List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Democratic Republic of Congo is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kinshasa.
From 1968 to 1987, and since 1991, the British ambassador to the DRC has also been non-resident ambassador to the neighbouring Republic of Congo.
List of heads of mission
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1960–1961: Ian Scott[1]
- 1961–1963: Derek Riches[2]
- 1963–1965: Michael Rose[3]
- 1965–1969: John Cotton[4]
- 1969–1971: Paul Wright[5]
- 1971–1974: Mark Allen[6]
- 1974–1977: Richard Stratton[7]
- 1977–1980: Alan Donald[8]
- 1980–1983: John Snodgrass[9]
- 1983–1984: Nicholas Bayne[10]
- 1985–1987: Patrick Eyers[11]
- 1987–1991: Robert Cormack[12]
- 1991–1992: Roger Westbrook[13]
- 1992–1996: No ambassador
- 1996–1998: Marcus Hope[14]
- 1998–2000: Douglas Scrafton[15]
- 2000–2004: James Atkinson[16]
- 2004–2007: Andrew Sparkes[17]
- 2007–2009: Nicholas Kay[18]
- 2010–2013: Neil Wigan[19]
- 2013–2014: Diane Corner[20][21]
- 2014–2015: Timothy Morris (temporary)[22]
- 2015–present: Graham Zebedee[23][24]
References
- ↑ "SCOTT, Sir Ian Dixon". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "RICHES, Sir Derek (Martin Hurry)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "ROSE, (Edward) Michael". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "COTTON, Sir John Richard". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "WRIGHT, Sir Paul (Hervé Giraud)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "ALLEN, Mark Echalaz". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "STRATTON, Sir Richard (James)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "DONALD, Sir Alan (Ewen)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "SNODGRASS, John Michael Owen". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "BAYNE, Sir Nicholas (Peter)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.; The London Gazette: no. 49583. p. 4. 31 December 1983. Retrieved 2013-01-7.
- ↑ "EYERS, Patrick Howard Caines". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "CORMACK, Robert Linklater Burke". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "WESTBROOK, Roger". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "HOPE, Marcus Laurence Hulbert". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "SCRAFTON, Douglas". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "ATKINSON, James Oswald". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "SPARKES, Andrew James". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "KAY, Nicholas Peter". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ↑ "Our Ambassador - Neil Wigan". British Embassy Kinshasa via archive.org. 2012-01-11. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ↑ "Court Circular 4 April 2013". The British Monarchy on Facebook. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Graham Zebedee, British Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo". gov.uk.
External links
- UK and Congo, gov.uk
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