Below are current Ambassadors of the European Union to foreign countries and international organisations. They are also known as Heads of Delegation or Envoys.
Prior to the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU was represented abroad by the ambassador of the country holding the semestrial EU council presidency, and the European Commission was represented by a Head of Delegation of the Commission, who was a member of the diplomatic corps and given the title of ambassador as a courtesy.
^"EEAS: High Representative Josep Borrell nominated new Heads of EU Delegations for the upcoming diplomatic rotation | EEAS". www.eeas.europa.eu. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^EU Special Representative in Afghanistan
^ a b c d e fHigh Representative Catherine Ashton appoints 12 new Heads of EU Delegations
^High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Botswana and the Council of Europe-Strasbourg
^"New EU Ambassador to the State of Eritrea presents credentials (13/10/2014)". eeas.europa.eu. 13 October 2014.
^High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads and Deputy Heads of EU Delegations under the 2010 rotation, EEAS 15 September 2010
^High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints three new Heads of EU Delegation to Bangladesh, Guinea (Conakry) and Malawi
^ a bHigh Representative Catherine Ashton appoints six new Heads of EU Delegation to Japan, UN Geneva, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, and the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
^"About the EU Delegation to Lebanon – European External Action Service".
^ a bEU High Representative Catherine Ashton appoints new Heads of EU Delegations to Australia, Norway and Thailand
^"Sudan fighting: EU ambassador assaulted in Khartoum home". BBC News. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^"Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut appointed as EU ambassador to Turkey". Daily Sabah. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom
^Catherine Ashton appoints new Head of EU Delegation to the United States
^Immediate Change to the EU Delegation to the United States’ Protocol Status
^"Jari Vilen Bio". bih.rec.org. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^"New permanent observer of the European Union presents letter of nomination to the director-general of the United Nations office at Geneva". United Nations. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^About the EU Delegation in Vienna, retrieved 2020-01-07
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