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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

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Mission Location Type Head of mission Position List
 Albania Tirana Embassy Nick Abbott Ambassador List
 Algeria Algiers Embassy James Downer Ambassador List
 Angola Luanda Embassy Bharat Joshi 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 Tom 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 David Ward Chargé d’Affaires List
 Belgium Brussels Embassy Anne Sherriff Ambassador List
 Belize Belmopan High Commission Christine Rowlands (Acting)[2] High Commissioner List
 Bolivia La Paz Embassy Richard Porter Ambassador List
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Embassy Julian Reilly Ambassador List
 Botswana Gaborone High Commission Giles Enticknap MBE High Commissioner List
 Brazil Brasília Embassy Stephanie Al-Qaq Ambassador List
 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission Alexandra McKenzie High Commissioner List
 Bulgaria Sofia Embassy Nathaniel Copsey Ambassador List
 Burma Yangon Embassy Pete Vowles Ambassador List
 Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy Dominic Williams Ambassador List
 Cameroon Yaoundé High Commission Matt Woods High Commissioner List
 Canada Ottawa High Commission David Prodger Chargé d’Affaires List
 Chad N'Djamena Embassy Office[note b] Ross Matthews[3] Ambassador
 Chile Santiago Embassy Louise De Sousa Ambassador List
 China Beijing Embassy Dame Caroline Wilson Ambassador List
 Colombia Bogotá Embassy George Hodgson Ambassador List
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Embassy Alyson King 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 Michael Tatham High Commissioner List
 Czech Republic Prague Embassy Matt Field Ambassador List
 Denmark Copenhagen Embassy Joëlle Jenny Ambassador List
 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Embassy Carol van der Walt Ambassador List
 Ecuador Quito Embassy Chris Campbell Ambassador List
 Egypt Cairo Embassy Gareth Bayley Ambassador List
 El Salvador San Salvador Embassy Nick Whittingham Chargé d'Affaires List
 Eritrea Asmara Embassy David McIlroy Ambassador List
 Estonia Tallinn Embassy Ross Allen Ambassador List
 Eswatini Mbabane High Commission Colin Wells[4] 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 Gareth Ward Ambassador List
 Germany Berlin Embassy Andrew Mitchell Ambassador List
 Ghana Accra High Commission Harriet Thompson High Commissioner List
 Greece Athens Embassy Matthew Lodge Ambassador List
 Guatemala Guatemala City Embassy Nick Whittingham Ambassador List
 Guinea Conakry Embassy John Marshall Ambassador List
 Guyana Georgetown High Commission Jane Miller High Commissioner List
 Haiti Port-au-Prince Embassy Guy Janes Deputy Head of Mission 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 Lindy Cameron High Commissioner List
 Indonesia Jakarta Embassy Dominic Jermey Ambassador List
 Iran Tehran Embassy Hugo Shorter Ambassador List
 Iraq Baghdad Embassy Stephen Hitchen 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 Philip Hall Ambassador List
 Kazakhstan Almaty Embassy Kathy Leach Ambassador List
 Kenya Nairobi High Commission Neil Wigan High Commissioner List
 Kosovo Pristina Embassy Jonathan Hargreaves 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 Neil Bradley Ambassador List
 Libya Tripoli Embassy Martin Longden Ambassador List
 Lithuania Vilnius Embassy Brian Olley Ambassador List
 Luxembourg Luxembourg Embassy Fleur Thomas Ambassador List
 Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy Patrick Lynch Ambassador List
 Malawi Lilongwe High Commission Fiona Ritchie (diplomat) High Commissioner List
 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur High Commission Ailsa Terry High Commissioner List
 Mali Bamako Embassy Angus McKee Ambassador List
 Malta Valletta High Commission Cathy Ward High Commissioner List
 Mauritania Nouakchott Embassy Colin Wells Ambassador List
 Mauritius Port Louis High Commission Charlotte Pierre High Commissioner List
 Mexico Mexico City Embassy Susannah Goshko Ambassador List
 Moldova Chişinău Embassy Steven Fisher Fern Horine Ambassador List
 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy Fiona Blyth Ambassador List
 Montenegro Podgorica Embassy Dawn McKen 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 Robert Fenn Ambassador List
 Netherlands The Hague Embassy 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 David Ellis Ambassador List
 North Macedonia Skopje Embassy Rachel Galloway Ambassador List
 Norway Oslo Embassy Jan Thompson Ambassador List
 Oman Muscat Embassy Dr. Liane Saunders OBE Ambassador List
 Pakistan Islamabad High Commission Jane Marriott High Commissioner List
 Panama Panama City Embassy James Dauris 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 Lisa Bandari Ambassador List
 Qatar Doha Embassy Neerav Patel Ambassador List
 Romania Bucharest Embassy Giles Portman Ambassador List
 Russia Moscow Embassy Nigel Casey Ambassador List
 Rwanda Kigali High Commission Omar Daair High Commissioner List
 Samoa Apia High Commission Gareth Keith Hoar, CVO 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 Jeff Glekin 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 Nigel Baker Ambassador List
 Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy Tiffany Sadler Ambassador List
 Solomon Islands Honiara High Commission Paul Turner High Commissioner List
 Somalia Mogadishu Embassy Michael Nithavrianakis Ambassador List
 South Africa Pretoria High Commission Antony Phillipson High Commissioner List
 South Korea Seoul Embassy Colin Crooks Ambassador List
 South Sudan Juba Embassy David Ashley Ambassador List
 Spain Madrid Embassy Sir Alex Ellis Ambassador List
 Sri Lanka Colombo High Commission Sarah Hulton High Commissioner List
 Sweden Stockholm Embassy Samantha Job Ambassador List
  Switzerland Bern Embassy James Squire 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 Philip Malone High Commissioner List
 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain High Commission Harriet Cross (diplomat) High Commissioner List
 Tunisia Tunis Embassy Roderick Drummond Ambassador List
 Turkey Ankara Embassy Jill Morris Ambassador List
 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Embassy Lucia Wilde Ambassador List
 Uganda Kampala High Commission Kate Airey High Commissioner List
 Ukraine Kyiv Embassy Martin Harris Ambassador List
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy Edward Hobart 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 Smart Ambassador List
 Vanuatu Port Vila High Commission Karen Bell High Commissioner List
 Venezuela Caracas Embassy Colin Dick Ambassador List
 Vietnam Hanoi Embassy Iain Frew Ambassador List
 Yemen Sana'a Embassy Richard Oppenheim Ambassador List
 Zambia Lusaka High Commission Rebecca Terzeon High Commissioner List
 Zimbabwe Harare Embassy Peter Vowles 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[5]

