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The United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York covers a wide range of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's objectives from the peaceful settlements of disputes to protecting the environment, from respect for human rights to promoting sustainable...
Richard is His Majesty’s Consul General in Houston, and has been in this role since June 2019. As Consul General, he has overall responsibility for leading the UK’s engagement in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico....
Ben Lyster-Binns is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica and His Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua. Ben joined the Diplomatic Service in 1989 and has carried out a variety of roles in London, most...
British Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal from 26 April 2013 to 2015 Secondment to the European Union as Deputy Head of the EULEX Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo from October 2010 Her Majesty’s Ambassador, Republic of...
Eastern Region, Judge Wayte heard on : 17 September 2019
Aidan Liddle, UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He was appointed Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in July 2018. He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 2003 (now...
Nick Cannon was the British Ambassador to Albania from March 2012 to July 2016. Before that he was British High Commissioner Kigali and Non Resident Ambassador to Burundi from 2008 to 2011. Roles March 2012 British Ambassador Tirana January 2008...
The speech of the British Ambassador to Uzbekistan delivered at the Embassy's annual press conference in Tashkent on 23 January 2015.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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Alastair Morgan was the British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from December 2015 until December 2018. Alastair served as Consul-General, British Consulate-General Guangzhou, from 2010 to 2014, having previously held the post of Commercial Counsellor and Director...
Nick Whittingham, British Ambassador to Guatemala, highlighted the opportunities arising from the new government’s economic plans at a briefing in the Guatemalan Central Bank.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Mr Michael Davenport was most recently Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. Before this he was EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, and British Ambassador to Serbia. His first foreign posting as a British...
Sir Peter Westmacott, KCMG, LVO was British Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 until January 2016. It was his second posting in Washington, having previously served as the British Embassy’s Counsellor for Political and Public Affairs in the...
Dominic Schroeder was UK Ambassador to Denmark from 2016 to 2020. Previously, he was Ambassador and Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Vienna. Dominic joined the FCO in 1988 and...
From May 2021 to August 2023 David was the UK Government’s Regional Climate (COP26) and Energy Ambassador for Europe and Central Asia. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2023 to move to the private sector. David joined the...
Sharon Isabel Campbell arrived in the Dominican Republic on 23 October 2015 to take up her post as Her Majesty’s Ambassador (non-Resident) to the Republic of Haiti until 27 August 2020. She presented her credentials to President Michel Joseph Martelly...
Tina Redshaw became the first female British Ambassador to Cambodia in July 2018. Prior to taking up her role in Cambodia, she spent 18 months learning the Khmer language. Tina has extensive experience in Asia, having served twice in the...
Meetings between UK ambassador and Belgian government November to February 2015.
Ross Denny has been Ambassador to Costa Rica since 9 October 2015. He was born in Southampton, England, in 1955. In 1972 he joined the Royal Navy, where he served until 1979 before entering the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office....
John Casson was the British Ambassador to Egypt from August 2014 until August 2018. Previously he was the Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Private Secretary from 2010 to 2014. He received a CMG in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. His...
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