Nicholas Hopton

Biography

Nicholas Hopton was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2017 to 2018. Prior to this he was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Qatar from 2013 to 2015.

Mr Hopton joined the FCO in 1989 and has also served as Ambassador to Yemen and at the British Embassies in Paris, Rome and Rabat. He has worked on national security issues in the Cabinet Office, led the International Organisations Department in the FCO and was Private Secretary to the Minister for Europe.