Heads of Diplomatic Missions of the United Kingdom
The Heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations, or international organisations. They are usually appointed as ambassadors, except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where a high commissioner is appointed. The head of mission to an international organisation is usually a permanent representative. For some nations a consul or consul-general is appointed.
The positions have a dual role, being representatives of the British Monarchy and the British Government; they are recommended by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and then approved by Buckingham Palace.[1]
Resident heads of mission
Mission | Location | Type | Head of mission | Position | List |
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Afghanistan | Kabul | Embassy | Hugo Shorter | Ambassador | List |
Albania | Tirana | Embassy | Alastair King-Smith | Ambassador | List |
Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | Sharon Wardle | Ambassador | List |
Angola | Luanda | Embassy | Roger Stringer | Ambassador | List |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | Kirsty Hayes | Ambassador | List |
Armenia | Yerevan | Embassy | Judith Farnworth | Ambassador | List |
Australia | Canberra | High Commission | Victoria Treadell | High Commissioner | List |
Austria | Vienna | Embassy | Lindsay Skoll | Ambassador | List |
Azerbaijan | Baku | Embassy | James Lyall Sharp | Ambassador | List |
Bahamas | Nassau | High Commission | Thomas Hartley | High Commissioner | List |
Bahrain | Manama | Embassy | Roderick Drummond | Ambassador | List |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | High Commission | Robert Chatterton Dickson | High Commissioner | List |
Barbados | Bridgetown | High Commission | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | List |
Belarus | Minsk | Embassy | Jacqueline Perkins | Ambassador | List |
Belgium | Brussels | Embassy | Martin Shearman | Ambassador | List |
Belize | Belmopan | High Commission | Claire Evans | High Commissioner | List |
Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | Jeff Glekin | Ambassador | List |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Embassy | Matthew Field | Ambassador | List |
Botswana | Gaborone | High Commission | Sian Price | High Commissioner | List |
Brazil | Brasilia | Embassy | Stephanie Al-Qaq | Ambassador | List |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | High Commission | John Virgoe | High Commissioner | List |
Bulgaria | Sofia | Embassy | Rob Dixon | Ambassador | List |
Burma | Yangon | Embassy | Dan Chugg | Ambassador | List |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Embassy | Tina Redshaw | Ambassador | List |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | High Commission | Rowan Laxton | High Commissioner | List |
Canada | Ottawa | High Commission | Susannah Goshko | High Commissioner | List |
Chad | N'Djamena | Embassy Office[note b] | Mark Matthews | Ambassador | |
Chile | Santiago | Embassy | Louise De Sousa | Ambassador | List |
China | Beijing | Embassy | Dame Caroline Wilson | Ambassador | List |
Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | Peter Tibber | Ambassador | List |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | Embassy | Emily Maltman | Ambassador | List |
Costa Rica | San José | Embassy | Ross Denny | Ambassador | List |
Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan | Embassy | Catherine Brooker | Ambassador | List |
Croatia | Zagreb | Embassy | Andrew Dalgleish | Ambassador | List |
Cuba | Havana | Embassy | Antony Stokes | Ambassador | List |
Cyprus | Nicosia | High Commission | Irfan Siddiq | High Commissioner | List |
Czech Republic | Prague | Embassy | Matt Field | Ambassador | List |
Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy | Dominic Schroeder | Ambassador | List |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Embassy |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Dominican Republic is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Dominican Republic. From 1999 to 2015 the holder was also ambassador to the Republic of Haiti.[2] In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.[3] In 2015 Sharon Isabel Campbell was appointed as dedicated ambassador to Haiti, but still to be non-resident, since she is married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Christopher John Campbell.[4] In 2019, Mockbul Ali was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.[5] List of heads of missionChargé d’Affaires
Minister Plenipotentiary
Chargé d’Affaires
Minister Resident And Consul
Minister Resident And Consul (later Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary)
Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary
References
External links
| Ambassador | List |
Ecuador | Quito | Embassy | Chris Campbell | Ambassador | List |
Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | Gareth Bayley | Ambassador | List |
El Salvador | San Salvador | Embassy | Bernhard Garside | Ambassador | List |
Eritrea | Asmara | Embassy | Alisdair Walker | Ambassador | List |
Estonia | Tallinn | Embassy | Ross Allen | Ambassador | List |
Eswatini | Mbabane | High Commission | Simon Boyden | High Commissioner | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Alastair McPhailDarren Welch | Ambassador | List |
