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Embassy: 2424 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-797-0300 Residence: 5111 Broad Branch Rd. NW, 20008
Spouse: Amina Farah Ahmed Olhaye Embassy: 1156 15th St. NW,
Suite 515, 20005 Telephone: 202-331-0270 Residence: 10101 Sorrel Ave., Potomac, MD 20854
CROATIA Ambassador: Josip Joško Paro
DOMINICA
Spouse: Jasna Paro
Ambassador: Hubert John Charles
2343 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-588-5899 Residence: 4871 Glenbrook Rd. NW, 20016
Spouse: Sylvia Charles
Embassy:
Embassy: 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 Telephone: 202-364-6781 Residence: 17639 Charity Lane, Germantown, MD 20874
CYPRUS Ambassador: George Chacalli
2211 R St. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-462-5772 Residence: 2346 S St. NW, 20008 Embassy:
CZECH REPUBLIC Ambassador: Petr Gandalovic Spouse: Pavlina Gandalovicova Embassy: 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-274-9100 Residence: 2612 Tilden St. NW, 20008
DENMARK Ambassador: Peter Taksoe-Jensen Spouse: Gitte Wallin Pedersen Embassy and residence: 3200 Whitehaven St. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-234-4300
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ambassador: Aníbal de
Castro Rodriguez Embassy: 1715 22nd St. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-332-6280 Residence: 2930 Edgevale Terrace NW, 20008
EAST TIMOR Ambassador: Domingos Sarmento Alves Spouse: Odete Genoveva Victor da Costa
4201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 504, 20008 Telephone: 202-966-3202 Residence: 1220 East West Hwy., Apt. 1522, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Embassy:
ECUADOR Nathalie Cely Suárez Spouse: Alvaro Ivan Hernandez Alvarez Embassy: 2535 15th St NW, 20009 Ambassador:
DJIBOUTI Ambassador: Roble Olhaye
202-234-7200 Residence: 2320 Bancroft St. NW, 20008 Telephone:
Embassy: 1708 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 Telephone: 202-319-1991 Residence: 7127 16th St. NW, 20012
EGYPT Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Tawfik Spouse: Amani Ahmed Amin Embassy: 3521 International Court NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-895-5400 Residence: 2301 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 Ambassador:
EL SALVADOR Francisco Roberto Altschul Fuentes Spouse: Melinda Delashmutt Altschul Embassy: 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 100, 20036 Telephone: 202-595-7500 Residence: 5171 Macomb St. NW, 20016 Ambassador:
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Ruben Maye Nsue Mangue Spouse: Petra Asue Ngua Nchama Embassy: 2020 16th St. NW, 20009 Telephone: 202-518-5700 Residence: 4044 27th St., Arlington, VA 22207 Ambassador:
ESTONIA Ambassador: Eerik Marmei Spouse: Birgit Volmer
2131 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-588-0101 Residence: 3633 Albemarle St. NW, 20008 Embassy:
ETHIOPIA Ambassador: Girma Birru Spouse: Lydia Getaneh Belay
3506 International Dr. NW, 20008 Telephone: 202-364-1200 Residence: 2209 Wyoming Ave., NW 20008 Embassy:
EUROPEAN UNION João Vale de Almeida Spouse: Maria Ana Jara de Carvalho Embassy: 2175 K St. NW, 20037 Telephone: 202-862-9500 Residence: 2534 Belmont Rd. NW, 20008 Head of delegation:
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ERITREA Chargé d’affaires: Berhane Gebrehiwet Solomon Spouse: Hiwet Sebhatu Tesfazzghi
Ambassador: Winston Thompson Spouse:
Queenie Thompson 2000 M St. NW,
Embassy:
NEW AMBASSADOR SPOTLIGHT PAKISTAN — JALIL ABBAS JILANI
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e is one of the best-dressed ambassadors in town and also one of the best spoken. Pakistan’s career diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani has been foreign secretary; ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union; high commissioner to Australia; and foreign affairs spokesman. From 1995 to 1999, he was deputy chief of mission here. “Life in Pakistan has been transformed in the last 10 to 15 years,” he notes. “We have independent media with 100 TV channels so we have a well-informed, civil society.” He also credits women’s and children’s rights, a strong and independent judicial branch and a new positive attitude of citizens. “Democracy has taken deep strong roots and for the first time last year, we had a transition from a democracy to another democracy,” he adds. The ambassador also says women are playing bigger roles in national life. “Thirty percent of our parliament are women. They are in business, as entrepreneurs and CEOs of major
corporations and are a tremendous help boosting our national growth rate.” Pakistan wants to encourage a “peaceful neighborhood” with a deepening relationship with the United States, he says. Pakistan’s neighboring countries are Iran, Afghanistan, China and India. His “mandate” is “not to seek aid but to seek trade.” As for being ambassador here, he says “I know Washington; I know the ropes. Many of the important people I knew then are still here. Maybe they’re not in the administration but they have retired and are in important think tanks and the media.” — Gail Scott FAMILY Wife Shaista, who is passionate about nonprofit causes, and three sons. FAVORITE PASTIMES Golf, reading and time with his family, including a Georgetown graduate student and an 11th grader.
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