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 February 2026 consists of 68 embassies, 30 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 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 ones 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 Istanbul, Turkey on January 2, 2020. Under Bongbong Marcos, the first new mission to open during his presidency was the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, which opened on October 7, 2024, while the first new consulate was opened in Busan, South Korea on January 26, 2026.
Other missions likely to be opened include new embassies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Panama, and Ukraine, the reopening of embassies in Palau and Peru, and new consulates in Ho Chi Minh City and Miami.
Current missions Africa Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Cairo Embassy Charmaine Rowena C. Aviquivil Nairobi Embassy Marie Charlotte G. Tang Tripoli Embassy Roderico C. AtienzaChargé d'Affaires, e.p. Rabat Embassy Leslie J. Baja Abuja Embassy Mersole J. Mellejor Pretoria Embassy Myla Grace Ragenia C. Macahilig
Americas Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Buenos Aires Embassy Grace T. Cruz-Fabella Brasília Embassy Patrick U. Hilado Ottawa Embassy Jose Victor V. Chan-Gonzaga Calgary Consulate-General Emma R. Sarne Toronto Consulate-General Kristine Leilani R. Salle Vancouver Consulate-General Gina A. Jamoralin Santiago de Chile Embassy Celeste S. Vinzon-Balatbat Bogotá Embassy Adrian Bernie C. Candolada Mexico City Embassy Arvin R. de León Washington, D.C. Embassy Jose Manuel G. Romualdez Chicago Consulate-General Melanie Rita B. Diano Hagåtña, Guam Consulate-General Rosario P. Lemque Honolulu Consulate-General Arman R. Talbo Houston Consulate-General Gunther Emil M. Sales Los Angeles Consulate-General Adelio Angelito S. Cruz New York City Consulate-General Senen T. Mangalile San Francisco Consulate-General Arnel G. Talisayon Seattle Consulate-General Henry S. Bensurto Jr.
Asia Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Manama Embassy Gines Jaime Ricardo D. Gallaga Dhaka Embassy Nina P. Cainglet Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy Bernadette A. MendozaChargée d'Affaires, a.i. Phnom Penh Embassy Flerida Ann Camille P. Mayo Beijing Embassy Jaime A. FlorCruz Chongqing Consulate-General Ivan Frank M. Olea Guangzhou Consulate-General Iric C. Arribas Hong Kong Consulate-General Romulo Victor M. Israel, Jr. Macau Consulate-General Edna May Grecia Lazaro Shanghai Consulate-General Myca Magnolia M. Fischer Xiamen Consulate-General Winston Dean S. Almeda New Delhi Embassy Josel F. Ignacio Jakarta Embassy Christopher Baltazar Montero Manado Consulate-General Mary Jennifer Domingo Dingal Tehran Embassy Roberto G. Manalo Baghdad Embassy Charlie P. Manangan Tel Aviv Embassy Aileen S. Mendiola Tokyo Embassy Mylene J. Garcia-Albano Nagoya Consulate-General Shirlene C. Mananquil Osaka Consulate-General Donna M. Rodriguez Amman Embassy Wilfredo C. Santos Kuwait City Embassy Jose A. Cabrera III Vientiane Embassy Elizabeth T. Te Beirut Embassy Marlowe A. Miranda Kuala Lumpur Embassy Maria Angela A. Ponce Yangon Embassy Enrique Voltaire G. PingolChargé d'Affaires, a.i. Muscat Embassy Noralyn J. Baja Islamabad Embassy Maria Agnes M. Cervantes Doha Embassy Mardomel Celo D. Melicor Riyadh Embassy Raymond R. Balatbat Jeddah Consulate-General Rommel A. Romato Singapore Embassy Medardo G. Macaraig Seoul Embassy Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez Busan Consulate-General Leah Victoria T. Carada Damascus Embassy Ferdinand P. FloresChargé d'Affaires, e.p. Taipei Economic & Cultural Office Corazon A. PadiernosChairperson & Resident Representative Kaohsiung Extension office Taichung Extension office Bangkok Embassy Millicent Cruz-Paredes Dili Embassy Mary Anne A. Padua Ankara Embassy Jaime Ramon T. Ascalon Istanbul Consulate-General Christina Gracia V. Rola-McKernan Abu Dhabi Embassy Alfonso A. Ver Dubai Consulate-General Ambrosio Brian F. Enciso III Hanoi Embassy Francisco Noel R. Fernandez III Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General Querobine D. Laccay
Europe Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Vienna Embassy Evangelina Lourdes A. Bernas Brussels Embassy Jaime Victor B. Ledda Prague Embassy Eduardo Martin R. Meñez Copenhagen Embassy Pablito A. Mendoza Helsinki Embassy Domingo P. Nolasco Paris Embassy Eduardo Jose A. de Vega Berlin Embassy Maria Teresa T. Almojuela Frankfurt Consulate-General Marie Yvette L. Banzon-Abalos Athens Embassy Giovanni E. Palec Rome Embassy Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla Budapest Embassy Maria Elena P. Algabre Dublin Embassy Daniel R. Espiritu Rome Embassy Nathaniel G. Imperial Milan Consulate-General Jim Tito B. San Agustin The Hague Embassy J. Eduardo E. Malaya III Oslo Embassy Enrico T. Fos Warsaw Embassy Alan L. Deniega Lisbon Embassy Paul Raymund P. Cortes Bucharest Embassy Noel Eugene Eusebio M. Servigon Moscow Embassy Igor G. Bailen Madrid Embassy Philippe J. Lhuillier Barcelona Consulate-General Ma. Therese S.M. Lázaro Stockholm Embassy Patrick A. Chuasoto Bern Embassy Bernard F. Dy Geneva Consulate-General Andrea B. LeycanoActing Head of Post London Embassy Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Canberra Embassy Antonio A. Morales Melbourne Consulate-General Jesus S. Domingo Sydney Consulate-General Greg Marie C. Mariño Suva Embassy Noel M. Novicio Wellington Embassy Kira Christianne D. Azucena Port Moresby Embassy Edgar Tomas Q. Auxilian
Multilateral organizations Organization Host city Host country Mission Head of mission Concurrent accreditation Jakarta Indonesia Permanent Mission Evangeline T. Ong Jimenez-Ducrocq New York City United States Permanent Mission Enrique Manalo Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Carlos D. Sorreta Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Manuel Antonio J. Teehankee
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Closed missions Africa Host country Host city Mission Year closed Libreville Embassy Unknown Antananarivo Embassy Unknown Dakar Embassy 1993
Americas Host country Host city Mission Year closed Winnipeg Consulate-General 1985 Havana Embassy 2012 Lima Embassy 1993 New Orleans Consulate-General 1985 Portland, Oregon Consulate 1949 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Consulate-General 2012 Caracas Embassy 2012
Asia Host country Host city Mission Year closed Saigon Embassy 1975 Colombo Embassy 1993
Europe Host country Host city Mission Year closed East Berlin Embassy 1990 Bonn Embassy extension office 2008 Hamburg Consulate-General 2009 Belgrade Embassy 1992
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Year closed Palikir Embassy 1993 Koror Embassy 2012
Multilateral organizations Organization Host city Host country Mission Year closed European Communities Brussels Belgium Permanent Mission 1985 Paris France Permanent Mission 1985
Missions to open Host country Host city Mission Havana Embassy Accra Embassy Astana Embassy Miami Consulate-General
See also Foreign relations of the Philippines