The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Cameroon is the head of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in Cameroon.
In 1960 the French colony of Cameroon became independent as the Republic of Cameroun. The southern part of British Cameroons merged with it in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. The country was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972 and the Republic of Cameroon in 1984. Cameroon joined the British Commonwealth in 1995: before then the British head of mission was an Ambassador, but now that Cameroon is in the Commonwealth the head of mission is a High Commissioner.
British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Cameroon have also been non-resident ambassadors to the Central African Republic from 1966 until 1970 and from 1982; to the Republic of Chad from 1966 until 1970 and from 1990; to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea from 1969; and to the Gabonese Republic from 1966 until 1978 and from 1995. In 2018 the UK government opened a new office in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, "to support diplomatic, development and defence efforts" but the ambassador is still non-resident (in Cameroon) and the new office does not provide consular assistance.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors
- 1960–1961: Patrick Johnston
- 1961–1963: Cecil King
- 1963–1966: Edward Warner
- 1966–1969: Alan Edden
- 1970–1972: Anthony Golds
- 1972–1975: Edward Given
- 1975–1979: Albert Saunders
- 1981–1984: Bryan Sparrow
- 1984–1987: James Glaze
- 1987–1991: Martin Reith
- 1991–1995: William Quantrill
High Commissioners
- 1995–1998: Nicholas McCarthy
- 1998–2002: Peter Boon
- 2002–2006: Richard Wildash
- 2006–2009: Syd Maddicott
- 2009–2013: Bharat Joshi
- 2013–2017: Brian Olley
- 2017–2021: Rowan Laxton
- 2021–2023: Christian Dennys-McClure
- 2023–2024: Barry Lowen
- 2024–present: Matt Woods
References
- "New UK mission opens in Chad". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 March 2018.
- The London Gazette, 5 April 1960
- The London Gazette, 21 November 1961
- The London Gazette, 4 June 1963
- The London Gazette, 16 December 1966
- The London Gazette, 3 July 1970
- The London Gazette, 8 August 1972
- The London Gazette, 30 September 1975
- The London Gazette, 5 October 1981
- GLAZE, Michael John Carlisle, (James), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 6 Jan 2013]
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- McCARTHY, Nicholas Melvyn, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 6 Jan 2013
- BOON, (George) Peter (Richard), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 6 Jan 2013
- WILDASH, Richard James, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 6 Jan 2013
- MADDICOTT, David Sydney, (Syd), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 6 Jan 2013
- Bharat Joshi, gov.uk
- Brian Olley, gov.uk
- "Change of British High Commissioner to Cameroon". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 26 May 2017.
- "Change of British High Commissioner to Cameroon". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 4 March 2021.
- "British High Commission Yaounde". Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
- "Matt Woods". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
External links
- UK and Cameroon, gov.uk
