List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Somalia

The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Federal Republic of Somalia.

On 25 April 2013, Britain re-opened its embassy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, with British First Secretary of State William Hague attending the opening ceremony. On 6 June 2013, the British authorities appointed Neil Wigan as the new British Ambassador to Somalia, succeeding Matt Baugh.

Ambassadors

• 1960–1961: Thomas Bromley
• 1961–1963: Lancelot Pyman
• 1963–1968: Diplomatic relations broken over the Northern Frontier District
• 1968–1970: Stephen Whitwell
• 1970–1973: James Bourn
• 1973–1976: John Shaw
• 1977–1980: Henry Brind
• 1980–1983: Michael Purcell
• 1983–1987: William Fullerton
• 1987–1989: Jeremy Varcoe
• 1989–1990: Ian McCluney
• 1991–2012: British Embassy in Mogadishu evacuated 6 January 1991 after collapse of Siad Barre administration and start of the civil war; relations maintained through the UK diplomatic office in Nairobi
• 2012–2013: Matt Baugh
• 2013–2015: Neil Wigan
• 2015–2016: Harriet Mathews
• 2017–2019: David Concar
• 2019–2021: Ben Fender

• 2021–2023: Kate Foster
• 2023-2025: Michael Nithavrianakis
• 2025–present: <onlyinclude>Charles King</onlyinclude>

References

External links

• UK and Somalia, gov.uk