List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates

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His Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
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Incumbent
Edward Hobart
since May 2023
Style
Appointer Charles III
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Martin Buckmaster
Deputy
  • Stephanie Al-Qaq (Deputy Head of Mission)
  • Andrew Jackson (British Consul General to Dubai)
Website United Arab Emirates and the UK

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in the UAE. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

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Before the UAE was granted independence from the United Kingdom in 1971, each of the Trucial States was home to its own political deputation from the United Kingdom, with its own Political Officer or Political Agent heading the deputation. Of these deputations and political representatives, the oldest and most important was to the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who was based in the city of Abu Dhabi, now the capital city of the UAE and the site of the modern British embassy.

The UK also maintains an embassy in Dubai, subordinate to the Abu Dhabi embassy, headed by a Consul General.

List of heads of mission

Political Officers in Abu Dhabi

Political Agents in Abu Dhabi

Ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

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