# List of 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.
Although the Philippine diplomatic mission network is wide, there are embassies that are accredited to other nations without Philippine diplomatic posts. The network as of January 2025 consists of 67 embassies, 28 consulates-general, 4 permanent missions to international organizations, and the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei, and its 2 extension offices.
Excluded from this listing are honorary consulates, branches of the Sentro Rizal, overseas offices of the Department of Tourism and the Department of Migrant Workers, and trade missions (with the exception of MECO, which serves as the country's de facto embassy to Taiwan).

## History

Although attempts at initial diplomatic relations were made during the Philippine Revolution and the time of the First Philippine Republic, most nations have established diplomatic relations with the Philippines only in the years after the country achieved independence from the United States in 1946.
The first documented instance of a Philippine diplomatic mission being established abroad was that of the embassy in Tokyo, which was opened by the Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, on March 24, 1944, with Jorge B. Vargas as its first ambassador. However, the mission was summarily closed with Japan's defeat in World War II, and as it was never recognized by the pre-war Commonwealth of the Philippines, the oldest continually-operating Philippine diplomatic mission is that of the embassy in Washington, D.C., replacing the office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines after the country achieved independence from the United States on July 4, 1946, and led by Joaquín Miguel Elizalde as its first ambassador. This was followed shortly thereafter with the establishment of the permanent mission to the United Nations.
A number of missions were opened in the first years after independence. In his 1947 State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Manuel Roxas announced that missions in a number of other cities were also opened aside from the embassy in Washington, D.C.; these included the first consulates general in New York City, San Francisco, and Honolulu, as well as consulates in Xiamen and Hong Kong. Additional missions were opened the following year, including the first missions in Europe (in London, Madrid and Rome) and Latin America (in Buenos Aires). By 1952, the Philippine foreign service had grown to encompass missions in 11 countries, and by 1965 grew further to missions in 36 countries worldwide.
The Philippines' diplomatic presence grew significantly during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, spurred in part by the normalization of relations with the Eastern Bloc in the early 1970s. Philippine diplomatic missions were present in 43 countries by 1978, with additional missions opening the following year, particularly in the Middle East. By 1981, there were 63 countries worldwide hosting Philippine diplomatic missions. Several missions, however, would be closed at the tail end of the Marcos presidency and in the years thereafter as part of a series of cost reduction programs.
Another expansion of the country's diplomatic presence took place during the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, with 67 countries hosting Philippine diplomatic missions by the end of her presidency. This, however, was not without controversy: in 2010 Senator Franklin Drilon questioned the need for embassies in countries with small Filipino communities, calling for a review of the Philippines' diplomatic presence worldwide. Arroyo's successor, Benigno Aquino III, then announced two years later the closure of ten posts (seven embassies and three consulates general): Caracas, Venezuela; Koror, Palau; Dublin, Ireland; Stockholm, Sweden; Bucharest, Romania; Havana, Cuba; Helsinki, Finland; Barcelona, Spain; Frankfurt, Germany and Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. These closures have since been largely reversed under Aquino's successors, Rodrigo Duterte and Bongbong Marcos, with the 2019 reopening of the consulate general in Frankfurt, the 2020 reopening of the consulate general in Barcelona, and shortly thereafter the reopening of the embassy in Sweden. In 2024, the embassies in Finland, Ireland and Romania reopened after funding was approved by Congress, alongside the future reopening of the embassy in Cuba. Even missions closed years earlier were reopened, such as the 2018 reopening of the consulate general in Houston 25 years after it was last closed.
Aquino's successors have generally returned to an expansion of the Philippines' diplomatic presence abroad, including the opening of new missions where they did not exist previously. Under Duterte, the Philippines opened its embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 14, 2019, the first new embassy to open since 2012, while the first new consulate to open since 2012 opened in Nagoya, Japan on December 1, 2020. Under Bongbong Marcos, the first new mission to open during his presidency is the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, which opened on October 7, 2024.
Other missions likely to be opened include new embassies in Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Panama, and Ukraine, as well as the reopening of embassies in Palau and Peru.

