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Mihailo Papazoglu Ambassador of Serbia
Beat Nobs Ambassador of Switzerland
Mr. Papazoglu comes to his posting in Ottawa after serving as Serbia’s chief of diplomatic protocol. Prior to that, he was ministercounsellor for multicultural affairs at headquarters and before that, adviser on EU policy in the office of the deputy prime minister for European integration. For one year before that, he was first counsellor for multilateral affairs at the foreign ministry’s UN directorate. From 2007 to 2009, he was acting director of the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris and before that, counsellor at the embassy in Paris. Between 1998 and 2003, he was third secretary and vice-consul at the permanent mission to the Council of Europe. From 1996 to 1998, he was attaché and third secretary in the neighbouring countries directorate at headquarters. He has a master’s in EU law from Belgrade University. He is married and has one son.
Prior to coming to Canada, Mr. Nobs was assistant state secretary for the Asia Pacific. Before that, he spent five years as ambassador to New Zealand, with cross-accreditation for Fiji Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands and Niue. At headquarters, he worked as ambassador for environmental affairs and as chief negotiator on the environment between 1997 and 2005 and vice-president of the UN Environmental Program. Canada is not new to him as he studied at the University of British Columbia. He has a PhD in history and speaks Swiss, German, French, English and Spanish. Mr. Nobs has also had postings in Kenya and Costa Rica. He is married to Dr. Irene Knöpfel Nobs and has three sons.
Marjan Cencen Ambassador of Slovenia
Mr. Cencen is a career diplomat. He joined the foreign ministry in 1993 and began on the Africa, Asia and Latin America desk. Soon, he was appointed deputy head of mission in Beijing. He returned to headquarters in 2000, as deputy head of the department responsible for North America and three years later, was appointed minister and deputy head of mission in Russia. Mr. Cencen’s next posting came in 2005, as ambassador to China, with responsibility for Vietnam, Mongolia, Korea and Thailand. In 2009, he returned to headquarters as co-ordinator for the European Parliament. In 2012, he became director general, responsible for relations with Eastern Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. The ambassador has a PhD in international relations and is married to Lilijana Cencen Pogorevcnik. They have two daughters.
Bruce J. D. Linghu Representative for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Mr. Linghu has been serving as directorgeneral of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles for the past year. He started his diplomatic career in 1982 and was special assistant to the deputy minister, MOFA (1985-1987), and senior assistant to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles (1987-1993). From 1993 to 1995, he was senior assistant to the vice-minister, MOFA. He was then division director in San Francisco, after which he returned to Los Angeles as deputy director general. He was in charge of North American affairs (2001-2004) and director general in Auckland (2004-2007). He was then ambassador to the Marshall Islands. He was director general of North American Affairs prior to his most recent posting in Los Angeles.
Non-heads of mission Albania Orjeta Çobani First secretary Australia David Patrick Arnold Counsellor Austria Sigrid Kodym First secretary and consul
Peru Carlos Manuel Molinari Deputy head of mission
Germany Martin Ingolf Bierbach First secretary
Philippines Elson Aguilar Defence military and naval attaché
Jana Heinze Attaché
Azerbaijan Faig Babayev Attaché
Claudia Maria Ringwald Third secretary
Ramil Huseynli Counsellor and chargé d’affaires
Lydia Sasnovskis Third secretary
Belarus Igor Yermakov Chargé d’affaires Brazil Pedro Miguel Da Costa E Silva Ministercounsellor
Bulgaria Kamen Valentinov Dikov Second secretary Svetlana StoychevaEtropolski First secretary China Ping Gao Counsellor Feng Guo Assistant military naval and air attaché Gang Huang Third secretary Yili Jiang Counsellor Jianxin Lin First secretary Shiying Zhang First secretary Costa Rica Monica Cruz Bolanos MinisterCounsellor and consul general
Marcus Stadthaus First secretary Bernard Wille First secretary Benjamin Paul Finn Counsellor
Pablo Duarte Cardoso Counsellor
Adir Rubin MinisterCounsellor and consul Adam Susman Defence attaché Italy Francesco Corsaro Second secretary Fabrizio Nava MinisterCounsellor and deputy chief of mission Japan Takuya Nakagome Third secretary Kuwait Abdullah Aljarallah Attaché Hamad Buhadedah First secretary Hamad Ebrahim Third secretary Aeda Abuzreba Attaché Khaled Elsahli Counsellor
Croatia Martina Mihovilic Second secretary
Mexico Alejandro Mazin Serna Minister
Dominican Republic Wendy Campagna Counsellor
Mongolia Enerel Bayarbaatar Attaché
Ecuador Luis Fernando Fiallos Pazmino Second secretary Zoila Irene Veliz Veliz Attaché European Union Elisabeth Anne Hundhammer Attaché Raul Sanchez Pascual Attaché Ann-Christin Saubert Attaché
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Finland Veli-Pekka Jalmari Kaivola Ministercounsellor
Delgerjargal Ganbold Third secretary Myanmar Soe Myint Counsellor New Zealand Charlotte Louise Kempthorne Second secretary Nigeria Ja’afar Mahmoud Balarabe Minister Pakistan Abrar Hussain Hashmi Counsellor
Poland Olga Jablonska Second secretary Tomasz Pawel Kijewski Third secretary Romania Radu Corozel Attaché Russia Vasily Kultyshev Third secretary Saudi Arabia Khalid Turki F. Alkahtani Attaché Fares Enad H. Alshammari Attaché Khaled Khalil I. Nahhas Second secretary Serbia Miodrag Sekulic Counsellor South Africa Kholofelo Maja Third secretary Sri Lanka Saddha Waruna Wilpatha Minister Sudan Arwa Anwar M. Salih Second secretary Tunisia Mustapha Souaissi Attaché United Kingdom Christian Michael Cook First secretary United States Of America Reginald Herrick Attaché Terry Joe Lehman Attaché David Alan Meyer Attaché Mary Kathryn Oliver First secretary Richard Elliott Pinkham Ii Attaché and vice-consul Kellie Maurice Reifstenzel Assistant attaché Adam Paul West First secretary Yemen Radowan Ahmed A. Alfutini Third secretary
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