Ambassadors in Bangkok: The men in charge of the embassies

By Maxmilian Wechsler
Last month The BigChilli published an article on the growing influence of women in the Bangkok diplomatic corps. Not surprisingly, the big majority of ambassadors and other diplomats representing their nations in the Land of Smiles are still men, and we are giving them equal time in this month’s edition. Following is a list of the male ambassadors and chargé d’affaires overseeing their countries’ embassies in Bangkok as of September 26, according to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Ambassadors in Thailand

AUSTRALIA
His Excellency Mr Paul Robilliard began his term in 
October 2014. 

BAHRAIN
H.E. Mr Ahmed Abdulla Al-Hajeri began his term in March 2018.

BELGIUM
H.E. Mr Philippe Kridelka began his term in March 2017.

BHUTAN
H.E. Mr Tshewang Chophel Dorji began his term in September 2016.

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
H.E. Mr Haji Ismail bin Haji Abdul Manap began his term in June 2015.

CAMBODIA
H.E. Mr Long Visalo began his term in September 2017.

CHILE
H.E. Mr Christian Rehren Bargetto began his term in October 2014.

CHINA 
H.E. Mr Lyu Jian
(Designate)

COLOMBIA
H.E. Mr Andelfo Jose Garcia Gonzales began his term in May 2013.

CUBA 
H.E. Mr Héctor Conde Almeida began his term in April 2017.

CZECHIA
H.E. Mr Marek Librˇ  ický
began his term in April 2017.

DENMARK
H.E. Mr Uffe Wolffhechel began his term in
September 2016.

EUROPEAN UNION
H.E. Mr Pirkka Tapiola began his term in
December 2017.

FRANCE
H.E. Mr Jacques Lapouge
(Designate)

GERMANY
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant.  

GREECE
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant. 

HOLY SEE
H.E. Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam began his term in December 2012.

HUNGARY
H.E. Mr Szilveszter Bus (Designate)

INDIA
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant. 

INDONESIA
H.E. Mr Ahmad Rusdi began his term in June 2016.

IRAN
H.E. Mr Mohsen Mohammadi began his term in February 2016.

IRELAND
H.E. Mr Joseph Anthony Cotter (Designate)

ISRAEL
H.E. Mr Meir Shlomo began his term in September 2017.

ITALY
H.E. Mr Lorenzo Galanti began his term in August 2018.

JAPAN
H.E. Mr Shiro Sadoshima began his term in April 2015.

KENYA
H.E. Mr Patrick Simiyu Wamoto began his term in March 2015.

KOREA DPR
H.E. Mr Mun Song Mo began his term in April 2014.

KOREA, REPUBLIC
H.E. Mr Noh Kwang-il began his term in November 2015.

KUWAIT
H.E. Mr Abdullah Al-Sharhan began his tem in 
December 2013.

LAOS
H.E. Mr Seng Soukhathivong began his term in 
November 2017.

LUXEMBOURG
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant. 
 

MALAYSIA
H.E. Dato’ Jojie Samuel began his term in February 2018. 
 

MALDIVES
H.E. Mr Mohamed Nasheed began his term in July 2018. The embassy is in the process of opening.

MEXICO
H.E. Mr Jamie Virgilio Nualart Sanchez began his term in June 2016.

MONGOLIA
H.E. Mr Tugsbilguun Tumurkhuleg began his term in August 2015.

MOROCCO
H.E. Mr Abdelilah El Housni began his term in April 2013.

MYANMAR
H.E. Mr U Myo Myint Than began his term in June 2017.

NEPAL
H.E. Mr Khaga Nath Adhikari began his term in January 2015.

NETHERLANDS
H.E. Mr Kees Pieter Rade began his term in May 2018.

NEW ZEALAND
H.E. Mr Tahamoana Aisea Cluny Macpherson began his term in August 2018.

NIGERIA
H.E. Mr Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli began his term in December 2017.

OMAN
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant. 

ORDER OF MALTA
H.E. Mr Michael Douglas Mann began his assignment in September 2004.

PAKISTAN
H.E. Mr Asim Iftikhar Ahmad began his term in September 2017.

PERU
H.E. Mr Fernardo Julio Antonio Quirós Campos began his term in May 2017.

POLAND
H.E. Mr Waldemar Dubaniowski began his term in December 2017.

PORTUGAL
H.E. Mr Francisco Vaz Patto began his term in November 2015.

QATAR
H.E. Sheikh Jassim Bin Abdulrahman Bin Mohammed Al-Thani began his term in October 2016. 

ROMANIA
H.E. Mr Bogdan Badea began his term in December 2017.

RUSSIA
H.E. Mr Kirill Mikhailovich Barsky began his term in October 2014.

SLOVAKIA
H.E. Mr Stanislav Opiela began his term in December 2015.

SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. Mr Geoffrey Quinton Mitchell Doidge began his term in April 2017.

SPAIN
H.E. Mr Emilio De Miguel Calabia began his term in September 2017.

SWEDEN
H.E. Mr Staffan Herrström began his term in 
September 2015.

SWITZERLAND
H.E. Mr Ivo Sieber began his term in October 2015.

TIMOR-LESTE
H.E. Mr Joaquim Amaral began his term in February 2016.

UKRAINE
H.E. Mr Andrii Beshta began his term in February 2016.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Mr Saif Abdulla Mohammed Khalfan Alshamisi began his term in February 2015.

UNITED KINGDOM
H.E. Mr Brian John Davidson began his term in June 2016.

UNITED STATES
The ambassadorial post is currently vacant. 

VIETNAM 
H.E. Mr Nguyen Hai Bang began his term in October 2017.