List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Angola

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Angola is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Angola, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Luanda.

Since 1980 the British ambassador to Angola is also accredited to the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Ambassadors

• 1978–1981: Sir Hugh Campbell Byatt ^[1]
• 1981–1983: Sir Francis Kennedy ^[2]
• 1983–1985: Sir Marrack Goulding
• 1985–1987: Sir Patrick Fairweather ^[3]
• 1987–1990: James Glaze ^[4]
• 1990–1993: John Gerrard Flynn ^[5]
• 1993–1995: Anthony Richard Thomas ^[6]
• 1995–1998: Roger Dudley Hart ^[7]
• 1998–2002: Caroline Elmes ^[8]
• 2002–2005: John Thompson ^[9]
• 2005–2007: Ralph Publicover
• 2007–2009: Patricia Phillips ^[10]
• 2010–2014: Richard Wildash ^[11]
• 2014–2018: John Dennis ^{[12] [13]}
• 2018–2021: Jessica Hand ^[14]
• 2021–2024: Roger Stringer ^[15]
• 2024–present ^[update] : Bharat Joshi ^[16]

References

1. "No. 47743". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1979. p. 511.
2. "No. 48673". The London Gazette . 9 July 1981. p. 9091.
3. "FAIRWEATHER, Sir Patrick (Stanislaus)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
4. "GLAZE, Michael John Carlisle, (James)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
5. "FLYNN, John Gerrard". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
6. "THOMAS, (Anthony) Richard". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
7. "HART, Roger Dudley". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
8. "ELMES, Caroline Myfanwy Tonge". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
9. "THOMPSON, John". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
10. "PHILLIPS, Patricia Ruth". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
11. "British Ambassador to Angola". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
12. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Angola". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 19 September 2013.
13. "President accredits seven ambassadors". Angola Press News Agency. 20 February 2014.
14. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Angola". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 July 2017.
15. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Angola". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 1 July 2021.
16. {{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-angola-bharat-joshi

External links

• UK and Angola, gov.uk