List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Afghanistan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kabul. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
The Treaty of Rawalpindi of 1921 provided for the exchange of diplomatic representatives between the two countries. The British ministers in Kabul were members of the Indian Political Service, appointed by the Foreign Office.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• 1922–1929: Sir Francis Humphrys
• 1929–1935: Sir Richard Maconachie
• 1935–1941: Sir William Fraser-Tytler
• 1941–1943: Francis Wylie
• 1943–1948: Sir Giles Squire^[1]

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• 1948–1949: Sir Giles Squire^[2]
• 1949–1951: John Gardener^[3]
• 1951–1953: Eric Lingeman^[4]
• 1953–1957: Sir Daniel Lascelles^[5]
• 1957–1963: Sir Michael Gillett^[6]
• 1963–1965: Arthur de la Mare^[7]
• 1965–1968: Sir Gordon Whitteridge^[8]
• 1968–1972: Peers Carter^[9]
• 1972–1976: John Drinkall^[10]
• 1976–1979: Kenneth Crook^[11]
• 1979–1980: Norman Hillier-Fry^[12]
• 1981–1984: John Garner (chargé d'affaires – no ambassador after Russian invasion))
• 1984–1987: Charles Drace-Francis (chargé d'affaires)
• 1987–1989: Ian Mackley (chargé d'affaires)
• 1989–2000: No representation
• 2001–2002: Stephen Evans (chargé d'affaires)^[13]
• 2002–2003: Ronald Nash^[14]
• 2003–2006: Rosalind Marsden
• 2006–2007: Stephen Evans
• 2007–2009: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles
• 2009–2010: Mark Sedwill
• 2010–2012: Sir William Patey
• 2012–2015: Sir Richard Stagg^[15]
• 2015–2016: Karen Pierce^[16]
• 2016–present: Dominic Jermey^[17]

References

1. The London Gazette, 8 October 1943
2. The London Gazette, 7 September 1948
3. The London Gazette, 18 November 1949
4. The Diplomatic service list 1970 - Political Science, p. 136
5. "LASCELLES, Sir Daniel William". Who Was Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
6. The London Gazette, 11 October 1957
7. The London Gazette, 18 July 1963
8. The London Gazette, 3 December 1965
9. Peers Carter, obituary, Daily Telegraph, 26 February 2001
10. The London Gazette, 11 January 1973
11. CROOK, Kenneth Roy, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; accessed 22 July 2012
12. The London Gazette, 3 January 1980
13. Spotlight falls on Afghan expert, The Guardian, London, 20 November 2001
14. NASH, Ronald Peter, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 22 July 2012
15. UK in Afghanistan – Our Ambassador at the Wayback Machine (archived December 13, 2012)
16. Karen Pierce, gov.uk
17. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 31 December 2015

External links

• UK in Afghanistan, gov.uk