European Union | Brussels | Embassy | Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby | Ambassador | List |
Fiji | Suva | High Commission | Brian Jones | High Commissioner | List |
Finland | Helsinki | Embassy | Theresa Bubbear | Ambassador | List |
France | Paris | Embassy | Dame Menna Rawlings | Ambassador | List |
The Gambia | Banjul | High Commission | David Belgrove | High Commissioner | List |
Georgia | Tbilisi | Embassy | Mark Clayton | Ambassador | List |
Germany | Berlin | Embassy | Jill Gallard | Ambassador | List |
Ghana | Accra | High Commission | Iain Walker | High Commissioner | List |
Greece | Athens | Embassy | Matthew Lodge | Ambassador | List |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | Embassy | Carolyn Davidson | Ambassador | List |
Guinea | Conakry | Embassy | David McIlroy | Ambassador | List |
Guyana | Georgetown | High Commission | Greg Quinn | High Commissioner | List |
Holy See | Vatican City | Embassy | Christopher Trott | Ambassador | List |
Hungary | Budapest | Embassy | Paul Fox | Ambassador | List |
Iceland | Reykjavík | Embassy | Bryony Mathew | Ambassador | List |
India | New Delhi | High Commission | Alexander Ellis | High Commissioner | List |
Indonesia | Jakarta | Embassy | Dominic Jermey[1] | Ambassador | List |
Iran | Tehran | Embassy | Robert Macaire | Ambassador | List |
Iraq | Baghdad | Embassy | Stephen Hickey | Ambassador | List |
Ireland | Dublin | Embassy | Paul Johnston | Ambassador | List |
Israel | Tel Aviv | Embassy | Simon Walters | Ambassador | List |
Italy | Rome | Embassy | Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep | Ambassador | List |
Jamaica | Kingston | High Commission | Judith Slater | High Commissioner | List |
Japan | Tokyo | Embassy | Julia Longbottom | Ambassador | List |
Jordan | Amman | Embassy | Bridget Brind | Ambassador | List |
Kazakhstan | Almaty | Embassy | Kathy Leach | Ambassador | List |
Kenya | Nairobi | High Commission | [2]
External link
References
| High Commissioner | List |
Kosovo | Pristina | Embassy | Nicholas Abbott | Ambassador | List |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | Embassy | Belinda Lewis | Ambassador | List |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Embassy | Charles Garrett | Ambassador | List |
Laos | Vientiane | Embassy | John Pearson | Ambassador | List |
Latvia | Riga | Embassy | Paul Brummell | Ambassador | List |
Lebanon | Beirut | Embassy | Ian Collard | Ambassador | List |
Lesotho | Maseru | High Commission | Harry MacDonald | High Commissioner | List |
Liberia | Monrovia | Embassy | David Belgrove | Ambassador | List |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | Caroline Hurndall | Ambassador | List |
Lithuania | Vilnius | Embassy | Brian Olley | Ambassador | List |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | Embassy | Fleur Thomas | Ambassador | List |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | David Ashley | Ambassador | List |
Malawi | Lilongwe | High Commission | David Beer | High Commissioner | List |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | High Commission | Charles Hay | High Commissioner | List |
Mali | Bamako | Embassy | Katy Ransome | Ambassador | List |
Malta | Valletta | High Commission | Stuart Gill | High Commissioner | List |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | Embassy | Colin Wells | Ambassador | List |
Mauritius | Port Louis | High Commission | Keith AllanCharlotte Pierre | High Commissioner | List |
Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | Corin Robertson | Ambassador | List |
Moldova | Chişinău | Embassy | Steven Fisher | Ambassador | List |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Embassy | Ambassador | List | |
Montenegro | Podgorica | Embassy | Alison Kemp | Ambassador | List |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | Simon Martin | Ambassador | List |
Mozambique | Maputo | High Commission | Helen Lewis | High Commissioner | List |
Namibia | Windhoek | High Commission | Charles Moore | High Commissioner | List |
Nepal | Kathmandu | Embassy | Nicola Pollitt | Ambassador | List |
Netherlands | The Hague | Embassy | Mrs Joanna Roper | Ambassador | List |
New Zealand | Wellington | High Commission | Iona Thomas | High Commissioner | List |
Niger | Niamey | Embassy[note c] | Catherine Inglehearn | Ambassador | |
Nigeria | Abuja | High Commission | Catriona Laing | High Commissioner | List |
North Korea | Pyongyang | Embassy | Colin Crooks | Ambassador | List |
North Macedonia | Skopje | Embassy | Rachel Galloway | Ambassador | List |
Norway | Oslo | Embassy | Jan Thompson, CMG, OBE | Ambassador | List |
Oman | Muscat | Embassy | Dr Liane Saunders | Ambassador | List |
Pakistan | Islamabad | High Commission | Christian Turner | High Commissioner | List |
Panama | Panama City | Embassy |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Panama is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Panama. List of heads of missionEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
References
External links
| Ambassador | List |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | High Commission | Keith Scott | High Commissioner | List |
Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | Ramin Navai | Ambassador | List |
Peru | Lima | Embassy | Gavin Cook | Ambassador | List |
Philippines | Manila | Embassy | Laure Beaufils | Ambassador | List |
Poland | Warsaw | Embassy | Anna Clunes | Ambassador | List |
