H.E. Mr. Aleksandar Vasilevski was born on December 5, 1951 in Macedonia. He graduated from the Economic Faculty of the St. St. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (1973) and from the Diplomatic School in Belgrade (1977).
He worked in the Steel Factory, Skopje (1973–1976); in the Federal Secretariat for International Relations, Belgrade (1976–1978), adviser (1982–1985), section head in the Western Africa Department (1989–1992).
Head of Africa Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992–1995).
State adviser  (1999–2002 and 2006–2008), official representative of the President of the Republic of Macedonia in the Permanent Council of Francophonie (1999–2002); head of Security and Information Management department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2008).
Second Secretary at the Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam (1978–1982); First Secretary at the Embassy in Bamako, Mali (1985–1989). Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris (1995–1999); Minister Plenipotentiary, Charge d’affaires (2003–2004) in Moscow (2002–2004); Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia (March–October 2008).
Fluent in French, Russian, English and Serbo-Croatian.

H.E. Mr. Faisal Mutlaq Hadmul Al-Adwani was born on January 7, 1961. He has a Bachelor Degree in Economics and Political Sciences.
His diplomatic career began in 1980. He was a Diplomatic attache in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, has served in the Administrative Financial Directorate and in Consular Affairs directorate (1985). Second Secretary at the Embassy of Kuwait in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1990); First Secretary at the Embassy in Ottawa, Canada (1998); Counsellor at the Embassy in Cairo, Egypt (2002). Ambassador to the Republic of Ethiopia (2004). Minister Plenipotentiary since 2007.
Married, with five children.

H.E. Mr. Divyabh Мanchanda was born on August 4, 1954. He has a Master Degree in Applied Science and Philosophy and is a post-graduate student in Biophysics.
Third and Second Secretary at the Embassy in Cairo (1980–1982); Second and First Secretary at the Embassy in Abu Dhabi (1982–1985); First Secretary at the Embassy in Sofia (1988–1990); First Secretary and Adviser at the Embassy in Lisbon (1990–1993); Political Adviser in Colombo (1993–1997). Consul General in Toronto (2000–2005). Deputy Head of the mission in Moscow (2005–2007).
Deputy Director-General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in New Delhi (1997–2002).
Deputy Secretary and Deputy Chief of Protocol Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affirms in New Delhi (1985–1988); Chief of Eurasia Directorate and Additional Secretary (2007–2009).
Fluent in English.
Married.

H.E. Mr. Gulamreza Bageri Mugaddem was born on March 29, 1956, in Hoi, northwest Iran. Has a Master Degree in Public Management.
Expert in International Organizations Directorate (1982–1983); head of Education Directorate  (1983–1984); Deputy Head of Asian Countries Directorate (1989–1991); Head of CIS Directorate (1995–1999); Deputy Director General of Education Directorate (1999–2001) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Adviser for Planning and Programming to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asia (2005–2006).
Expert (1984–1989), Charge d’affaires of the Embassy in Ankara (2006–2008); Ambassador to Turkmenistan (1991–1995) and to Kirgizstan (2001–2005).
Senior Expert in the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2009).
Fluent in English, Turkish and Russian.
Married, with two children.

H.E. Mr. Bah Jeannot Zoro Bi was born on January 1, 1950, in Abidjan. He graduated in Portuguese and Spanish Literature from the University of Bordeaux, from the National School of Administration and Diplomacy in Abidjan and from the Diplomatic Academy in Santiago de Chile.
Secretary (1979–1983), Adviser (1990–1992) and Deputy Head in Protocol (1992–1994), Deputy Head of State Protocol Directorate (1997–1999) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Adviser at the Embassy in Mexico (1983–1990) and at the Embassy in Washington (1994–1997). Ambassador in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau with a seat in Conakry (2001–2008). Ambassador to the Italian Republic (since August 25, 2008).
Fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese and English.
Married, with seven children.

H.E. Mr. James B. Warlick is a graduate of Stanford University (1977), holds a Master of Letters in Politics from Wadham College (1979), Oxford University, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (1980) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Consul General, U.S. Embassy, Moscow; Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the European Affairs Bureau; Acting Minister-Counsellor/ Deputy Counsellor for Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Germany; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State; Operations Centre Watch Officer; Consular Officer, Philippines; and Political Officer, Bangladesh.
Principal Advisor in the Embassy in Iraq (January 2004 to July 2004).
Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union, including NATO, OSCE, and related arms control and non-proliferation policy issues.
Deputy Representative of the Asia Foundation in Washington, DC and the Philippines.  He was also a Foreign Affairs analyst in the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (2006–2009).
Married.

H.E. Mr. Gerhard Reiweger was born on October 10, 1952. He graduated in German and English Philology and in Education from the Vienna University (1972–1976), graduate from the Vienna Diplomatic Academy (1983–1985).
Lecturer in the Council of Education of Vienna, Austria (1978–1985).
Has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1985–1987 and 1995–1996).
Adviser at the Embassy in Washington, USA (1987–1992); Second Ambassador to Stockholm, Sweden (1992–1995). Deputy Head of the Vienna Diplomatic Academy (1997–2009).

H.E. Mr. Tserendorj Gankhuyag was born in 1966, in the Zavhan province. He graduated from the University of Pedagogy in Irkutsk, USSR (1989); Export Academy in Reutlingen, Germany (1996).
High school teacher (1989); coordinator of the Democratic Union coalition (1990–1991) in the Zavhan province. Secretary and chair of the Association of Private Stockbreeders (1991–1997). MP in the State Great Khural of Mongolia (1996–2000).
Chair of the Foreign Policy and Security Parliamentary Committee (1998–1999). Deputy Chair and Chair of the Association of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (2002–2004).
Deputy Minister (2004–2006) and Minister (2007–2008) of Agriculture and Foods.
Fluent in German, Russian and English.
Married, with two children.

H.E. Mr. Isaias Florendo Begonia was born on August 23, 1945, in Alaminos, Pangasinan province. He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (1969). Has a Master degree in Engineering Ecology from the Philippine University (1973) and in Business Administration from the St. Louis College, the Philippines (1988). Training courses in defence operation and security and diplomacy of development (1991), political research (1996).
Head of the police department in La Union province (1982–1986), of Benguet Province and of the city of Baguio (1986); head of the coordination forces (1987–1989).
Head of Immigration Services and head of passport section (1989–1991); associate at the office of the Secretary (1995–1997); Executive Director of Middle East and Africa section (2003–2005); associate at the office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2005) in the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Vice Consul (1991–1993) and Consul (1993–1994) in San Francisco, USA; Consul General in Manado, Indonesia (1997–2000); in Guangzhou, China (2000–2003); in Doha, Qatar (2005); Charge d'affaires of the Embassy in Qatar (2006).
Married.