The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Paraguay is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Paraguay, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Asunción.
1842/43 George John Robert Gordon served as British envoy to Paraguay. Before 1941 the UK minister or ambassador to Argentina was also accredited to Paraguay. For ambassadors (etc.) before 1941, see List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina. The British Embassy in Argentina again covered Paraguay remotely from 2005 to 2013.
Heads of mission
Minister Resident
- 1941–1943: Daniel Brickell
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- 1943–1944: Daniel Brickell
- 1944–1945: Nigel Steward
- 1945–1949: John Fell
- 1949–1952: Ian Henderson
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 1952–1953: Ian Henderson
- 1953–1957: Joseph Robinson
- 1957–1959: John Wall
- 1959–1962: Horace Gates
- 1962–1968: Sir Leonard Scopes
- 1968–1972: Brian MacDermot
- 1972–1975: Henry Bartlett
- 1976–1979: Charles Wallace
- 1979–1984: Derrick Mellor
- 1984–1986: Bernard Coleman
- 1986–1989: John MacDonald
- 1989–1991: Terence Steggle
- 1991–1995: Michael Dibben
- 1995–1998: Graham Pirnie
- 1998–2001: Andrew George
- 2001–2005: Anthony Cantor
- 2005–2008: John Hughes (non-resident)
- 2008–2012: Shan Morgan (non-resident)
- 2012–2013: John Freeman (non-resident)
- 2013–2017: Jeremy Hobbs
- 2017–2020: Matthew Hedges
- 2020–present: Ramin Navai
References
- Pablo Max Insfrán: El Paraguay en 1842, Visto Por un Inglés
- The London Gazette, 23 May 1941
- The London Gazette, 3 March 1944
- The London Gazette, 1 September 1944
- The London Gazette, 9 April 1946
- The London Gazette, 30 August 1949
- The London Gazette, 8 August 1952
- The London Gazette, 28 July 1953
- The London Gazette, 5 July 1957
- The London Gazette, 22 January 1960
- The London Gazette, 13 November 1962
- The London Gazette, 24 May 1968
- The London Gazette, 5 August 1972
- The London Gazette, 13 May 1976
- The London Gazette, 3 January 1980
- Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 June 1986
- Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 June 1989
- STEGGLE, Terence Harry, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 10 April 2013
- DIBBEN, Michael Alan Charles, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 10 April 2013
- PIRNIE, Graham John Campbell, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 10 April 2013
- GEORGE, Andrew Neil , Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 10 April 2013
- CANTOR, Anthony John James, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 10 April 2013
- Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Paraguay – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 18 March 2013
- Friendship Day launches new era in Paraguay – UK relations – British Embassy Asunción, 30 July 2013
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Paraguay". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 16 February 2017.
- "Viceministro de RR.EE. recibió copias de Cartas Credenciales del Embajador del Reino Unido" (in Spanish). Asunción: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 23 August 2017.
External links
- UK and Paraguay, gov.uk
