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.
Resident heads of mission
Mission Location Type Head of mission Position List Tirana Embassy Ambassador List Algiers Embassy Ambassador List Luanda Embassy Ambassador List Buenos Aires Embassy Ambassador List Yerevan Embassy Ambassador List Canberra High Commission High Commissioner List Vienna Embassy Ambassador List Baku Embassy Ambassador List Nassau High Commission High Commissioner List Manama Embassy Ambassador List Dhaka High Commission High Commissioner List Bridgetown High Commission High Commissioner List Minsk Embassy Chargé d'Affaires List Brussels Embassy Ambassador List Belmopan High Commission High Commissioner List La Paz Embassy Ambassador List Sarajevo Embassy Ambassador List Gaborone High Commission High Commissioner List Brasília Embassy Stephanie Al-Qaq Ambassador List Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission High Commissioner List Sofia Embassy Ambassador List Phnom Penh Embassy Ambassador List Yaoundé High Commission High Commissioner List Ottawa High Commission Rob Tinline High Commissioner List N'Djamena Embassy Office Helena Owen Ambassador Santiago Embassy Ambassador List Beijing Embassy Ambassador List Bogotá Embassy Ambassador List Kinshasa Embassy Ambassador List San José Embassy Ambassador List Zagreb Embassy Ambassador List Havana Embassy Ambassador List Nicosia High Commission High Commissioner List Prague Embassy Ambassador List Copenhagen Embassy Ambassador List Djibouti City Embassy Ambassador Santo Domingo Embassy Ambassador List Quito Embassy Ambassador List Cairo Embassy Ambassador List San Salvador Embassy Chargé d'Affaires List Asmara Embassy Ambassador List Tallinn Embassy Ambassador List Mbabane High Commission Colin Wells High Commissioner Addis Ababa Embassy Ambassador List Suva High Commission High Commissioner List Helsinki Embassy Laura Davies Ambassador List Paris Embassy Ambassador List Libreville High Commission High Commissioner List Banjul High Commission Harriet King High Commissioner List Tbilisi Embassy Ambassador List Berlin Embassy Ambassador List Accra High Commission High Commissioner List Athens Embassy Ambassador List Guatemala City Embassy Ambassador List Conakry Embassy Ambassador List Georgetown High Commission High Commissioner List Port-au-Prince Embassy Deputy Head of Mission List Vatican City Embassy Ambassador List Budapest Embassy Ambassador List Reykjavík Embassy Ambassador List New Delhi High Commission High Commissioner List Jakarta Embassy Ambassador List Tehran Embassy Ambassador List Baghdad Embassy Ambassador List Dublin Embassy Kara Owen Ambassador List Tel Aviv Embassy Ambassador List Rome Embassy Ambassador List Abidjan Embassy Ambassador List Kingston High Commission High Commissioner List Tokyo Embassy Ambassador List Amman Embassy Ambassador List Almaty Embassy Ambassador List Nairobi High Commission High Commissioner List Pristina Embassy Ambassador List Kuwait City Embassy Ambassador List Bishkek Embassy Ambassador List Vientiane Embassy Mel Barlow Ambassador List Riga Embassy Ambassador List Beirut Embassy Ambassador List Maseru High Commission High Commissioner List Monrovia Embassy Ambassador List Tripoli Embassy Ambassador List Vilnius Embassy Liz Boyles Ambassador List Luxembourg Embassy Ambassador List Antananarivo Embassy Ambassador List Lilongwe High Commission High Commissioner List Kuala Lumpur High Commission High Commissioner List Bamako Embassy Ambassador List Valletta High Commission High Commissioner List Nouakchott Embassy Guy Harrison Ambassador List Port Louis High Commission High Commissioner List Mexico City Embassy Ambassador List Chişinău Embassy Fern Horine Ambassador List Ulaanbaatar Embassy Fiona Blyth Ambassador List Podgorica Embassy Ambassador List Rabat Embassy Ambassador List Maputo High Commission High Commissioner List Yangon Embassy Ambassador List Windhoek High Commission High Commissioner List Kathmandu Embassy Ambassador List The Hague Embassy Ambassador List Wellington High Commission High Commissioner List Niamey Embassy Catherine Inglehearn Ambassador Abuja High Commission Richard Montgomery High Commissioner List Pyongyang Embassy Ambassador List Skopje Embassy Matthew Lawson Ambassador List Oslo Embassy Ambassador List Muscat Embassy Dr Liane Saunders Ambassador List Islamabad High Commission High Commissioner List Panama City Embassy Ambassador List Port Moresby High Commission High Commissioner List Asunción Embassy Ambassador List Lima Embassy Su-Lin Garbett-Shiels Ambassador List Manila Embassy Sarah Hulton Ambassador List Warsaw Embassy Dame Melinda Simmons Ambassador List Lisbon Embassy Ambassador List Doha Embassy Ambassador List Bucharest Embassy Ambassador List Moscow Embassy Ambassador List Kigali High Commission Alison Thorpe High Commissioner List Apia High Commission High Commissioner List Riyadh