The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Libya is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Libya, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
As of 4 August 2014 the British Embassy in Tripoli suspended operations due to renewed civil war in Libya. The ambassador and staff operate from Tunisia for the time being.[1]
In September 2021, Caroline Hurndall MBE became the first female British Ambassador to Tripoli, replacing Nicholas (Nick) Hopton.
Consul-General in Tripoli
- 1 April 1894: Thomas Sampson Jago[2]
Ambassadors
- 1952–1954: Alec Kirkbride
- 1955–1959: Walter Graham[3]
- 1959–1961: Derek Riches[4]
- 1962–1963: Andrew Stewart[5]
- 1964–1969: Roderick Sarell[6]
- 1969–1970: Donald Maitland[7]
- 1970–1974: Peter Tripp[8]
- 1974–1976: Donald Murray[9]
- 1977–1980: Anthony Williams
- 1980–1983: Michael Edes[10]
- 1984: Oliver Miles
Diplomatic relations were broken over the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Britain and Libya resumed diplomatic relations in July 1999.[11]
- 1999–2002: Richard Dalton[12]
- 2002–2006: Anthony Layden[13]
- 2006–2010: Vincent Fean[14]
- 2010–2011: Richard Northern[15]
From March to October 2011 the British Embassy in Tripoli was closed due to the Libyan Civil War.
- 2011 Oct–Nov: Sir John Jenkins[16]
- 2011–2012: Sir Dominic Asquith
- 2013–2015: Michael Aron[17]
- 2015–2018: Peter Millett[18]
- 2018–2019: Frank Baker[19]
- 2019–2019: Martin Reynolds[20][21]
- 2019–2021 Nicholas Hopton[22][23]
- 2021-present: Caroline Hurndall
References
- ↑ Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya, The Guardian, London, 2 August 2014
- ↑ "No. 26500". The London Gazette. 3 April 1894. p. 1882.
- ↑ "GRAHAM, Walter Gerald Cloete". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "RICHES, Sir Derek (Martin Hurry)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "STEWART, Andrew Charles". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "Sir Roderick Sarell obituary". Daily Telegraph. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "MAITLAND, Sir Donald (James Dundas)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "TRIPP, (John) Peter". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "MURRAY, Sir Donald (Frederick)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "EDES, (John) Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "British-Libyan Relations". Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "DALTON, Sir Richard (John)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "LAYDEN, Anthony Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "British Ambassador to Libya". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ↑ "Our Ambassador". Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, press release, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 17 October 2011
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 14 January 2013
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 10 April 2015
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 8 February 2018.
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 4 April 2019.
- ↑ "Martin Reynolds". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ↑ Hopton, Nicholas (9 October 2019). "A letter to all Libyans | Foreign Office Blogs". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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