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Mr Jonathan Hargreaves has been appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo in succession to Mr Nicholas Abbott, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Hargreaves will […]

Ms Lisa Bandari has been appointed Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic in succession to Mr Chris Sainty. Ms Bandari takes up her appointment in Jan […]

Mr Richard Porter has been appointed Ambassador to Bolivia in succession to Mr Jeff Glekin, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Porter will take up his […]

Mr Timothy Smart has been appointed Ambassador to Uzbekistan in succession to Mr Timothy Torlot, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Smart will take up his appointment […]

Mr Alastair Long has been appointed Ambassador to Bahrain in succession to Mr Roderick Drummond who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Long will take up his […]

Mr Michael Nithavrianakis has been appointed Ambassador to Somalia in succession to Ms Kate Foster, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Nithavrianakis will take up his […]

Mr Nic Bowler has been appointed Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic in succession to Mr Charles Garrett. Mr Bowler will take up his appointment during June 2023. Mrs Harriet King […]

Ms Fern Horine has been appointed Ambassador to Moldova in succession to Mr Steven Fisher, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Horine will take up her […]

Ms Alyson King has been appointed Ambassador to the Congo in succession to Ms Emily Maltman, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms King will take up […]

Ms Katy Ransome has been appointed Ambassador to Mali in succession to Mr Barry Lowen, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Ransome will take up her […]

Ms Sarah Tiffin has been appointed the Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta in succession to Mr Jon Lambe who will be transferring to another […]

Diplomatic appointment Mr Giles Portman has been appointed Ambassador to Romania in succession to Mr Andrew Noble. He will take up his appointment during October […]

Ms Jill Morris has been appointed Ambassador to Turkey in succession to Sir Dominick Chilcott who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms Morris will take up her appointment […]

Mr Matt Field has been appointed Ambassador to the Czech Republic in succession to Mr Nick Archer and will take up his appointment during January […]

Mr Hamish Cowell has been appointed Ambassador to Lebanon in succession to Dr Ian Collard, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Cowell will take up his […]

Professor Dame Lesley Regan has been appointed the first women's health ambassador for England. Prof Regan, a former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, will oversee implementation […]

Mr Matthew Lawson has been appointed Ambassador to North Macedonia in succession to Ms Rachel Galloway, and will take up his appointment during July […]

Ms Juliette John has been appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in succession to Ms Victoria Billing. Ms John will take […]

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, who has died aged 84, became the first female US Secretary of State in 1997, serving under Bill Clinton after a somewhat chequered four years as US ambassador […]

Lord Llewellyn of Steep has been appointed as Ambassador to Italy and Non-Resident Ambassador to San Marino, in succession to Ms Jill Morris, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic […]

Dr Brian Jones has been appointed High Commissioner to Fiji, non-resident High Commissioner to Tuvalu, and non-resident Ambassador to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, in succession […]

Ms Lucia Wilde has been appointed Ambassador to Turkmenistan in succession to Mr Hugh Philpott, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms Wilde will take up her appointment […]

Ms Caroline Hurndall has been appointed Ambassador to Libya in succession to Mr Nicholas Hopton and will take up her appointment during September […]

Mr Pete Vowles has been appointed Ambassador to Myanmar in succession to Mr Dan Chugg, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment, and will take up his appointment […]

Mr Colin James Crooks has been appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in succession to Mr Simon Smith, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Crooks will […]

Mr Bill Murray has been appointed Ambassador to Oman in succession to Mr Hamish Cowell, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Murray will take up his […]

Unemployment levels are worryingly high, a recession is looming, yet thousands of millennials - dubbed the YOLO (you only live once) generation - are on the cusp of quitting their […]

Mr Simon Shercliff has been appointed Ambassador to Iran in succession to Mr Rob Macaire, and will take up his appointment during August […]

Ms Jane Miller has been appointed High Commissioner to Guyana and Non-Resident Ambassador to Suriname in succession to Mr Greg Quinn, who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms […]

Mrs Menna Rawlings has been appointed Ambassador to France in succession to Lord Llewellyn of Steep, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mrs Rawlings will take up […]

Mr Giles Lever has been appointed Ambassador to Sudan in succession to Mr Irfan Siddiq, who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment, and will take up his appointment during […]

Mr Mark Matthews has been appointed Ambassador to Chad, as the UK establishes a new resident Embassy in N'Djamena. He will succeed the current, non-resident Ambassador, Mr Rowan Laxton, and […]

Dr Ian Collard has been appointed Ambassador to Lebanon and will take up his appointment during the summer of 2021. Ms Harriet Thompson has been appointed High Commissioner to Ghana […]

Mr Timothy Aidan Marschall Jones has been appointed Ambassador to Tajikistan in succession to Mr Matthew Lawson who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Jones will take […]

Sir George Hollingbery has been appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, in succession to Dr Antony Stokes, and will take up his appointment in early 2022. Ms Susannah […]

Ms Lindsay Skoll has been appointed Ambassador to Austria and United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna in succession to Mr Leigh Turner, who will be retiring […]

Ms Kate Foster has been appointed Ambassador to Somalia in succession to Mr Ben Fender, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Foster will take up her […]

Mr John Gallagher has been appointed Ambassador to Armenia and will take up his appointment during March 2021. Ms Kathy Leach has been appointed Ambassador to Kazakhstan in succession to […]

Ms Julia Longbottom has been appointed Ambassador to Japan in succession to Mr Paul Madden, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Ms Longbottom will take up her appointment […]

Mr Ross Allen has been appointed Ambassador to Estonia in succession to Mrs Theresa Bubbear, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Allen will take up his […]

Dr Bryony Mathew has been appointed Ambassador to Iceland in succession to Mr Michael Nevin, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Dr Mathew will take up her […]

Ms Catherine Brooker has been appointed Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire in succession to Ms Josephine Gauld, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Brooker will take up […]

Ms Belinda Lewis has been appointed Ambassador to Kuwait in succession to Mr Michael Davenport, and will take up her appointment during April […]

Mrs Theresa Bernice Bubbea r has been appointed Ambassador to Finland in succession to Mr Thomas Erik Dodd, and will take up her appointment during July 2021. Mrs Louise de […]

Mr David Ashley has been appointed Ambassador to Madagascar and Non-Resident Ambassador to Comoros in succession to Dr Phil Boyle. Mr Ashley will take up his appointment during December 2020. […]