List of diplomatic missions of Libya explained

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Libya.

Honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.

History

Under the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya broke practice with almost all other countries in 1979 by renaming their embassies "People's Bureaus", with the diplomatic staff known as a local "revolutionary committee".^{[1] [2]}

During the 2011 Libyan civil war, there were two governments claiming to be the de jure government of Libya. One was led by Gaddafi and the other was the National Transitional Council. Some countries had recognised the NTC as the governing authority of Libya and Libyan ambassadors to those countries were nominated by the NTC.

The NTC was awarded Libya's seat at the United Nations in September 2011 following a vote by the General Assembly.^[3]

Current missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Algiers	Embassy
	Cotonou	Embassy		[4]
	Ouagadougou	Embassy
	Bujumbura	Embassy		[5]
	Gaborone	Embassy		[6]
	Yaoundé	Embassy
	Praia	Embassy
	Bangui	Embassy		[7] [8]
	N'djamena	Embassy
	Abeche	Consulate-General
	Moroni	Embassy
	Brazzaville	Embassy
	Kinshasa	Embassy
	Djibouti City	Embassy		[9]
	Cairo	Embassy
	Alexandria	Consulate-General
	Malabo	Embassy		[10]
	Addis Ababa	Embassy		[11]
	Libreville	Embassy
	Banjul	Embassy
	Accra	Embassy
	Bissau	Embassy
	Abidjan	Embassy
	Nairobi	Embassy		[12] [13] [14]
	Maseru	Embassy
	Antananarivo	Embassy
	Bamako	Embassy
	Nouakchott	Embassy		[15]
	Port Louis	Embassy		[16]
	Rabat	Embassy
	Casablanca	Consulate-General
	Maputo	Embassy		[17]
	Windhoek	Embassy
	Niamey	Embassy
	Agadez	Consulate General
	Abuja	Embassy
	Lagos	Consulate-General
	Kigali	Embassy		[18]
	Dakar	Embassy
	Victoria	Embassy		[19]
	Freetown	Embassy
	Mogadishu	Embassy
	Pretoria	Embassy		[20]
	Khartoum	Embassy		[21]
	al-Fashir	Consulate-General
	Dar es Salaam	Embassy		[22]
	Lomé	Embassy
	Tunis	Embassy		[23]
	Sfax	Consulate General
	Kampala	Embassy		[24]
	Lusaka	Embassy		[25]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Buenos Aires	Embassy		[26] [27]
	Brasília	Embassy		[28] [29]
	Ottawa	Embassy
	Santiago de Chile	Embassy		[30]
	Mexico City	Embassy		[31]
	Managua	Embassy		[32]
	Panama City	Embassy		[33]
	Castries	Embassy		[34]
	Washington, D.C.	Embassy

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Baku	Embassy		[35]
	Manama	Embassy		[36]
	Dhaka	Embassy		[37]
	Beijing	Embassy
	New Delhi	Embassy		[38] [39]
	Jakarta	Embassy		[40] [41] [42]
	Tehran	Embassy
	Baghdad	Embassy		[43]
	Tokyo	Embassy		[44]
	Amman	Embassy		[45]
	Astana	Embassy		[46]
	Kuwait City	Embassy		[47]
	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy		[48] [49]
	Muscat	Embassy		[50]
	Islamabad	Embassy
	Karachi	Consulate General
	Manila	Embassy		[51]
	Doha	Embassy		[52]
	Riyadh	Embassy
	Jeddah	Consulate-General
	Seoul	Embassy		[53]
	Colombo	Embassy		[54]
	Damascus	Embassy
	Bangkok	Embassy		[55]
	Ankara	Embassy		[56]
	Istanbul	Consulate General
	Ashgabat	Embassy		[57]
	Abu Dhabi	Embassy		[58]
	Dubai	Consulate-General
	Hanoi	Embassy

