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Participants for the 2nd Global Chiefs of Protocol Conference
No. Country /
Organization Name Title
1 Angola
H. E. Eduardo Galiano General Director of State Protocol
Ms. Jurema Barros Public Official of State Protocol
2 Armenia Mr. Arshak Manoukian Deputy Chief of Protocol 3 Australia Ms. Melissa Hitchman Deputy Chief of Protocol
4 Austria Representative from Austria
5 Azerbaijan Mr. Ramin Taghiyev Head of Protocol- Organizational Division 6 Bangladesh Mr. Mohammad Monirul
Islam Deputy Chief of Protocol 7 Belarus Mr. Pavel Matsukevich Head of Official Ceremonies
Division for State Protocol Service 8 Botswana Mr. Ishmael Tsholofelo
Dabutha Deputy Chief of Protocol 9 Cameroon Mr. Abanchime Limangana Deputy Director of Asian and OIC 10 Canada Ms. Angela Joan Bogdan Chief of Protocol
11 China
Mr. Zhijian Wang Vice Director-General of Protocol Department Ms. Jia Song Deputy Division Director of
Protocol Department
12 Congo
Dr. Clément Kassambe Director of Protocol
Ms. Natacha Palevoussa Chief of Division of Official Visits and Voyages
13 Cook Islands Ms. Punanga Kaveao Protocol Officer of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
14 Côte D'Ivoire Mr. Hypolite Koffi Yeboue Deputy Director for Ceremonial of State Protocol
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15 Czech
Republic Amb. Jan Cizek Acting Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Protocol Department 16 Dominican
Republic Mr. Pedro Ramon
Gomez Martinez Chief of Protocol
17 Egypt H. E. Nabil Habashi Chief of Protocol
18 Ethiopia Mr. Mehreteab Mulugeta Chief of State Protocol 19 France Mr. Michel Charbonnier Head of Ceremonial
of Protocol Department 20 Guyana H. E. Esther Griffith Chief of Protocol
21 India Amb. Jaideep Mazumdar Chief of Protocol
22 Iran H. E. Amb. Hussein
Molla Abdullahi Director General of Protocol Department 23 Ireland Ms. Claire Buckley Assistant Chief of Protocol 24 Israel Ms. Talya Lador Fresher Chief of State Protocol 25 Italy Amb. Riccardo Guariglia Chief of Protocol
26 Japan
H. E. Jun Yamazaki Chief of Protocol
Mr. Tetsushi Kondo Deputy Director of Protocol Office 27 Kenya Amb. Solomon Maina Chief of Protocol, Ambassador 28 Kiribati Mrs. Elaine Bwebwe Head of Protocol Division 29 Liberia Amb. Rufus Neufville Chief of Protocol
30 Lithuania Mrs. Rasa Kairiene Director of State and Diplomatic Protocol Department 31 Luxembourg Amb. Sandra Thein Chief of Protocol
32 Malaysia Dato' Syed Munshe
Afdzaruddin Syed Hassan Chief of Protocol and Consular 33 Mali Amb. Bakary Bocar Maiga Director of Protocol
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34 Mauritius Mr. Rajkumar Sookun Chief of Protocol
35 Morocco Amb. Mohammed
Rida El Fassi Chief of Protocol
36 Myanmar
Mr. Thurain Thant Zin Director-General of Protocol Department
Mr. Zaw Tun Oo Director of Protocol Department
37 Nepal Mr. Kali Prasad Pokrhrel Chief of Protocol
38 Netherlands Mr. Roelof van Ees Director Cabinet and Protocol Designate
39 Niger Amb. Abdoulkadri
Moumouni State Protocol Director
40 Oman His Highness Mohammed
Salim Al-Said Chief of Protocol 41 Philippines The Hon. Evelyn
Austria-Garcia Chief of Protocol
42 Poland Ms. Irena
Lichnerowicz-Augustyn Deputy Director of Diplomatic Protocol Department 43 Qatar Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Naama Assistant Director of Protocol
Department
44 Republic of Korea
Amb. Jong-hyun Choe Chief of Protocol
Mr. Yong-soo Lee Director General of Protocol Affairs
45 Romania Ms. Delia Dinu Head of the Presidential Protocol
46 Singapore Mr. Michael Tan
Keng Siong Chief of Protocol
47 South Africa Ms. Selaelo Ramokgopa Acting Chief of State Protocol
48 Spain Ms. María Venegas Senior Adviser of Protocol of Presidency of the Government
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49 Suriname
Mrs. Audrey Christopher Chief of Protocol
Ms. Pricella Bispham Senior Protocol Officer at the Cabinet of the President Mrs. Margarita de
Getrouwe Senior Protocol Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
50 Sweden Amb. Caroline Vicini Chief of Protocol
51 Thailand H. E. Chakri Srichawana Director General of Department of Protocol
52 Turkey Mr. Orhan Yalman Okan Head of Department for Protocol
53 United Arab
Emirates H. E. Shihab Alfaheem Assistant Undersecretary for Protocol Affairs
54 United States
of America Ms. Natalie Jones Deputy Chief of Protocol
55 Zambia Mr. Humphrey Chibanda Chief of Protocol
56 Council of
Europe Mr. Rafael Benitez Head of Protocol
57 Council of the European
Union Mrs. Walpurga Speckbacher Deputy Head of Protocol 58 European
Commission
Mr. Nicolas de La Chevardière de la
Grandville Director, Head of Protocol 59 OECD Ms. Laurence Bouder Head of the Diplomatic
Immunities and Privileges Office
60 United
Nations Mr. Yeocheol Yoon Chief of Protocol
61 United Nations Office
at Vienna Mr. Teymuraz Gogolashvili Head of Protocol Office
