A decade ago, there wasn’t much to be said about large parts of downtown Washington, D.C. Home to uninspired office buildings, the portion of the city located between 9th and
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Lauri Lepik, a long-time member of Estonia’s diplomatic service, was announced to be his country’s ambassador to the United States in February 2017. He presented his credentials on September 8.
Martin Dahinden was appointed by the Swiss government as the ambassador of Switzerland to the United States on Oct. 6. Prior to that, he served as director of the Swiss
Gérard Araud, 61, a career diplomat, became ambassador of France to the United States on Sept. 18, 2014. He previously held numerous positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
The new Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde to the United Nations, Fernando Jorge Wahnon Ferreira, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Until his latest appointment, Mr. Wahnon Ferreira was
Domingos Sarmento Alves was appointed ambassador of Timor-Leste to the United States on May 1, having previously served as political advisor to the vice-minister of foreign affairs and cooperation. He
Peter Wittig became ambassador of Germany to the United States on May 21, 2014, having most recently served as permanent representative of Germany to the United Nations, representing his country
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