Portugal | Lisbon | Embassy | Chris Sainty | Ambassador | List |
Qatar | Doha | Embassy | Ajay Sharma | Ambassador | List |
Romania | Bucharest | Embassy | Andrew Noble | Ambassador | List |
Russia | Moscow | Embassy | Dame Deborah Bronnert | Ambassador | List |
Rwanda | Kigali | High Commission | Omar Daair | High Commissioner | List |
Samoa | Apia | High Commission | David Ward | High Commissioner | List |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Embassy | Neil Crompton | Ambassador | List |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Juliette John | Ambassador | List |
Serbia | Belgrade | Embassy | Edward Ferguson | Ambassador | List |
Seychelles | Victoria | High Commission | Caron Röhsler | High Commissioner | List |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | High Commission | Simon Mustard | High Commissioner | List |
Singapore | Singapore | High Commission | Kara Owen | High Commissioner | List |
Slovakia | Bratislava | Embassy | Andrew Garth | Ambassador | List |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | Embassy | Sophie Honey | Ambassador | List |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | High Commission | Thomas Coward | High Commissioner | List |
Somalia | Mogadishu | Embassy | Kate Foster | Ambassador | List |
South Africa | Pretoria | High Commission | Antony Phillipson | High Commissioner | List |
South Korea | Seoul | Embassy | Simon Smith | Ambassador | List |
South Sudan | Juba | Embassy | Johnny Baxter | Ambassador | List |
Spain | Madrid | Embassy | Hugh Elliott | Ambassador | List |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | High Commission | Sarah Hulton | High Commissioner | List |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | Irfan Siddiq | Ambassador | List |
Sweden | Stockholm | Embassy | Judith Gough | Ambassador | List |
Switzerland | Bern | Embassy | Jane Owen | Ambassador | List |
Syria | Damascus | Embassy | Ambassador withdrawn – embassy closed | Ambassador | List |
Taiwan | Taipei | Office | John Dennis | Representative | List |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Embassy | Tim Jones | Ambassador | List |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | High Commission | David Concar | High Commissioner | List |
Thailand | Bangkok | Embassy | Mark Gooding | Ambassador | List |
Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | High Commissioner | Thorhilda Abbott-Watt | High Commissioner | List |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | High Commission | Harriet Cross | High Commissioner | List |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | Helen Winterton | Ambassador | List |
Turkey | Ankara | Embassy | Sir Dominick Chilcott | Ambassador | List |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Embassy | Lucia Wilde | Ambassador | List |
Uganda | Kampala | High Commission | Kate Airey | High Commissioner | List |
Ukraine | Kyiv | Embassy | Dame Melinda SimmonsMartin Harris | Ambassador | List |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Embassy | Patrick Moody | Ambassador | List |
United States of America | Washington D.C. | Embassy | Dame Karen Pierce | Ambassador | List |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | Faye O'Connor | Ambassador | List |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Embassy | Timothy Torlot | Ambassador | List |
Vanuatu | Port Vila | High Commission | Karen Bell | High Commissioner | List |
Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Venezuela is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Venezuela, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Venezuela. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. List of heads of mission
Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Venezuela
Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of VenezuelaMinister Resident and Consul-General to the United States of Venezuela
Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela
Minister Resident to the Republic of Venezuela
Minister Resident at Carácas
Minister Resident to the United States of Venezuela
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Venezuela
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Venezuela
References
External links
| Ambassador | List |
Vietnam | Hanoi | Embassy | Gareth Ward | Ambassador | List |
Yemen | Sana'a | Embassy | Michael Aron | Ambassador | List |
Zambia | Lusaka | High Commission | Nicholas Wooley | High Commissioner | List |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | Melanie Robinson | Ambassador | List |
[note a] No diplomatic relations with Taiwan; office functions as an unofficial mission.
[note b] In 2021 the UK government established a resident Ambassador in Chad based in the EU delegation office in N'Djamena[1]
[note b] In 2020 the UK government established a resident Ambassador in Niger based in the French Embassy compound in Niamey[2]
Non-resident heads of mission
The United Kingdom does not maintain a full embassy or High Commission in a number of countries. In each of these cases the head of mission to another country, usually a neighbouring one, is also accredited to the other country (except, at present, for the ambassadors to Haiti and Honduras, who are dedicated but non-resident). In most cases a smaller, local mission provides for emergencies, and is headed by a lesser diplomat or a member of the local British community.