## Current missions
### Africa

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | Ezzedin H. Tago | Countries:  Djibouti  Eritrea  Sudan |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | Marie Charlotte G. Tang | Countries:  Burundi  Comoros  Congo-Brazzaville  Congo-Kinshasa  Ethiopia  Malawi  Rwanda  Seychelles  Somalia  South Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | Alan Roi Q. Gabriola Chargé d'Affaires, e.p. | Countries:  Algeria  Chad  Niger  Tunisia |
| Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | Leslie J. Baja | Countries:  Guinea  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal |
| Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | Mersole J. Mellejor | Countries:  Benin  Burkina Faso  Cameroon  Central African Republic  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  Gambia  Ghana  Ivory Coast  Liberia  Sierra Leone  Togo |
| South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | Noralyn J. Baja | Countries:  Botswana  Eswatini  Lesotho  Madagascar  Mauritius  Mozambique  Namibia  Zambia  Zimbabwe |

### Americas

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | Grace T. Cruz-Fabella | Countries:  Bolivia  Paraguay  Uruguay |
| Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | Joseph Gerard B. Angeles | Countries:  Guyana  Suriname |
| Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | Maria Andrelita S. Austria | International Organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Canada | Calgary | Consulate-General | Emma R. Sarne | International Organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Canada | Toronto | Consulate-General | Angelica C. Escalona | International Organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Canada | Vancouver | Consulate-General | Gina A. Jamoralin | International Organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Chile | Santiago de Chile | Embassy | Celeste S. Vinzon-Balatbat | Countries:  Peru |
| Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | Adrian Bernie C. Candolada | Countries:  Ecuador  Venezuela |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | Lilybeth R. Deapera | Countries:  Belize  Costa Rica  Cuba  Dominican Republic  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Nicaragua  Panama |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | Jose Manuel G. Romualdez | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | Chicago | Consulate-General | Melanie Rita B. Diano | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | Hagåtña, Guam | Consulate-General | Rosario P. Lemque | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | Honolulu | Consulate-General | Pamela Durian-Bailon Acting Head of Post | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | Houston | Consulate-General | Gunther Emil M. Sales | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | Los Angeles | Consulate-General | Adelio Angelito S. Cruz | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | New York City | Consulate-General | Senen T. Mangalile | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |
| United States | San Francisco | Consulate-General | Neil Frank R. Ferrer | Countries:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Barbados  Dominica  Grenada  Haiti  Jamaica  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Trinidad and Tobago International Organizations:  Organization of American States |

