The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Libya is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Libya, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
As of 4 August 2014[update] the British Embassy in Tripoli suspended operations due to renewed civil war in Libya. The ambassador and staff operate from Tunisia for the time being.[1]
In September 2021, Caroline Hurndall MBE became the first female British Ambassador to Tripoli, replacing Nicholas (Nick) Hopton.
Consul-General in Tripoli
edit- 1677–1685: Thomas Baker[2]
- 1 April 1894: Thomas Sampson Jago[3]
Ambassadors
edit- 1952–1954: Alec Kirkbride
- 1955–1959: Walter Graham[4]
- 1959–1961: Derek Riches[5]
- 1962–1963: Andrew Stewart[6]
- 1964–1969: Roderick Sarell[7]
- 1969–1970: Donald Maitland[8]
- 1970–1974: Peter Tripp[9]
- 1974–1976: Donald Murray[10]
- 1977–1980: Anthony Williams
- 1980–1983: Michael Edes[11]
- 1984: Oliver Miles
Diplomatic relations were broken over the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Britain and Libya resumed diplomatic relations in July 1999.[12]
- 1999–2002: Richard Dalton[13]
- 2002–2006: Anthony Layden[14]
- 2006–2010: Vincent Fean[15]
- 2010–2011: Richard Northern[16]
From March to October 2011 the British Embassy in Tripoli was closed due to the Libyan Civil War.
- 2011 Oct–Nov: Sir John Jenkins[17]
- 2011–2012: Sir Dominic Asquith
- 2013–2015: Michael Aron[18]
- 2015–2018: Peter Millett[19]
- 2018–2019: Frank Baker[20]
- 2019–2019: Martin Reynolds[21][22]
- 2019–2021 Nicholas Hopton[23][24]
- 2021–2023: Caroline Hurndall[25]
- 2023–present[update]: Martin Longden[26]
References
edit- ^ Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya, The Guardian, London, 2 August 2014
- ^ Dyer, Mark; Baker, Thomas; Pennell, C.R. (1990). "Piracy and Diplomacy in Seventeenth-Century North Africa: The Journal of Thomas Baker, English Consul in Tripoli, 1677-1685". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23 (2): 330. doi:10.2307/219356.
- ^ "No. 26500". The London Gazette. 3 April 1894. p. 1882.
- ^ "GRAHAM, Walter Gerald Cloete". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "RICHES, Sir Derek (Martin Hurry)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "STEWART, Andrew Charles". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "Sir Roderick Sarell obituary". Daily Telegraph. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "MAITLAND, Sir Donald (James Dundas)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "TRIPP, (John) Peter". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "MURRAY, Sir Donald (Frederick)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "EDES, (John) Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "British-Libyan Relations". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "DALTON, Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "LAYDEN, Anthony Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "British Ambassador to Libya". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ "Our Ambassador". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, press release, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 17 October 2011
- ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 14 January 2013
- ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 10 April 2015
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Martin Reynolds". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Hopton, Nicholas (9 October 2019). "A letter to all Libyans | Foreign Office Blogs". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya: Caroline Hurndall MBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Libya: Martin Longden". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.