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 head 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[edit]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[edit]
- 1960–1961: Ian Dixon 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]
- 2015–2017: Graham Zebedee[23][24]
- 2017–2020: John Murton[25][26]
- 2020–present: Emily Maltman[27]
References[edit]
- ^ "SCOTT, Sir Ian Dixon". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "RICHES, Sir Derek (Martin Hurry)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "ROSE, (Edward) Michael". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "COTTON, Sir John Richard". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "WRIGHT, Sir Paul (Hervé Giraud)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "ALLEN, Mark Echalaz". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "STRATTON, Sir Richard (James)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "DONALD, Sir Alan (Ewen)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "SNODGRASS, John Michael Owen". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "BAYNE, Sir Nicholas (Peter)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.; "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.
- ^ "EYERS, Patrick Howard Caines". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "CORMACK, Robert Linklater Burke". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "WESTBROOK, Roger". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "HOPE, Marcus Laurence Hulbert". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "SCRAFTON, Douglas". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "ATKINSON, James Oswald". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "SPARKES, Andrew James". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "KAY, Nicholas Peter". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Our Ambassador - Neil Wigan". 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Court Circular 4 April 2013". The British Monarchy on Facebook. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Congo". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Léonard She Okitundu reçoit les copies figurées de lettres de créance de quatre nouveaux ambassadeurs" [Léonard She Okitundu receives official copies of credentials from four new ambassadors] (in French). FAAPA. 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo - April 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links[edit]
- UK and Congo, gov.uk