### Asia

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Bahrain | Manama | Embassy | Anne Jalando-on Louis | |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Embassy | Nina P. Cainglet | Countries:  Maldives  Sri Lanka |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Embassy | Marian Jocelyn T. Ignacio | |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Embassy | Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo | |
| China | Beijing | Embassy | Jaime A. FlorCruz | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Chongqing | Consulate-General | Ivan Frank M. Olea | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Guangzhou | Consulate-General | Marshall Louis M. Alferez | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Hong Kong | Consulate-General | Germinia V. Aguilar-Usudan | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Macau | Consulate-General | Porfirio M. Mayo Jr. | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Shanghai | Consulate-General | Dinno M. Oblena | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| China | Xiamen | Consulate-General | Maria Antonina M. Oblena | Countries:  Mongolia  North Korea |
| India | New Delhi | Embassy | Josel F. Ignacio | Countries:  Nepal Consular jurisdiction only:  Bhutan |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Gonaranao B. Musor Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| Indonesia | Manado | Consulate-General | Mary Jennifer Domingo Dingal | |
| Iran | Tehran | Embassy | Roberto G. Manalo | Countries:  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | Charlie P. Manangan | |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | Anthony Achilles L. Mandap Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | Mylene J. Garcia-Albano | Countries:  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Palau |
| Japan | Nagoya | Consulate-General | Roy B. Ecraela | Countries:  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Palau |
| Japan | Osaka | Consulate-General | Voltaire D. Mauricio | Countries:  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Palau |
| Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Wilfredo C. Santos | Countries:  Palestine |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | Jose A. Cabrera III | |
| Laos | Vientiane | Embassy | Deena Joy D. Amatong | |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy | Raymond R. Balatbat | |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Embassy | Maria Angela A. Ponce | |
| Myanmar | Yangon | Embassy | Enrique Voltaire G. Pingol Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| Oman | Muscat | Embassy | Raul S. Hernandez | |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Embassy | Maria Agnes M. Cervantes | Countries:  Afghanistan  Kyrgyzstan  Tajikistan |
| Qatar | Doha | Embassy | Mardomel Celo D. Melicor | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taipei | Economic & Cultural Office | Cheloy E. Velicaria-Garafil Chairperson & Resident Representative | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Kaohsiung | Extension office | Cheloy E. Velicaria-Garafil Chairperson & Resident Representative | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | Taichung | Extension office | Cheloy E. Velicaria-Garafil Chairperson & Resident Representative | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | Rommel A. Romato Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | Countries:  Yemen |
| Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Consulate-General | Alfred Kristoffer A. Guiang Acting Head of Post | Countries:  Yemen |
| Singapore | Singapore | Embassy | Medardo G. Macaraig | |
| South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | Ma. Theresa B. Dizon-de Vega | |
| Syria | Damascus | Embassy | John G. Reyes Chargé d'Affaires, e.p. | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | Millicent Cruz-Paredes | |
| Timor-Leste | Dili | Embassy | Mary Anne A. Padua | |
| Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | Henry S. Bensurto Jr. | Countries:  Azerbaijan  Georgia |
| Turkey | Istanbul | Consulate-General | Shirlene C. Mananquil | Countries:  Azerbaijan  Georgia |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Alfonso A. Ver | International Organizations: International Renewable Energy Agency |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Consulate-General | Renato N. Dueñas Jr. | International Organizations: International Renewable Energy Agency |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | Meynardo L.B. Montealegre | |

### Europe

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Austria | Vienna | Embassy | Evangelina Lourdes A. Bernas | Countries:  Croatia  Slovakia  Slovenia International Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)  United Nations United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
| Belgium | Brussels | Embassy | Jaime Victor B. Ledda | Countries:  Luxembourg International Organizations:  European Union |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Embassy | Eduardo Martin R. Meñez | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy | Leo M. Herrera-Lim | |
| Finland | Helsinki | Embassy | Domingo P. Nolasco | Countries:  Estonia |
| France | Paris | Embassy | Junever M. Mahilum-West | Countries:  Monaco International Organizations:  UNESCO |
| Germany | Berlin | Embassy | Irene Susan B. Natividad | |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Consulate-General | Marie Yvette L. Banzon-Abalos | |
| Greece | Athens | Embassy | Giovanni E. Palec | Countries:  Cyprus  North Macedonia |
| Holy See | Rome | Embassy | Myla Grace Ragenia C. Macahilig | Sovereign entity:  Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| Hungary | Budapest | Embassy | Frank R. Cimafranca | Countries:  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Montenegro  Serbia |
| Ireland | Dublin | Embassy | Eric R. Aquino Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| Italy | Rome | Embassy | Nathaniel G. Imperial | Countries:  Albania  Malta  San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme |
| Italy | Milan | Consulate-General | Elmer G. Cato | Countries:  Albania  Malta  San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme |
| Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy | J. Eduardo E. Malaya III | International Organizations: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| Norway | Oslo | Embassy | Enrico T. Fos | Countries:  Iceland |
| Poland | Warsaw | Embassy | Leah B. Ruiz | Countries:  Latvia  Lithuania  Ukraine |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Embassy | Paul Raymund P. Cortes | Countries:  Angola  Cape Verde  Guinea-Bissau  São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Romania | Bucharest | Embassy | Noel Eugene Eusebio M. Servigon | Countries:  Bulgaria  Moldova |
| Russia | Moscow | Embassy | Igor G. Bailen | Countries:  Armenia  Belarus  Kazakhstan |
| Spain | Madrid | Embassy | Philippe J. Lhuillier | Countries:  Andorra International Organizations: UN Tourism |
| Spain | Barcelona | Consulate-General | Ma. Therese S.M. Lázaro | Countries:  Andorra International Organizations: UN Tourism |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy | Gines Jaime Ricardo D. Gallaga Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| Switzerland | Bern | Embassy | Bernard F. Dy | Countries:  Liechtenstein |
| Switzerland | Geneva | Consulate-General | Felipe Carino III | Countries:  Liechtenstein |
| United Kingdom | London | Embassy | Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. | International Organizations: International Maritime Organization |

