On January 31, 2024, H.E. Mr. Gareth Bynoe, Ambassador of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Ambassador Bynoe has now completed the accreditation process as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federative Republic of Brazil with residency in Caracas.
Bynoe who is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ youngest ambassador is the third high-ranking diplomat to be accredited to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela after H.E. Ellsworth John and H.E. Andreas Wickham.
With more than a decade of experience in foreign policy and international affairs, Ambassador Bynoe is a diplomat by training. In the Foreign Service, he has held various positions, including Deputy Director of Foreign Policy and Research.
Bynoe was also a Counselor at the Embassy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States of America, Alternate Representative to the Organization of American States, and Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations during Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ historic tenure on the Security Council.