[note b] In 2020 the UK government established a resident Ambassador in Niger based in the French Embassy compound in Niamey[6]

Non-resident heads of mission

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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.[7] 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
 Afghanistan Qatar None N/A Robert Chatterton Dickson Chargé d'Affaires ad Interim List
 Andorra Spain None N/A Sir Alex Ellis Ambassador
 Antigua and Barbuda Barbados St John's Honorary Consul Scott Furssedonn-Wood High Commissioner
 Benin Ghana None N/A Harriet Thompson 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 Matt Woods Ambassador
 Comoros Madagascar Moroni N/A Patrick Lynch Ambassador
 Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Brazzaville Honorary Consul Alyson King 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 Matt Woods 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 Paul Turner 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 Bharat Joshi 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

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Mission Location Type Head of mission Position List Notes
 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 Helen Winterton 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

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Mission Location Head of mission Position List
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 Sir 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
World Trade Organization
International Organization for Migration
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Labour Organization
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nigel Farage? How does the UK appoint ambassadors?". BBC News. 22 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Christine Rowlands, MVO". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Ross Matthews". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Colin Wells". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Chad: Mark Matthews". FCDO. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ^ "UK to open new embassies in Chad and Niger". FCDO. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Foreign Secretary expands UK Commonwealth diplomatic network". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 19 April 2018.
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