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation
	Tirana	Embassy		[59]
	Vienna	Embassy		[60]
	Minsk	Embassy
	Brussels	Embassy		[61]
	Sarajevo	Embassy		[62]
	Sofia	Embassy		[63]
	Zagreb	Embassy		[64]
	Nicosia	Embassy		[65]
	Prague	Embassy		[66]
	Copenhagen	Embassy		[67] [68]
	Paris	Embassy		[69]
	Marseille	Consulate-General
	Berlin	Embassy
		Consulate
		Consulate-General
	Athens	Embassy		[70]
	Rome	Embassy		[71]
	Budapest	Embassy		[72]
	Rome	Embassy		[73] [74] [75]
	Milan	Consulate-General
	Palermo	Consulate-General
	Valletta	Embassy		[76]
	The Hague	Embassy		[77]
	Warsaw	Embassy		[78]
	Lisbon	Embassy		[79]
	Bucharest	Embassy		[80]
	Moscow	Embassy		[81] [82] [83]
	Belgrade	Embassy		[84] [85]
	Bratislava	Embassy		[86]
		Embassy		[87]
	Stockholm	Embassy		[88] [89] [90] [91]
	Bern	Embassy		[92]
	Kyiv	Embassy		[93]
	London	Embassy		[94] [95]
	Manchester	Consulate-General

Oceania

Multilateral organisations

• • • Addis Ababa (Permanent Mission)
    • Cairo (Permanent Mission)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Rome (Permanent Mission)
    • Brussels (Permanent Mission)^[97]
    • Geneva (Permanent Mission)
  • New York City (Permanent Mission)
  • Vienna (Permanent Mission)
    • Paris (Permanent Mission)

Missions to Open

• (Embassy)^[98]
• (Embassy)
• (Embassy)^[99]
• (Embassy)
• (Trade & Culture Office in Taipei)
• (Embassy)^[100]
• (Embassy)
• (Embassy)^[101]

Closed missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed
	Annaba	Consulate General	1998
	Mersa Matruh	Consulate	1977
	Monrovia	Embassy	2011
	Lagos	Embassy	1991
	Juba	Consulate	2011
	Port Sudan	Consulate General	2000
	Harare	Embassy	2011

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed
	La Paz	Embassy	2011
	Havana	Embassy	2011
	Quito	Embassy	2011
	New York City	Consular Office	1995
	Caracas	Embassy	Unknown	[102]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed
	Kabul	Embassy	2009
	Beirut	Embassy	1980
	Pyongyang	Embassy	2013	[103]
	Saigon	Embassy	1969
	Aleppo	Consulate General	2001
	Taipei	Embassy	1971
	Sanaa	Embassy	2015
	Aden	Consulate General	2015

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed
	East Berlin	Embassy	1990
	Bonn	Embassy	1990

See also

• Foreign relations of Libya
• List of diplomatic missions in Libya
• Visa policy of Libya

