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 organizations. 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 organization 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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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 | John Gallagher | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | Canberra | High Commission | Victoria Treadell | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Austria | Vienna | Embassy | Lindsay Skoll | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | Baku | Embassy | Fergus Auld | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bahamas | Nassau | High Commission | Thomas Hartley | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | Manama | Embassy | Alastair Long | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | Dhaka | High Commission | Sarah Cooke | 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 | Nicole Davison | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | Richard Porter | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | Embassy | Julian Reilly | 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 | Pete Vowles | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Embassy | Dominic Williams | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | Yaoundé | High Commission | Barry Lowen | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada | Ottawa | High Commission | Susannah Goshko | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chad | N'Djamena | Embassy Office[note b] | Jon Dean | Ambassador | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chile | Santiago | Embassy | Louise De Sousa | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
China | Beijing | Embassy | Dame Caroline Wilson | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | Colin Martin-Reynolds | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | Embassy | Emily Maltman | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | San José | Embassy | Ben Lyster-Binns | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | Abidjan | Embassy | Catherine Brooker | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Croatia | Zagreb | Embassy | Simon Thomas | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cuba | Havana | Embassy | Sir George Hollingbery | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyprus | Nicosia | High Commission | Irfan Siddiq | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | Prague | Embassy | Matt Field | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | Copenhagen | Embassy | Emma Hopkins | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Embassy | Mockbul Ali | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Haiti | 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 | Darren Welch | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
European Union | Brussels | Embassy | Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby CMG | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabon | Libreville | High Commission | Simon Day | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Gambia | Banjul | High Commission | David Belgrove | High Commissioner | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | Tbilisi | Embassy | Mark Clayton | Ambassador | List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | Berlin | Embassy |
The British ambassador to Germany is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Germany. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. HistoryOn German unification in 1871 the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia/North German Confederation in Berlin became the ambassador to the new German Empire. During the partition of Germany following World War II the Ambassador to the new Federal Republic (or West Germany) resided in Bonn, the capital, from 1952. Berlin once more became the capital at reunification in 1990 and the ambassador returned to Berlin in a new Embassy building, on the exact site of its predecessor in the Wilhelmstrasse, in 2000. This article also includes the following predecessors:
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High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia | |
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Incumbent since August 2023Ailsa Terry | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Seat | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Inaugural holder | Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head |
Formation | 1963 |
Website | www |
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Malaysia is the head of United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the High Commission of the United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur.
Prior to its separation and independence from the British Empire in 1957, Malaya was ruled by governors also termed "high commissioners".
List of heads of mission
High commissioner to Malaya
- 1957–1963: Sir Geofroy Tory KCMG[1]
High commissioners to Malaysia
- 1963–1966: Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head GCMG CBE MC [1]
- 1966–1971: Sir Michael Walker GCMG [1]
- 1971–1974: Sir John Johnston GCMG KCVO [1]
- 1974–1977: Sir Eric Norris KCMG [1]
- 1977–1981: Sir Donald Hawley KCMG MBE [1]
- 1981–1983: Sir William Bentley KCMG [1]
- 1983–1986: Lord Gillmore GCMG[1]
- 1986–1992: Sir Nicholas Spreckley CMG [1]
- 1992–1994: Duncan Slater CMG [1]
- 1994–1998: Sir David Moss KCVO CMG [1]
- 1998–2001: Sir Graham Fry KCMG [1]
- 2001–2006: Bruce Cleghorn CMG [1][2]
- 2006–2010: Boyd McCleary CMG CVO [1][2]
- 2010–2014: Simon Featherstone CMG[1][3]
- 2014-2019: Victoria Treadell CMG MVO [4]
- 2019–2023: Charles Hay MVO [5]
- 2023–present[update]: Ailsa Terry CMG
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Colin Mackie. "Malaysia" (PDF). BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ a b FCO (2 February 2006). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia". Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ FCO (6 April 2010). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (25 June 2014). "Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia".
- ^ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 November 2018). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia in April 2019".
External links
- UK and Malaysia, gov.uk
[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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Afghanistan | Qatar | None | N/A | Hugo Shorter | Chargé d'Affaires | List |
Andorra | Spain | None | N/A | Hugh ElliottSir Alex Ellis | 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 | Harriet Thompson | 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 | Barry Lowen | 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 | Darren Welch | Ambassador | |
Dominica | Barbados | Roseau | Honorary Consul | Scott Furssedonn-Wood | High Commissioner | |
East Timor | Indonesia | Jakarta | Honorary Consul | Dominic Jermey | Ambassador | |
Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon | Malabo | Honorary Consul | Barry Lowen | 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 | Mockbul Ali | 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 | James Squire | 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 | |
Sudan | Ethiopia | None | N/A | Giles Lever | Ambassador | |
Suriname | Guyana | Paramaribo | Consulate | Jane Miller | Ambassador | |
Togo | Ghana | None | N/A | Harriet Thompson | 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 | Brian Davidson | 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 |
Heads of mission to international organisations
Mission | Location | Head of mission | Position | List |
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African Union | Addis Ababa | Darren Welch | Ambassador to Ethiopia also accredited as Permanent Representative | List |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations | Jakarta | Sarah Tiffin | Ambassador | |
Conference on Disarmament | Geneva | Aidan Liddle | Permanent Representative | List |
Council of Europe | Strasbourg | Sandy Moss | Permanent Representative | List |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Brussels | David Quarrey | Permanent Representative | List |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Paris | Christopher Sharrock | Permanent Representative | List |
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | The Hague | Joanna Roper | Ambassador to the Netherlands also accredited as Permanent Representative | List |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | Vienna | Neil Bush | Head of Delegation | List |
United Nations in Geneva | Geneva | Simon Manley | Permanent Representative | List |
United Nations in New York | New York City | Dame Barbara Woodward | Permanent Representative | List |
United Nations agencies in Rome | Rome | Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths | Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations agencies in Rome | |
United Nations in Vienna | Vienna | Lindsay Skoll | Ambassador to Austria also accredited as Permanent Representative | List |