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.

Flag used by British embassies
The Union Flag, used by high commissions
Flag used by British consulates and consulates-general

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 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 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 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 Giles Enticknap MBE High Commissioner List
  Brazil Brasilia 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 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 Joëlle Jenny 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 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
  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 Simon Shercliff 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 City Embassy Fleur Thomas Ambassador List
  Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy David Ashley 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 Katy Ransome 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 Jon Benjamin 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 Thomas Coward 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 Guy Warrington 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 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 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 Nicholas Wooley 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[2]

[note b] In 2020 the UK government established a resident Ambassador in Niger based in the French Embassy compound in Niamey[3]

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.[4] 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 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

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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 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

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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 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. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Chad: Mark Matthews". FCDO. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "UK to open new embassies in Chad and Niger". FCDO. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Foreign Secretary expands UK Commonwealth diplomatic network". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 19 April 2018.