SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

British Embassy Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) was the British prime minister who led his country to victory during World War II.

Located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008

Sim N Bol Var

Simón Bolívar (1783 - 1830) was a Venezuelan soldier and political leader who led the revolution against Spanish rule. He is considered Latin America’s greatest hero of independence.

Located 18th St NW, Corner Virginia Avenue Washington, DC 20240

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Tanee Sangrat

Embassy of Thailand

1024 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007

Tel: +1 202 944-3600 | Email: thai.wsn@thaiembdc.org

Tanee Sangrat became Thailand’s ambassador to the US in December 2022, replacing Manasvi Srisodapol.

Prior to his current post, Tanee was spokesman of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2020-22). Before that, he served as the Thai ambassador to Vietnam (2018-20), and before that, he was Thailand’s consul-general in Los Angeles, where he introduced a next-day visa service and strengthened the local Thai-American community through culture and sports.

In addition, Tanee was director-general of the ministry’s Southeast Asian Affairs division (2010-16), focusing on Thailand’s relations with its fellow ASEAN member states. And as political counselor at the Thai Embassy in Washington from 2007 to 2010, Tanee established the congressional Friends of Thailand Caucus.

From 1997 to 2001, he headed the consular section at Thailand’s mission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he worked on bilateral economic relations and provided protection for Thai nationals, including trafficked victims and undocumented workers.

Tanee has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a master’s in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.

Embassy of Timor-Leste

4201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite #504, Washington, DC 20008

Tel: +1 202 966-3202 | Email: info@timorlesteembassy.org

Embassy of Togo

2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

Tel: +1 202 234-4212 | Email: embassyoftogo@hotmail.com

Frederic Edem Hegbe, born in 1951, was named Togo’s ambassador to the US in 2017, marking his second stint in Washington representing the small West African nation. Hegbe served as chargé d’affaires (1992-94) and minister-counselor and deputy chief of mission (1994-99) here. Prior to that, he was first secretary and DCM at the Togolese Embassy in Kinshasa, Congo. From 2000 to 2016, he trained US diplomats in languages and culture for their overseas deployments at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) within the State Department’s National Foreign Affairs Training Center.

Hegbe

Hegbe graduated from the International Relations Institute of Cameroon in 1980, and also earned a bachelor’s degree in modern art—majoring in classic and contemporary French literature—as well as a master’s in comparative and African literature from Togo’s University of Lomé.

A father of three, he’s fluent in English and French.