List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Qatar

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Qatar is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the State of Qatar, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Doha.

Heads of Mission

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1971–1973: Edward Henderson ^[1]
• 1973–1974: Douglas Gordon ^[2]
• 1974–1978: David Crawford ^[3]
• 1978–1981: Colin Brant ^[4]
• 1981–1984: Stephen Day ^[5]
• 1984–1987: Julian Walker ^[6]
• 1987–1990: Patrick Nixon ^[7]
• 1990–1993: Sir Graham Boyce ^[8]
• 1993–1997: Patrick Wogan ^[9]
• 1997–2002: David Wright ^[10]
• 2002–2005: David MacLennan ^[11]
• 2005–2007: Simon Collis ^[12]

Chargé d'affaires

• 2007–2008: Roderick Drummond ^[13]

Ambassador

• 2008–2012: John Hawkins ^[14]
• 2012–2013: Michael O'Neill ^[15]
• 2013–2015: Nicholas Hopton ^[16]
• 2015–2020: Ajay Sharma ^{[17] [18]}
• 2020–2024: Jonathan Wilks CMG ^[19]
• 2024–present ^[update] : Neerav Patel ^[20]

References

1. "No. 45588". The London Gazette . 1 February 1972. p. 1282.
2. "No. 46216". The London Gazette . 22 February 1974. p. 2410.
3. "No. 46451". The London Gazette . 2 January 1975. p. 64.
4. "No. 47476". The London Gazette . 28 February 1978. p. 2598.
5. "No. 48754". The London Gazette . 5 October 1981. p. 12581.
6. "WALKER, Julian Fortay". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
7. "NIXON, Patrick Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
8. "BOYCE, Sir Graham (Hugh)". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
9. "WOGAN, Patrick Francis Michael". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
10. "WRIGHT, David Alan". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
11. "MacLENNAN, David Ross". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
12. "COLLIS, Simon Paul". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
13. Arrival of Roddy Drummond, new Head of Mission, British Embassy Doha via UK Government Web Archive snapshot taken 4 November 2007
14. "HAWKINS, John Mark". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
15. Michael O'Neill – Biography on gov.uk
16. Nicholas Hopton – Biography on gov.uk
17. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Qatar, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 2 October 2015
18. FM meets new UK, Canada envoys, The Peninsula, Qatar, 13 November 2015
19. "British Embassy Doha".
20. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Qatar: Neerav Patel". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

External links

• UK and Qatar, gov.uk