Notes and References

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9. Web site: MISSIONS DIPLOMATIQUES ET CONSULAIRES . Diplomatic & Consular Missions . fr . Government of Djibouti . 4 March 2024.
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38. Web site: Diplomatic Missions in India . Ministry of External Affairs of India . 20 September 2024.
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43. Web site: Foreign Missions in Iraq . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq . 18 September 2024.
44. Web site: Embassy of Libya, Tokyo-Japan . Embassy of Libya in Tokyo, Japan . 21 February 2024.
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46. Web site: Contacts of foreign diplomatic representative offices and consular institutions in Kazakhstan . Portal of the Government of Kazakhstan . 18 September 2024.
47. Web site: Foreign Diplomatic Accredited Missions in the State of Kuwait . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait . 19 September 2024.
48. Web site: Diplomatic and Consular List . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia . 17 September 2024.
49. Web site: Non Resident Missions . Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Cambodia . 18 September 2024.
50. Web site: Foreign embassies and consulates in Oman . Foreign Ministry of Oman . 9 October 2024.
51. Web site: Diplomatic and Consular List . . 9 September 2024.
52. Web site: Diplomatic Missions of the State of Qatar / Libya . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar . 10 October 2024.
53. Web site: Diplomatic List . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea . 18 September 2024.
54. Web site: Diplomatic Corps . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka . 18 September 2024.
55. Web site: Diplomatic and Consular List / August 2024 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand . August 2024 . 10 October 2024.
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57. Web site: DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF FOREIGN STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACCREDITED IN TURKMENISTAN . Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan . 14 October 2024.
58. Web site: Diplomatic & Consular Corps in UAE . Protocol Department of Dubai . 10 October 2024.
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62. Web site: Diplomatic and Consular Corps and International Organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Department of Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina . March 2024 . 17 April 2024.
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64. Web site: Diplomatska Lista / Diplomatic List . Serbo-Croatian, en . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Croatia . 22 April 2024.
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67. Web site: The Protocol Department . Government of Denmark . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark). 19 September 2024.
68. Web site: The Oslo Diplomatic List . Government of Norway . 22 April 2024.
69. Web site: Représentations étrangères en France . Foreign representations in France . fr . . 22 April 2024.
70. Web site: Foreign Missions in Greece . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece . 20 September 2024.
71. Web site: List du Corps Diplomatique près le Saint-Siège . fr . . February 2024 . 22 February 2024.
72. Web site: Diplomatic Corps . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary . 17 September 2024.
73. Web site: Rappresentanze Diplomatiche straniere in Italia . Foreign Diplomatic Representations in Italy . . it . 25 October 2024.
74. Web site: Diplomatic Protocol . Government of Slovenia . 27 September 2024.
75. Web site: Rapporti bilaterali della Repùbblica di San Marino . Bilateral Relations of the Republic of San Marino . it . Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs of San Marino . 27 September 2024.
76. Web site: Foreign Diplomatic Representation Accredited to Malta . Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta . 7 October 2024 . 10 October 2024.
77. Web site: Representations: Libya . Government of the Netherlands . 27 September 2012 . 20 September 2024.
78. Web site: Diplomatic Protocol . Government of Poland . 19 September 2024.
79. Web site: Corpo Diplomático Acreditado em Lisboa . Diplomatic Corps Accredited in Lisbon . pt . . 19 September 2024.
80. Web site: Embassy of Libya in Romania . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania . 19 September 2024.
81. Web site: Diplomatic Directory / Diplomatic Missions in the Republic of Armenia / 2023 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia . 4 November 2024.
82. Web site: Diplomatic List . State Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova . 15 July 2024 . 19 July 2024.
83. Web site: Diplomatic List . en, tg . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan . 5 September 2024.
84. Web site: DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS (Sending States in Alphabetical Order) . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia . 17 September 2024 . 19 September 2024.
85. Web site: Diplomatic list - December 2024 . Government of Montenegro . 3 December 2024 . 4 December 2024.
86. Web site: Diplomatická Listina . sk . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia . 1 May 2024 . 22 July 2024.
87. Web site: Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático . List of the Diplomatic Corps . es . . 17 May 2024 . 17 September 2024.
88. Web site: Stockholm Diplomatic List . . 5 September 2024 . 19 September 2024 .
89. Web site: Representation of foreign states in Finland or in the nearest country to Finland . Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland . 17 September 2024.
90. Web site: Foreign representations and honorary consuls . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania . 27 September 2024.
91. Web site: Diplomatic missions in Latvia . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia . 17 September 2024.
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96. Web site: Foreign Embassies in Australia . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia . 4 September 2024.
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98. Web site: https://www.facebook.com/share/6eMYR5RNbkCxMLsj/?mibextid=WC7FNe. ar . 29 April 2018 . .
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100. News: Venezuelan embassy due to reopen in Tripoli . The Libya Observer . 22 September 2021 . 25 September 2021.
101. Web site: Libya to reopen embassy in Zimbabwe | the Libya Observer . ar. 21 May 2019 .
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103. Web site: Libya Closes Embassy in N. Korea . . Libya-BusinessNews . 8 April 2014 . 23 February 2024.