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D I P L O M A T I C L I S T

Contents:

National Holidays

Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials

Diplomatic List

Directory of the European Union

Directory of International Organisations

Honorary Consuls

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of the Republic of Macedonia

June, 2004

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

Date	Country	Title
January 01 26	Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day National Day
26	India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..	Republic Day
February 4 11	Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..	Independence Day National Day
March 3 6 15	Bulgaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day Independence Day National Holiday
17	Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	St. Patrick's Day
23	Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Pakistan Day
25	Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Independence Day
April 13*	Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Independence Day
16	Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Birthday of H.M. Queen Margrethe II
27	Serbia and Montenegro ..	Constitution Day
30	Netherlands . . . . . . . . .	Official Celebration of the Birthday of H.M. Queen Beatrix
May 3	Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
17	Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..	Constitution Day
25 25	Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Holiday National Holiday
30	Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Croatian Parlament Day
June 2	Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
6	Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
10	Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
*	United Kingdom . . . . . . ..	Her Majesty's Birthday
12	Russian Federation . . . .	National Day
17	Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Holiday
24	SMO of Malta . . . . . . . . .	National Day (Feast of St. John)
25 25	Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day National Day
July 1 1 4	Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United States of America	Canada day Republic Day Independence Day
14	France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
21	Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . ..	Accession of King Leopold I (1831)
23 30	Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morroco . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Anniversary of Revolution of 23 July, 1952 Accession to the Throne of King Mohamed VI
August 1	Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
20 24 27	Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moldova . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Founding of the State (StateHoliday) Day of Independence Day of Independence
31	Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
September 1 7 9 16	Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Constitution Day Independence Day Republic Day National Day
October 1 3 8	P.R. of China . . . . . . . . . Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day National Day Independence Day
12	Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
22 23 24 25	Holy See . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hungary .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . .	Pontif's Day National Holiday National Holiday Day of the Republic
26	Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	National Day
28	Czech Republic . . . . . . . .	National Day
29	Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Republic Day
November 18 28	Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Independence Day National Day
December 1	Romania . . . . . .. . . . . .	National Day
6 16	Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . .	Day of Independence Independence Day
23	Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	The Emperor's Birthday
26	Slovenia	Iindependence Day

*variable
order of precedence and

date of presenTation of credentials

( Precedence among Ambassadors depends on the date of presentation

of the Credentials to the President)

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

H.E. Mr. Gunther Granser (Resident in Munich)......................................5 June 1997

Switzerland H.E. Mr. Stephan Nellen... (Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps) .......12 January, 2000

Czech Rep. H.E. Mrs. Judita Štouracova.....(Resident in Belgrade)............01 December, 2000

Croatia H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Milošević ...........................................19 January, 2001

Serbia and Montenegro

H.E. Mrs Biserka Matiċ-Spasojeviċ........................................................10 May, 2001

Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Yordanov Aleksandrov.......................................21 August, 2001

People's Republic of China

H.E. Mr. Zhang Wangxue........................................................05 September, 2001

Slovakia H.E. Dr. Miroslav Lajčak (Resident in Belgrade).........................06 September, 2001

Egypt H.E. Mr. Ossama Mohamed Tawfik (Res. in Sofia)....................07 September, 2001

United Kingdom

H.E. Mr. George Edgar ................................................................17 September, 2001

Romania H.E. Mr. Mircea Criste...................................................................27 September, 2001

Spain H.E. Mr. Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin (Resident in Sofia)..............27 September, 2001

Turkey H.E. Mr. Mehmet Taşer................................................................. 21 November, 2001

Norway H.E. Mr. Dag Malmer Halvorsen....................................................18 December, 2001

Denmark H.E. Mr. Torben Mailand Christensen (Resident in Vienna)...........21 February, 2002

Russian Fed. H.E. Mr. Agaron Nikolaevic Asatur.......................................................14 March, 2002

Portugal H.E. António Augusto Russo Dias (Resident in Belgrade).....................10 April, 2002

