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Countries hosting diplomatic missions of the Philippines. The Republic of the Philippines has a network of diplomatic missions in major cities around the world, under the purview of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), to forward the country's interests in the areas that they serve, as well as to serve the ever-growing numbers of Overseas Filipinos and Overseas Filipino Workers.
The Philippine Center is an agency of the Philippine Government in New York City and San Francisco in the United States. The New York City structure houses the Philippine Mission to the United Nations, the Philippine Consulate General, and the overseas offices of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism.
The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based at the embassy located at the 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest in Washington D.C. within its Embassy Row. The Philippine ambassador to the United States is also accredited as non-resident ambassador to various Caribbean countries. [3]
The Philippine embassy's main chancery comprises five floors, including a basement level. The ground floor contains the Carlos P. Romulo Hall, utilized as the embassy's event space. The second floor accommodates the offices of the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission, in addition to the embassy's administrative section.
The Philippine Embassy in Oslo is currently headed by Ambassador Enrico T. Fos, who was appointed to the position by President Duterte on July 27, 2021. [17] Prior to becoming Ambassador, Fos, a distinguished career diplomat who was conferred the Gawad Mabini twice, [18] [19] had most recently served as Assistant Secretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs. [20]
The Philippine Embassy in Dublin is provisionally headed by a chargé d'affaires, pending the reception of a new ambassador appointed by the Philippine government. The current chargé d'affaires is Eric R. Aquino, [14] while the last resident ambassador was Ariel Y. Abadilla, the Philippines' first (and so far, only) resident ambassador to Ireland.
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office [note 1] simple known as MECO is the representative office of the Philippines in Taiwan, functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations. It is a non-stock, non-profit corporation organized under Philippine law. [3]
Imelda Macapundag Panolong (born January 9, 1968) [1] is a Filipina career diplomat who is the current Ambassador of the Philippines to Oman.She is the first Muslim woman in the Philippine diplomatic corps to be promoted to the rank of Career Minister and later, Chief of Mission, Class II and also the first female Muslim ambassador of the Philippines.