Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of Barbados, Washington, D.C. | |
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Coordinates | 38°55′1″N 77°2′55.46″W / 38.91694°N 77.0487389°WCoordinates: 38°55′1″N 77°2′55.46″W / 38.91694°N 77.0487389°W |
Location | Washington, D.C. 20008 |
Address | 2144 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. |
Ambassador | John E. Beale |
Website | http://www.foreign.gov.bb/ |
The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS).[1] It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is John Ernest Beale, appointed on January 29, 2009, and who replaced Michael Ian King.[2][3]
It is located to the East of the official Embassy Row area at 2144 Wyoming Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s Kalorama neighborhood.[4][5]
Overview
The embassy also operates two Consulates-General in: Miami, New York City;[4] a Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City;[4] and is also further supported by a collection of Honorary Consulates in: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, and Toledo.[6]
Accreditation
The Barbadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. is also concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to: Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Heads of mission
Building history
Former entities located at 2144 Wyoming:
- James Horatio Watmough (~1912– ~1917), Naval Officer[9]
- Katharine Price Collier (~1918)[10]
- Mabel Grouitch (June 1919)[11]
- Frank L. Smith, U.S. House of Representatives (~1920)[12]
- Legation of Finland 1940-1950[13]
- Austria (~1953– ~1956)[14]
- Embassy of Morocco ( ~1958-1962)
- Embassy of Syrian Arab Republic (~1962–1965)
See also
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- Diplomatic missions of Barbados
- Embassy of the United States in Barbados
- List of diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
- Barbados – United States relations
References
- ↑ Permanent Representatives to the OAS
- ↑ "Senegal - His Excellency John Beale". The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ↑ http://pdba.georgetown.edu/links/embassies.html
- 1 2 3 Department of State (12 August 2011). "Background Note: Barbados". Government of the United States of America. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ Embassy of Barbados, VirtualGlobetrotting
- ↑ List of Barbadian Honorary Consulates (as of September 2011), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados
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- ↑ The Finnish embassy's previous locations, The many homes of Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C. - by Marja Guercin, Public Affairs 1971-2003
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External links
- Official website
- Diplomatic Representation for Barbados, U.S. State Department