
"Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut appointed as EU ambassador to Turkey". Daily Sabah. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads and Deputy Heads of EU Delegations under the 2010 rotation, EEAS 15 September 2010
High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints three new Heads of EU Delegation to Bangladesh, Guinea (Conakry) and Malawi
High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints six new Heads of EU Delegation to Japan, UN Geneva, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
"About the EU Delegation to Lebanon – European External Action Service".
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Australia, Norway and Thailand
"New EU Head of Delegation to Sierra Leone Manuel Müller presents his letters of credence to President Julius Maada Bio | EEAS Website". eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
"Sudan fighting: EU ambassador assaulted in Khartoum home". BBC News. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
Immediate Change to the EU Delegation to the United States’ Protocol Status
Catherine Ashton appoints new Head of EU Delegation to the United States
Pavan Woolfe, Luisella (2021). "Luisella Pavan-Woolfe CV".
"Jari Vilen Bio". bih.rec.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
"New permanent observer of the European Union presents letter of nomination to the director-general of the United Nations office at Geneva". United Nations. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
About the EU Delegation in Vienna, retrieved 2020-01-07

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[1] EU Special Representative in Afghanistan

[europa.eu-2] High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints 12 new Heads of EU Delegations

[3] High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Botswana and the Council of Europe-Strasbourg

[:0-4] "Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut appointed as EU ambassador to Turkey". Daily Sabah. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1AA-5] High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads and Deputy Heads of EU Delegations under the 2010 rotation, EEAS 15 September 2010

[6] High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints three new Heads of EU Delegation to Bangladesh, Guinea (Conakry) and Malawi

[eeas.europa.eu-7] High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints six new Heads of EU Delegation to Japan, UN Geneva, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

[8] "About the EU Delegation to Lebanon – European External Action Service".

[consilium.europa.eu-9] EU High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Australia, Norway and Thailand

[10] "New EU Head of Delegation to Sierra Leone Manuel Müller presents his letters of credence to President Julius Maada Bio | EEAS Website". eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[11] "Sudan fighting: EU ambassador assaulted in Khartoum home". BBC News. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[12] Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom

[13] Immediate Change to the EU Delegation to the United States’ Protocol Status

[14] Catherine Ashton appoints new Head of EU Delegation to the United States

[15] Pavan Woolfe, Luisella (2021). "Luisella Pavan-Woolfe CV".

[16] "Jari Vilen Bio". bih.rec.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[17] "New permanent observer of the European Union presents letter of nomination to the director-general of the United Nations office at Geneva". United Nations. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[18] About the EU Delegation in Vienna, retrieved 2020-01-07