List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Oman

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Her Majesty's Ambassador to Oman is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Oman, and is the head of Britain's diplomatic mission in Muscat.

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Until 1971 the British representative in Muscat was a Consul-General. Following the accession of Sultan Qaboos in 1970, the Sultan agreed that the Consulate-General should be raised to an embassy, and the first British Ambassador (and the first Ambassador of any country) to the Sultanate, Donald Hawley, presented his credentials to the Sultan on 22 July 1971. [1]

In June 2023, Dr. Liane Saunders OBE became the first female UK ambassador to hold that post following the retirement of William Murray. [2]

British Ambassadors to Oman

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References

  1. ↑ Worral, James, State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire, I.B. Tauris, 2013, pp.138-140
  2. 1 2 "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Oman: Liane Saunders". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 7 June 2023.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette, 21 September 1971
  4. ↑ The London Gazette, 6 May 1975
  5. ↑ The London Gazette, 24 July 1979
  6. ↑ Jamie Bowden, gov.uk
  7. ↑ Jonathan Wilks, gov.uk
  8. ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Oman". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "New British ambassador to Oman". Times of Oman. 27 August 2017.
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