List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Libya
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Libya is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Libya, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
As of 4 August 2014[update] the British Embassy in Tripoli suspended operations due to renewed civil war in Libya. The ambassador and staff operate from Tunisia for the time being.[1]
Consul-General in Tripoli
- 1 April 1894: Thomas Sampson Jago[2]
Ambassadors
- 1952–1954: Alec Kirkbride
- 1955–1959: Walter Graham[3]
- 1959–1961: Derek Riches[4]
- 1962–1963: Andrew Stewart[5]
- 1964–1969: Roderick Sarell[6]
- 1969–1970: Donald Maitland[7]
- 1970–1974: Peter Tripp[8]
- 1974–1976: Donald Murray[9]
- 1977–1980: Anthony Williams
- 1980–1983: Michael Edes[10]
- 1984: Oliver Miles
Diplomatic relations were broken over the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Britain and Libya resumed diplomatic relations in July 1999.[11]
- 1999–2002: Richard Dalton[12]
- 2002–2006: Anthony Layden[13]
- 2006–2010: Vincent Fean[14]
- 2010–2011: Richard Northern[15]
From March to October 2011 the British Embassy in Tripoli was closed due to the Libyan Civil War.
- 2011 Oct–Nov: Sir John Jenkins[16]
- 2011–2012: Sir Dominic Asquith
- 2013–2015: Michael Aron[17]
- 2015–present[update]: Peter Millett[18]
References
- ↑ Britain to close embassy and withdraw staff from Libya, The Guardian, London, 2 August 2014
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26500. p. 1882. 3 April 1894.
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- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, press release, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 17 October 2011
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 14 January 2013
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 10 April 2015
