List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Montenegro

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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Montenegro is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Montenegro and head of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in Podgorica.

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The principality (and later Kingdom) of Montenegro was independent from 1878 to 1918, during which there was a British Minister Resident at Cetinje, the royal capital.

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the republics of Serbia and Montenegro together established a federation as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). In 2003 the FRY was reconstituted as a state union officially known as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The British Ambassador to Serbia was also accredited to Montenegro. The union was dissolved in June 2006 when Serbia and Montenegro declared themselves independent countries, and a British embassy was then established in Podgorica.

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References

  1. 1 2 Foreign & Commonwealth Office (23 November 2009). "Country Profile – Montenegro". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010.
  2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. "Catherine (Kate) Knight-Sands - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. President of the Parliament of Montenegro Mr Ranko Krivokapić to receive in a farewell visit the Ambassador of the United Kingdom H.E. Ms Catherine Knight-Sands Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , The Parliament of Montenegro, 6 September 2013
  4. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 15 November 2012
  5. Ian Whitting, UK Ambassador-designate to Montenegro, meets Montenegrin Ambassador + Military Representative to NATO, UK Delegation, NATO, 3 September 2013
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  7. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Montenegro in August 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Montenegro" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 8 June 2023.