The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Burma is the United Kingdom's chief diplomatic representative in Burma, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission.
The government of Burma changed the name of the country to Myanmar on 18 June 1989, but the UK government has not recognised the change of name, hence the ambassador's official title is "His Majesty's Ambassador to Burma".
Ambassadors
- 1948–1950: James Bowker
- 1950–1953: Richard Speaight
- 1953–1956: Paul Gore-Booth
- 1956–1962: Sir Richard Allen
- 1962–1965: Sir Gordon Whitteridge
- 1965–1967: Leonard Wakely
- 1967–1970: Trafford Smith
- 1970–1974: Edward Willan
- 1974–1978: Terence O'Brien
- 1978–1982: Charles Booth
- 1982–1986: Sir Nicholas Fenn
- 1986–1990: Martin Morland
- 1990–1995: Julian Hartland-Swann
- 1995–1999: Robert Gordon
- 1999–2002: John Jenkins
- 2002–2006: Vicky Bowman
- 2006–2009: Mark Canning
- 2009–2013: Andrew Heyn
- 2013–2018: Andrew Patrick
- 2018–2021: Dan Chugg
- 2021–present: Pete Vowles
References
- ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Burma, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 13 June 2013
- The London Gazette, 16 April 1948
- The London Gazette, 1 December 1950
- The London Gazette, 18 December 1953
- The London Gazette, 22 January 1957
- The London Gazette, 11 January 1966
- The London Gazette, 19 December 1967
- The London Gazette, 1 January 1971
- The London Gazette, 1 October 1974
- Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 December 1978
- MORLAND, Martin Robert, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- HARTLAND-SWANN, Julian Dana Nimmo, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- GORDON, Robert Anthony Eagleson, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- JENKINS, Sir John, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- BOWMAN, Victoria Jane, (Vicky), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- "Change of Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Burma in May 2018". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 28 February 2018.
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Myanmar: Pete Vowles". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
External links
- UK and Burma, gov.uk
