List of ambassadors of Nicaragua

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This is a list of ambassadors of the Republic of Nicaragua to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, and to past nations, as well as ambassadors-at-large.

Ambassadors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the . An ambassador can be appointed during a recess, but he or she can only serve as ambassador until the end of the next session of national assembly unless subsequently confirmed. Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.

An ambassador may be a career Foreign Service Officer or a . In most cases, career foreign service officers serve a tour of approximately three years per ambassadorship whereas political appointees customarily tender their resignations upon the inauguration of a new president. As embassies fall under the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Nicaragua (Chancellery of Nicaragua) jurisdiction, ambassadors answer to the Foreign Ministers of Nicaragua, or to the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.

Current Nicaraguan ambassadors[]

Host country	Ambassador	Website	Confirmed
Argentina		Buenos Aires	June 7, 2016
Armenia		Ambassador resident in Moscow	November 4, 2015
Australia		Ambassador resident in Tokyo
Austria		Vienna	August 1, 2013
Angola
Azerbaijan		Ambassador resident in Moscow	November 4, 2015
Bahamas		Ambassador resident in Miami.	January 15, 2007
Barbados		Ambassador resident in Caracas	March 29, 2012
Belarus	,	Ambassador resident in Moscow	May 10, 2011
Belgium		Brussels	August 1, 2007
Belize	Gilda Bolt-González,	Belice City	January 10, 2017
Bolivia	,	La Paz	June 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	January 16, 2007
Brazil		Brasilia	August 1, 2013
Bulgaria		Ambassador resident in Moscow
Canada		Ottawa	November 1, 2017
Chile		Chile	March 5, 2011
Colombia		Bogota	February 3, 2016
Costa Rica		San José	January 23, 2015
Croatia		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	January 13, 2007
Cuba	,	Havana	July 20, 2007
Czech Republic		Ambassador resident in Brussels.Prague	July 23, 2014
Denmark		Ambassador resident in Helsinki.	August 1, 2013
Dominican Republic		Santo Domingo	November 14, 2017
Ecuador		Quito	February 16, 2017
Egypt	,	Cairo	December 13, 2017
El Salvador	Gilda Bolt-González	San Salvador	January 10, 2007
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia		Ambassador resident in Helsinki.	August 5, 2015
Ethiopia	, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Chargé d'Affaires resident in Cario
Finland		Helsinki	June 24, 2015
France		Paris	September 16, 2014
Georgia	No diplomatic relations since 2008.
Germany		Berlin	August 1, 2013
Ghana
Greece		Ambassador resident in Rome.	August 1, 2013
Grenada		Ambassador resident in Managua.	May 5, 2016
Guatemala		Guatemala City	September 16, 2014
Guyana		Ambassador resident in Brasilia.
Haiti		Ambassador resident in Managua.	May 7, 2016
Holy See (Vatican City)		Vatican City	January 1, 2007
Honduras		Tegucigalpa	February 17, 2016
Iceland	Vacant Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	Chargé d'Affaires resident in Stockholm.
India	Vacant since July 19, 2010 Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Iran		Tehran	June 1, 2008
Ireland		Ambassador resident in London.	September 18, 2014
Israel	Vacant no ambassador since June 1, 2010 (relations currently restored)		June 1, 2010
Italy		Rome	August 1, 2013
Ivory Coast
Jamaica		Kingston	November 20, 2014
Japan		Tokyo	October 16, 2013
Jordan		Amman	February 26, 2017
Kenya	Vacant since February 26, 2015 , Chargé d'Affaires a.i.		February 26, 2015
Kuwait		Kuwait City	December 13, 2017
Latvia		Ambassador resident in Helsinki.	June 24, 2015
Libya		Ambassador resident in Tehran.	May 23, 2011
Lithuania		Ambassador Resident in Helsinki	January 2, 2013
Liechtenstein	,Ambassador resident in Geneva.	Vaduz	June 24, 2015
Luxembourg	, Ambassador Resident in Brussels	Luxembourg	February 26, 2010
Mexico		Mexico City	August 4, 2011
Nauru		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	May 19, 2009
Netherlands	Carlos Argüello Gomez	The Hague	January 13, 1983
North Korea		Ambassador Resident in Moscow	August 4, 2011
Norway	Vacant since September 28, 2013 , Chargé d'Affaires a.i.		June 2013
Panama		Panama	September 30, 2016
Paraguay		Asunción	November 18, 2014
Peru		Lima	June 19, 2014
Poland		Ambassador is resident in Berlin.	August 5, 2015
Portugal		Ambassador is resident in Paris.	October 13, 2013
Russia	Juan Ernesto Vásquez-Araya	Moscow	July 31, 2014
Rwanda		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	October 13, 1998
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Ambassador is resident in Kingston.	March 29, 2012
Saint Lucia		Ambassador is resident in Kingston.	March 29, 2012
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Ambassador is resident in Kingston.	March 29, 2011
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	May 9, 2009
South Africa
South Korea		Seoul	September 18, 2014
Spain		Madrid	August 19, 2012
Suriname		Ambassador resident in Managua.	January 7, 2016
Sweden			July 1, 2017
Switzerland^[1]		Geneva	May 13, 2007
Syria^[2]	,	Ambassador resident in Tehran.	April 13, 2007
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago		Ambassador is resident in Caracas.
Tuvalu		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	June 9, 2008
Turkey		Ambassador is resident in Tehran.	September 17, 2014
United Kingdom		London [1]	August 1, 2013
United States		Washington D.C.	May 1, 2010
Uruguay	Orlando Gomez	Montevideo	December 10, 2017
Vanuatu		Ambassador is resident in Managua.	May 9, 2009
Venezuela		Caracas	July 7, 2014

Current Nicaraguan ambassadors to limited recognition states[]

Current ambassadors from Nicaragua to limited recognition states:

Abkhazia		Ambassador resident in Moscow	July 31, 2014
People's Republic of China	The Republic People's Republic of China is not recognized by Nicaragua but is recognized by 172 United Nations member states.
Kosovo	The Republic of Kosovo is not recognized by Nicaragua but is recognized by 108 United Nations member states.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not recognized by Nicaragua or by the United Nations.
Northern Cyprus	The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized by Nicaragua or by the United Nations.
Palestine		Ambassador resident in New York City	July 1, 2007
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Ambassador resident in New York City	July 6, 2007
Somaliland	The Republic of Somaliland is not recognized by Nicaragua or by the United Nations.
South Ossetia		Ambassador resident in Moscow	July 31, 2014
Transnistria	The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic is not recognized by Nicaragua or by the United Nations.

Ambassadors to international organizations[]

Current ambassadors from Nicaragua to international organizations:

Host organization	Location	Ambassador	Website	Confirmed
European Union	Brussels, Belgium		Brusseles	August 1, 2013
United Nations	Geneva, Switzerland		Geneva	September 16, 2014
International Court of Justice	The Hague, Netherlands	Carlos Argüello Gomez	The Hague	January 21, 1983
United Nations	New York City, United States		New York City	October 16, 2007
Organization of American States	Washington D.C., United States		OEA	October 1, 2007

References[]

^ One ambassador, resident at Geneva, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
^ During the Syrian Civil War, the embassy was again suspended operations on February 6, 2014.

External links[]

https://web.archive.org/web/20151004003716/https://www.cancilleria.gob.ni/

[Liechtenstein-1] One ambassador, resident at Geneva, is accredited to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

[Syria-2] During the Syrian Civil War, the embassy was again suspended operations on February 6, 2014.

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