D.P.R Korea H.E. Mr. Kim Ha Dong (Resident in Sofia).............................................18 April, 2002

USA H.E. Mr. Lawrence E. Butler....................................................................22 April, 2002

Italy H.E. Dr. Giorgio Marini.....................................................................18 June, 2002

Germany H.E. Dr. Irene Hindrichsen..................................................................27 August, 2002

Sweden H.E. Mr. Lars-Göran Engfeldt (Resident in Belgrade)............11 December, 2002

Israel H.E. Mrs. Yaffa Ben-Ari (Resident in Belgrade) ).........................25 February, 2003

Ireland H.E. Mr. Thomas Lyons (Resident in Bratislava)........................25 February, 2003

Japan H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Hashimoto (Resident in Vienna)................................27 March, 2003

Latvia H.E. Mr. Uldis Vītoliņš (Resident in Warsaw)....................................24 April, 2003

India H.E. Mr. Dinkar Khullar (Resident in Sofia)...........................................14 May, 2003

Australia H.E. Mr. John Oliver (Resident in Belgrade).....................................19 May, 2003

Holy See H.E. Archbishop Santos Abril y Castello' (Resident in Ljubljana).....11 June, 2003

Slovenia H.E. Mr. Marjan Šiftar.............................................................................19 June, 2003

Qatar H.E. Mr. Ali Bin Fahad Al-Shahwani Al-Hajri (Resident in Roma)...........09 July, 2003

Hungary H.E. Dr. Ferenc Póka.....................................................................11 August, 2003

Poland H.E. Mr. Andrzej Dobrzyński..................... .............................16 September, 2003

Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Rakhat Aliev (Resident in Vienna)................................17 September, 2003

France H.E. Mrs. Véronique Bujon-Barré..................................................... 29 October, 2003

Brazil H.E.Mr. José Augusto Lindgren Alves (Resident in Sofia)...... 06 November, 2003

Sri Lanka H.E. Mr. Dayantha Laksiri Mendis (Resident in Vienna).............. 07 November, 2003

Moldova H.E. Mr. Vasile Sturza (Resident in Sofia)....................................17 December, 2003

Morroco H.E. Mr. Abdeslam Rharbaoui (Resident in Sofia).......................... 21 January, 2004

Belgium H.E. Mr. Philippe Beke (Resident in Sofia).......................................22 January, 2004

Canada H.E. Mr. Donald McLennan (Resident in Belgrade)......................28 January, 2004

Mexico H.E. Mr. Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada (Resident in Belgrade)..... 11 February, 2004

Delegation of the European Commission

H.E. Mr. Donato Chiarini ................................................................. 09 October, 2002

Greece H.E. Mr. Ioannis Economou, Head of the Liaison Office.................20 January, 2002

CHARGES D 'AFFAIRES

Zambia Mayor Epyrious Knight Mulenga (rtd.) (Resident in Berlin)

Cuba H.E. Mr. José Rosado Amador, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (Resident in Sofia)

18 June, 2002

CREDENTIALS TO BE PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING AMBASSADORS:

Lesoto H.E. Mrs. Rachel Mathabo (Resident in Roma)

Angola H.E. Mr. Filipe Felisberto Monimambu (Resident in Belgrade)

Malaysia H.E. Mr. Dató Wan Yusof bin Embong (Resident in Budapest)

United Kingdom

Zambia H.E. General Godwin Kingsley Chinkuli, Dfs (Rtd.) (Resident in Berlin)

Argentina H.E. Mr. Gerónimo Cortés Funes (Resident in Sofia)

Norway H.E. Mr. Carl Schiøtz Wibye

Finland H.E. Mr. Alpo Rusi...(Resident in Helsinki)

Belarus H.E. Mr. Alexander Petrov.....(Resident in Sofia)

Switzerland H.E. Mr. Thomas Füglister

Ireland H.E. (Resident in Bratislava)

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