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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Syria was the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Syria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Damascus. The official title was His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic.

In February 2012 all diplomatic staff were withdrawn from the British Embassy in Damascus and its services were suspended. There is now no ambassador. The UK appoints a "Special Envoy to Syria"; the present incumbent is the head of the Near East Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London.

Heads of mission

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Syrian and Lebanese Republics

• 1942–1944: Edward Spears
• 1944–1946: Terence Shone

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Damascus

• 1947: Patrick Scrivener
• 1947–1950: Philip Broadmead
• 1950–1952: William Montagu-Pollock

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Syrian Arab Republic

• 1952–1953: William Montagu-Pollock
• 1953–1957: John Gardener
• 1958–1961: Syria joined with Egypt in the United Arab Republic
• 1962–1964: Thomas Bromley
• 1964–1967: Trefor Evans
• 1967–1973: Diplomatic relations broken off due to the Six-Day War
• 1973–1976: David Roberts
• 1976–1979: James Craig
• 1979–1981: Patrick Wright
• 1982–1984: Ivor Lucas
• 1984–1986: Roger Tomkys
• 1986–1991: Diplomatic relations broken off following the Hindawi affair
• 1991–1994: Andrew Green
• 1994–1996: Adrian Sindall
• 1996–2000: Basil Eastwood
• 2000–2003: Henry Hogger
• 2003–2006: Peter Ford
• 2006–2007: John Jenkins
• 2007–2012: Simon Collis
• 2012: Ambassador withdrawn – embassy closed

UK Special Envoy to Syria

• 2014: Jonathan Wilks (2012–2013: UK Special Envoy to the Syrian opposition)
• 2014–2017: Gareth Bayley
• 2017–2020: Martin Longden
• 2020–2023: Jonathan Hargreaves
• 2023–present: Ann Snow

References

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18. "Change of UK Special Envoy to Syria". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 23 October 2017.

External links

• Syria and the UK, gov.uk

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