In April 2018 the Foreign Secretary announced the opening of nine new diplomatic posts across the Commonwealth.[3] As a result, some countries which currently have non-resident High Commissioners are to receive resident High Commissioners. The expected dates of residence are noted below for those countries where an appointment has been announced.
Mission | Resident Country | Local Location | Local Mission | Non-Resident Head of mission | Local Position | List |
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Andorra | Spain | None | N/A | Hugh Elliott | Ambassador | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Barbados | St John's | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
Benin | Nigeria | None | N/A | Catriona Laing | Ambassador | |
Burkina Faso | Ghana | Ouagadougou | Honorary Consul | Iain Walker | Ambassador | |
Burundi | Rwanda | Bujumbura | Liaison Office | Omar Daair | Ambassador | |
Cape Verde | Senegal | São Vicente | Consul | Juliette John | Ambassador | |
Central African Republic | Cameroon | None | N/A | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | |
Comoros | Madagascar | Moroni | N/A | David Ashley | Ambassador | |
Republic of the Congo | Democratic Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | Honorary Consul | Emily Maltman | Ambassador | |
Djibouti | Ethiopia | Djibouti City | Honorary Consul | Alastair McPhailDarren Welch | Ambassador | |
Dominica | Barbados | Roseau | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
East Timor | Indonesia | Jakarta | Honorary Consul | Dominic Jermey[4] | Ambassador | |
Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon | Malabo | Honorary Consul | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | |
Gabon | Cameroon | Libreville | Honorary Consul | Rowan Laxton | Ambassador | |
Grenada | Barbados | St George's | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | Bissau | Honorary Consul | Juliette John | Ambassador | |
Haiti | Dominican Republic | Port-au-Prince | Consul |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Dominican Republic is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Dominican Republic. From 1999 to 2015 the holder was also ambassador to the Republic of Haiti.[5] In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.[6] In 2015 Sharon Isabel Campbell was appointed as dedicated ambassador to Haiti, but still to be non-resident, since she is married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Christopher John Campbell.[7] In 2019, Mockbul Ali was appointed as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.[8] List of heads of missionChargé d’Affaires
Minister Plenipotentiary
Chargé d’Affaires
Minister Resident And Consul
Minister Resident And Consul (later Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary)
Envoy extraordinary And Minister Plenipotentiary
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary
References
External links
| Ambassador | List |
Honduras | Guatemala | Tegucigalpa | Honorary Consul | Thomas Carter | Ambassador | List |
Kiribati | Fiji | None | N/A | Brian Jones | High Commissioner | |
Liechtenstein | Switzerland | None | N/A | Jane Owen | Ambassador | |
Maldives | Sri Lanka | Malé | Honorary Consul | Sarah Hulton | High Commissioner | |
Marshall Islands | Fiji | None | N/A | Brian Jones | Ambassador | |
Federated States of Micronesia | Fiji | None | N/A | Brian Jones | Ambassador | |
Monaco | France | Monaco | Honorary Consulate | Dame Menna Rawlings | Ambassador | |
Nauru | Solomon Islands | None | N/A | Thomas Coward | High Commissioner | |
Nicaragua | Costa Rica | Managua | Embassy | Ross Denny | Ambassador | List |
Palau | Philippines | None | N/A | Laure Beaufils | Ambassador | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Barbados | Basseterre | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
Saint Lucia | Barbados | Castries | High Commission | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Barbados | Kingstown | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
San Marino | Italy | Rome | Consulate-General | Edward Llewellyn, Baron Llewellyn of Steep | Ambassador | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Angola | São Tomé | Consulate | Roger Stringer | Ambassador | |
Suriname | Guyana | Paramaribo | Consulate | Greg Quinn | Ambassador | |
Togo | Ghana | None | N/A | Iain Walker | Ambassador | |
Tuvalu | Fiji | None | N/A | Brian Jones | High Commissioner |
Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories
Mission | Location | Type | Head of mission | Position | List | Notes |
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Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Consulate-General | Consul-General | List | Functions held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (before 1968 Colonial Office), British Council and British Trade Commission prior to 1997 | |
Jerusalem | East Jerusalem | Consulate-General | Philip Hall | Consul-General | List | Mission to the occupied Palestinian territories |
Macau | Macau | Honorary Consulate | Glenn McCartney | Honorary Consul | Full consular services for Macau are provided via the Consulate in Hong Kong and the Consul-General to Hong Kong is the official diplomat for Macau |