List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia

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High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
Ailsa Terry.jpg
Incumbent
Ailsa Terry
since August 2023
Style Her Excellency
Seat Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Inaugural holder Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head
Formation1963
Website www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-kuala-lumpur

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Malaysia is the head of United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the High Commission of the United Kingdom, Kuala Lumpur.

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Prior to its separation and independence from the British Empire in 1957, Malaya was ruled by governors also termed "high commissioners".

List of heads of mission

High commissioner to Malaya

High commissioners to Malaysia

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Colin Mackie. "Malaysia" (PDF). BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 FCO (2 February 2006). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia" . Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ↑ FCO (6 April 2010). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (25 June 2014). "Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia".
  5. ↑ Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 November 2018). "Change of British High Commissioner to Malaysia in April 2019".
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