The Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States is the

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's foremost

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in the

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, and in charge of Luxembourg's

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in the United States. In addition, the ambassador serves concurrently as the non-resident ambassador to

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, non-resident ambassador to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, and permanent observer to the

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, all of which are ambassadorial positions in their own right. The

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is in

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, and was opened by the

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in 1940.

List of heads of mission

Ambassador to the United States

* Hughes Le Gallais (1940–1958) * Georges Heisbourg (1958–1964) * Maurice Steinmetz (1964–1969) * Jean Wagner (1969–1974) * Adrien Meisch (1974–1983) * Paul Peters (1983–1987) * André Philippe (1987–1991) * Alphonse Berns (1991–1998) * Arlette Conzemius (1998–2005) *

Joseph Weyland Joseph Weyland (born 24 April 1943) is a Luxembourgian diplomat and was Luxembourg's Ambassador to the United States from 2 March 2005 to 2008. In addition, he was concurrently accredited to Canada, Mexico, and the Organization of American Sta ...

(2005–2008) * Jean-Paul Senninger (2008 -2012) * Jean-Louis Wolzfeld (2012-2016) * Sylvie Lucas (2016–2019) * Gaston Stronck (2019-2021) * Nicole Bintner-Bakshian (2021-present)

References

External links

Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington D.C.
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