Dr Martin Longden CMG OBE
Biography
Dr Martin Longden was the British Ambassador to Libya from October 2023 to October 2025.
Prior to this appointment, Dr Martin was Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha from September 2021 to January 2022. Before that, he was interim Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Beirut from January to July 2021, Head of the Near East Department and then UK Special Envoy to Syria (2017 to 2020), and Deputy Ambassador in the British Embassy Kabul (2015 to 2016).
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Previous roles in government
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British Ambassador to Libya
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Chargé d'Affaires ad Interim, UK Mission to Afghanistan (in Doha, Qatar)
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British Ambassador to Lebanon
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Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Kabul