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Mark Rakestraw was the Acting Consul General in St Petersburg from May to September 2017. Since October 2014, he has been Director of Corporate Services and Her Majesty’s Consul General at the British Embassy in Moscow. He occupied both roles...
David Lelliott was appointed Her Majesty´s Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador in August 2019. Prior to this, David was Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General at the British Embassy Khartoum. David is a career diplomat with over...
Ross Denny has been Ambassador to Costa Rica since 9 October 2015. He was born in Southampton, England, in 1955. In 1972 he joined the Royal Navy, where he served until 1979 before entering the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office....
Alison Blake was appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in March 2022. A career diplomat, Alison has considerable experience in South Asia and has helped shape British foreign...
Paul Morris was appointed Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul at the British Embassy in Yerevan in May 2022. Previously he was Deputy Head of the FCDO’s Consular EU Policy Network in London. He has served in various overseas...
Paul Madden became British Ambassador to Japan in January 2017. He was previously British High Commissioner to Australia (2011-15) and British High Commissioner to Singapore (2007-11). He was Additional Director for Asia Pacific at the FCO in 2015. A career...
The Acting British High Commissioner Steven Chandler arrived in Fiji on 16 January 2013. Born in 1968, Steven joined the Diplomatic Service in 1987. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bangkok before coming to Fiji....
Jonathan Dunn took up his position as British Consul-General, Rio de Janeiro in August 2014. Jonathan was born in Oxford and was educated at Abingdon School and the United World College of South East Asia (Singapore). He has a degree...
Mr Talwar has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and UK Representative to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). He joined the UK diplomatic service in 2003 and has had postings to New York, Geneva, Brussels,...
Documents and certificates available at the British Embassy Rabat, Morocco.
Ify joined the team in the British Embassy Tallinn in October 2021. She is a career diplomat, having joined the Diplomatic Service in 1995. During her career, Ify has served in a number of overseas posts, most recently as Deputy...
Sir Dominick Chilcott is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1982. He has served as: High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives (2006 to 2007) Deputy Ambassador to the United States (2008 to 2011) Ambassador...
Lord Ahmad was first appointed as Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations in June 2017. Lord Ahmad was Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the...
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South...
Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Patrick Reilly took up post as Deputy Head of Mission at the British High Commission in Wellington in January 2011. Patrick is a career diplomatic service officer. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1995 and worked on the...
Mr James Sharp was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan in September 2019. Curriculum Vitae Full name: James Lyall Sharp Married to: Sara el-Gammal Sharp Children: Two sons 2018 - 2019 FCO, Full-time Language training (Azerbaijani) 2017...
Peter Millett was the British Ambassador to Libya from July 2015 until January 2018. He has served in a number of positions in the British Diplomatic Service since joining in 1974: British Ambassador to Jordan (2011 to 2015), High Commissioner...
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