Embassy Ambassador List Dakar Embassy Ambassador List Belgrade Embassy Ambassador List Victoria High Commission High Commissioner List Freetown High Commission Josephine Gauld High Commissioner List Singapore High Commission Nikesh Mehta High Commissioner List Bratislava Embassy Ambassador List Ljubljana Embassy Victoria Harrison Ambassador List Honiara High Commission High Commissioner List Mogadishu Embassy Ambassador List Pretoria High Commission High Commissioner List Seoul Embassy Ambassador List Juba Embassy Ambassador List Madrid Embassy Ambassador List Colombo High Commission High Commissioner List Stockholm Embassy Ambassador List Bern Embassy Ambassador List Taipei Office Ruth Bradley-Jones Representative List Dushanbe Embassy Katherine Smitton Ambassador List Dar es Salaam High Commission Marianne Young High Commissioner List Bangkok Embassy Mark Gooding Ambassador List Nukuʻalofa High Commissioner High Commissioner List Port of Spain High Commission Jon Dean High Commissioner List Tunis Embassy Ambassador List Ankara Embassy Ambassador List Ashgabat Embassy Stephen Conlon Ambassador List Kampala High Commission Lisa Chesney High Commissioner List Kyiv Embassy Neil Crompton Ambassador List Abu Dhabi Embassy Ambassador List Washington, D.C. Embassy Ambassador List Montevideo Embassy Ambassador List Tashkent Embassy Ambassador List Port Vila High Commission High Commissioner List Caracas Embassy Colin Dick Ambassador List Hanoi Embassy Ambassador List Sanaa Embassy Abda Sharif Ambassador List Lusaka High Commission High Commissioner List Harare Embassy Ambassador List
Non-resident heads of mission 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. 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 ListQatarNoneN/ARobert DicksonChargé d'Affaires ad InterimList Spain None N/A Ambassador Barbados St John's Honorary Consul High Commissioner Ghana None N/A Ambassador Ghana Ouagadougou Honorary Consul Ambassador Rwanda Bujumbura Liaison Office Ambassador Senegal São Vicente Consul Ambassador Democratic Republic of the Congo None N/A Ambassador Madagascar Moroni N/A Ambassador Democratic Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Honorary Consul Ambassador Barbados Roseau Honorary Consul High Commissioner Indonesia Jakarta Honorary Consul Ambassador Cameroon Malabo Honorary Consul Ambassador Barbados St George's Honorary Consul High Commissioner Senegal Bissau Honorary Consul Ambassador Dominican Republic Port-au-Prince Consul Guy Jaynes Deputy Head of Mission List Guatemala Tegucigalpa Honorary Consul Juliana Correa Ambassador List Fiji None N/A High Commissioner Switzerland None N/A Ambassador Sri Lanka Malé Honorary Consul High Commissioner Fiji None N/A Ambassador Fiji None N/A Ambassador France Monaco Honorary Consulate Ambassador Solomon Islands None N/A High Commissioner Costa Rica Managua Embassy Ben Lyster-Binns Ambassador List Philippines None N/A Laure Beaufils Ambassador Barbados Basseterre Honorary Consul High Commissioner Barbados Castries High Commission High Commissioner Barbados Kingstown Honorary Consul High Commissioner Italy Rome Consulate-General Ambassador Angola São Tomé Consulate Ambassador EthiopiaNoneN/AGiles LeverAmbassador Guyana Paramaribo Consulate Ambassador Ivory Coast None N/A Ambassador Fiji None N/A High Commissioner
Heads of mission to non-sovereign territories
Mission Location Type Head of mission Position List Notes 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 Consul-General List Mission to the occupied Palestinian territories 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 Mission Location Head of mission Position List African Union Addis Ababa Ambassador to Ethiopia also accredited as Permanent Representative List Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jakarta Ambassador List Conference on Disarmament Geneva David Riley Permanent Representative List Council of Europe Strasbourg Permanent Representative ListBrusselsAmbassadorList North Atlantic Treaty Organization Brussels Angus Lapsley Permanent Representative List Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Paris Permanent Representative List Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Hague Ambassador to the Netherlands also accredited as Permanent Representative List Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Vienna Head of Delegation List United Nations in Geneva Geneva Kumar Iyer 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 James Kariuki Permanent Representative List United Nations agencies in RomeRomeEvelyn Ashton-GriffithsAmbassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations agencies in Rome United Nations in Vienna Vienna Ambassador to Austria also accredited as Permanent Representative List
See also List of ambassadors and high commissioners to the United Kingdom
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