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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Iraq is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Iraq, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Iraq. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioner for Iraq (and Commander-in-Chief, from 1922)

• 1920–1923: Sir Percy Cox
• 1923–1929: Sir Henry Dobbs
• 1929: Sir Gilbert Clayton
• 1929–1932: Sir Francis Humphrys

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Iraq

• 1932–1935: Sir Francis Humphrys
• 1935–1937: Sir Archibald Clark Kerr
• 1937–1939: Sir Maurice Peterson
• 1939–1941: Sir Basil Newton
• 1941–1945: Sir Kinahan Cornwallis
• 1945–1948: Sir Hugh Stonehewer-Bird
• 1948–1951: Sir Henry Mack
• 1951–1954: Sir John Troutbeck
• 1954–1958: Sir Michael Wright

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq

• 1958–1961: Sir Humphrey Trevelyan
• 1961–1965: Sir Roger Allen
• 1965–1967: Sir Richard Beaumont
• 1967–1968: Break in diplomatic relations due to the Six-Day War
• 1968–1969: Trefor Evans
• 1969–1971: Glencairn Balfour Paul
• 1971–1974: Break in diplomatic relations following Iran's seizure of the Tunb islands
• 1974–1977: John Graham
• 1977–1980: Alexander Stirling
• 1980–1982: Stephen Egerton
• 1982–1985: Sir John Moberly
• 1985–1989: Terence Clark
• 1990–1991: Sir Harold Walker
• 1991–2004: Break in diplomatic relations following the First Gulf War
• 2004–2005: Edward Chaplin
• 2005–2006: William Patey
• 2006–2007: Dominic Asquith
• 2007–2009: Christopher Prentice
• 2009–2011: John Jenkins
• 2011–2012: Michael Aron
• 2012–2014: Simon Paul Collis
• 2014–2017: Frank Baker
• 2017–2019: Jonathan Wilks
• 2019–2021: Stephen Hickey
• 2021–2023: Mark Bryson-Richardson
• 2023–present: Stephen Hitchen

References

1. "No. 32583". The London Gazette. 20 January 1922. p. 550.
2. "No. 32865". The London Gazette. 25 September 1923. p. 6425.
3. "No. 33485". The London Gazette. 12 April 1929. p. 2434.
4. "No. 33556". The London Gazette. 29 November 1929. p. 7780.
5. MACK, Sir (William) Henry (Bradshaw), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012
6. TROUTBECK, Sir John Monro, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012
7. WRIGHT, Sir Michael (Robert), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012
8. "No. 43803". The London Gazette. 29 October 1965. p. 10076.
9. "Sir Richard Beaumont". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
10. "No. 44622". The London Gazette. 27 June 1968. p. 7173.
11. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 29 August 2014.
12. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 26 July 2017.
13. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq: Mark Bryson-Richardson". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
14. "Change of His Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq: Stephen Hitchen". GOV.UK. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

See also

• British-Iraqi relations

External links

• Iraq and the UK , gov.uk

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