### Oceania

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Australia | Canberra | Embassy | Antonio A. Morales | Countries:  Nauru  Tuvalu  Vanuatu |
| Australia | Melbourne | Consulate-General | Maria Lourdes M. Salcedo | Countries:  Nauru  Tuvalu  Vanuatu |
| Australia | Sydney | Consulate-General | Charmaine Rowena C. Aviquivil | Countries:  Nauru  Tuvalu  Vanuatu |
| New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | Kira Christianne D. Azucena | Countries:  Cook Islands  Fiji  Niue  Samoa  Tonga |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Embassy | Ariz Severino V. Convalecer Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | Countries:  Kiribati  Solomon Islands |

### Multilateral organizations

| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Head of mission | Concurrent accreditation |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Jakarta | Indonesia | Permanent Mission | Elizabeth T. Te Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. | |
| United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | Antonio M. Lagdameo | International Organizations: International Seabed Authority |
| United Nations | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | Carlos D. Sorreta | |
| World Trade Organization | Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | Manuel Antonio J. Teehankee | |

## Gallery

* Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan
* Embassy in Bangkok
* Embassy in Berlin
* Embassy in Buenos Aires
* Embassy in Canberra
* Embassy in The Hague
* Embassy in London
* Embassy in Madrid
* Building hosting the consulate-general in Barcelona
* Embassy in Mexico City
* Embassy in Moscow
* Embassy in Nairobi
* Embassy in Ottawa
* Embassy in Paris
* Building hosting the embassy in Prague
* Embassy in Santiago de Chile
* Embassy in Stockholm
* Embassy in Tel Aviv
* Embassy in Tokyo
* Consulate-General in Nagoya
* Embassy in Warsaw
* Embassy in Washington, D.C.
* Consulate-General in Honolulu
* Consulate-General in San Francisco
* Embassy in Wellington

## Closed missions
### Africa

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Gabon | Libreville | Embassy | Unknown |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | Unknown |
| Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | 1993 |

### Americas

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Canada | Winnipeg | Consulate-General | 1985 |
| Cuba | Havana | Embassy | 2012 |
| Peru | Lima | Embassy | 1993 |
| United States | New Orleans | Consulate-General | 1985 |
| United States | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | Consulate-General | 2012 |
| United States | Seattle | Consulate-General | Unknown |
| Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy | 2012 |

### Asia

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| South Vietnam | Saigon | Embassy | 1975 | |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Embassy | 1993 | |

### Europe

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| East Germany | East Berlin | Embassy | 1990 |
| Germany | Bonn | Embassy extension office | 2008 |
| Germany | Hamburg | Consulate-General | 2009 |
| Yugoslavia | Belgrade | Embassy | 1992 |

### Oceania

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| Micronesia | Kolonia | Embassy | 1993 | |
| Palau | Koror | Embassy | 2012 | |

### Multilateral organizations

| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| European Communities | Brussels | Belgium | Permanent Mission | 1985 | |
| UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Mission | 1985 | |