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The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tanzania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Republic of Tanzania, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tanzania.

As the United Kingdom and Tanzania are both members of the Commonwealth of Nations, they exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors.

Tanzania was formed in 1964 by the union of the Republic of Tanganyika, formerly a British colony, which had gained independence in 1961, and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba, which had gained independence in December 1963. The People's Republic of Zanzibar had been created the previous year during a revolution in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which 1890–1963 was a semi-independent Protectorate of the United Kingdom.

The high commissioner to Tanzania is also the UK representative to the East African Community.

List of heads of mission

Agent and Consul-General to the Sultanate of Zanzibar

• 1902–1904: Sir Charles Eliot (while he was Commissioner for the British East Africa Protectorate (later Kenya))

High Commissioner to Tanganyika

• 1961–1963: Sir Neil Pritchard

High commissioners to the United Republic of Tanzania

• 1964–1965: Robert Fowler
• 1965–1968:   Diplomatic relations severed due to situation with Rhodesia
• 1968–1972: Horace Phillips
• 1972–1974: Arthur Kellas
• 1975–1978: Mervyn Brown
• 1978–1982: Peter Moon
• 1982–1985: John Sankey
• 1986–1989: Colin Imray
• 1989–1992: Thorold Masefield
• 1992–1995: Roger Westbrook
• 1995–1998: Alan Montgomery
• 1998–2001: Bruce Dinwiddy
• 2001–2003: Richard Clarke
• 2003–2006: Andrew Pocock
• 2006–2009: Philip Parham
• 2009–2013: Diane Corner
• 2013–2016: Dianna Melrose
• 2016-2020 Sarah Cooke,
• 2020–present: David Concar

References

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4. "PHILLIPS, Sir Horace (Hyman)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
5. "KELLAS, Arthur Roy Handasyde". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
6. "BROWN, Sir Mervyn". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
7. "MOON, Sir Peter (James Scott)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
8. "SANKEY, John Anthony". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
9. "IMRAY, Sir Colin (Henry)". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
10. "MASEFIELD, (John) Thorold". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
11. "WESTBROOK, Roger". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
12. "MONTGOMERY, Alan Everard". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
13. "DINWIDDY, Bruce Harry". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
14. "CLARKE, Richard Ian". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
15. "POCOCK, Dr Andrew John". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
16. "PARHAM, Philip John". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
17. "CORNER, Diane Louise". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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21. "Change of British High Commissioner to Tanzania: August 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

External links

• UK and Tanzania, gov.uk

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