The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Slovakia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Slovak Republic.
Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. From then until 1994 David Brighty, who had been British ambassador to Czechoslovakia, continued as both ambassador to the new Czech Republic and also non-resident ambassador to Slovakia. In 1994 David Brighty was replaced and Michael Bates, who had been chargé d'affaires in Bratislava, became the first resident Ambassador to Slovakia.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors to Czechoslovakia
Name | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | British monarch | Czechoslovak president |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sir George Clerk | 1919 | 1926 | George V | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Sir James Macleay | 1926 | 1930 | ||
Sir Joseph Addison | 1930 | 1936 | ||
Sir Charles Bentinck | 1936 | 1937 | George VI | Edvard Beneš |
Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart | 21 July 1940 | 1941 | ||
Frank Roberts (Chargé d'affaires) | 18 July 1941 | 1941 | ||
Sir Philip Nichols | 27 October 1941 | 1947 | ||
Sir Pierson Dixon | 1948 | 1950 | Klement Gottwald | |
Sir Philip Broadmead | 1950 | 1953 | ||
Sir Derwent Kermode | 1953 | 1955 | Elizabeth II | Antonín Zápotocký |
Sir Clinton Pelham | 5 May 1955 | 1957 | ||
Sir Paul Grey | 28 June 1957 | 1960 | Antonín Novotný | |
Sir Cecil Parrott | 1960 | 1966 | ||
Sir William Barker | 1966 | 1968 | ||
Sir Howard Smith | 1968 | 1971 | Ludvík Svoboda | |
Ronald Scrivener | 1971 | 1974 | ||
Edward Willan | 1974 | 1977 | Ludvík Svoboda→ Gustáv Husák | |
Peter Male | 1977 | 1980 | Gustáv Husák | |
John Rich | 1980 | 1985 | ||
Sir Stephen Barrett | 1985 | 1988 | ||
Laurence O'Keeffe | 1988 | 1991 | Gustáv Husák→ Václav Havel | |
David Brighty | 1991 | 1993 | Václav Havel |
Ambassadors to Slovakia
- 1993–1994: David Brighty
- 1994–1995: Michael Bates
- 1995–1998: Peter Harborne
- 1998–2001: David Lyscom
- 2001–2003: Ric Todd
- 2003–2007: Judith Macgregor
- 2007–2010: Michael Roberts
- 2011 Jan-Aug: Dominic Schroeder chargé d'affaires
- 2011–2013: Susannah Montgomery
- 2013–2014: Gill Fraser chargé d'affaires
- 2014–2020: Andrew Garth
- 2020: Nigel Baker
References
- British Foreign Office Political Correspondence page xxvii
- "NICHOLS, Sir Philip Bouverie Bowyer". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- "RICH, John Rowland". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 18 October 2008.; "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
- BRIGHTY, (Anthony) David, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.
- BATES, Michael Charles, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- HARBORNE, Peter Gale, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- LYSCOM, David Edward, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- TODD, Damian Roderic, (Ric), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- MACGREGOR, Judith Anne, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- ROBERTS, Michael John Wyn, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- SCHROEDER, Dominic Sebastian, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 Jan 2013
- Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 9 June 2011
- Gill Fraser, gov.uk
- Mr Andrew Garth, British Ambassador to Slovakia, gov.uk
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Slovakia: August 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links
- UK and Slovakia, gov.uk