List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia

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

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The Republic of Macedonia, as it was then called, declared independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 but, due to a dispute over the country's name, member countries of the EC, including the UK, did not formally recognise the new country until 16 December 1993. The British embassy in Skopje was opened on that day. [1] The naming dispute was resolved in February 2019 when the country became the Republic of North Macedonia.

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  1. ↑ "Embassy history". British Embassy Skopje. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "MILLSON, Tony". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "DICKINSON, (Woodman) Mark (Lowes)". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "EDGAR, (Christopher) George". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "CHATTERTON DICKSON, Robert Maurice French". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  6. ↑ "Our Ambassador". UK in Macedonia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  7. ↑ "Our Ambassador > Career history". UK in Macedonia. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Change of British Ambassador to Macedonia". British Embassy Skopje. 29 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "President Ivanov receives credentials of new British, Saudi ambassadors". Macedonian Information Agency. 26 July 2018.
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