HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc784-9W
Keith Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ambassadors he has appointed since 1997; and if he will list them. [125522]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Since May 1997, the following heads of mission have been appointed:

Country Appointed
Afghanistan Dr. Rosalind Marsden (Due October 2003)
Ronald Nash LVO (May 2002)
Albania Richard Jones (Due October 2003)
Dr. David Landsman (July 2001)
Dr. Peter January (March 1999)
Stephen Nash (May 1998)
Algeria Graham Hand (July 2002)
Richard Edis, deceased (September 2001)
William Sin ton (July 1999)
Francois Gordon (November 1997)
Angola John Thompson MBE (February 2002)
Caroline Elms (September 1998)
Antigua and Barbuda John White (August 2001)
Gordon Baker (August 1998)
Argentina Sir Robin Christopher KBE, CMG (December 2000)
William Marsden (July 1997)
Armenia Thorhilda Abbott- Watt (December 2002)
Timothy Jones (November 1999)
Australia Sir Alastair Goodlad KCMG (May 1999)
Austria John Macgregor CVO (April 2003)
Antony Ford (September 2000)
Azerbaijan Dr. Lawrence Bristow (Due December 2003)
Andrew Tucker (November 2000)
Roger Thomas (July 1997)
The Bahamas Roderick Gemmell QBE (March 2003)
Peter Heigl (July 1999)
Bahrain Robin Lamb (Due August 2003)
Peter Ford (April 1999)
Bangladesh David Carter CVO (January 2000)
Barbados John White (August 2001)
Belarus Brian Bennett (March 2003)
Iain Kelly (April 1999)
Belgium Gavin Hewitt (February 2001)
Belize Philip Priestley (July 2001)
Timothy David (April 1998)
Bolivia William Sinton QBE (October 2001)
Graham Minter (August 1998)
Country Appointed
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ian Cliff OBE (October 2001)
Graham Hand (July 1998)
Botswana David Merry CMG (August 2001)
John Wilde (May 1998)
Brazil Sir Roger Bone KCMG (May 1999)
Brunei Andrew Caie (January 2002)
Stuart Laing (July 1998)
Bulgaria Ian Soutar (December 2001)
Richard Stagg (July 1998)
Burma Victoria Bowman (December 2002)
John Jenkins (April 1999)
Cambodia Stephen Bridges LVO (December 2000)
Christopher Edgar (July 1997)
Cameroon Richard Wildash LVO (June 2002)
George Boon (February 1998)
Canada David Reddaway CMG MBE (Due August 2003)
Sir Andrew Burns (July 2000)
Chile Richard Wilkinson CVO (Due August 2003)
Greg Faulkner (April 2000)
Dame Glynne Evans (June 1997)
China Sir Christopher Hum KCMG (March 2001)
Sir Anthony Galsworthy (May 1997)
Colombia Thomas Duggin (August 2001)
Jeremy Thorp (May 1998)
Congo (Democratic Republic) James Atkinson (May 2000)
Doug Scrafton (June 1998)
Costa Rica Georgina Butler (March 2002)
Peter Spicely (January 1999)
Alan Green (September 1997)
Cote d'lvoire Francois Gordon CMG (June 2001)
Haydon Warren-Gash (October 1997)
Croatia Colin Munro (August 1997)
Nicholas Jarrold (November 2000)
Cuba Paul Hare LVO (July 2001)
David Ridgway (July 1998)
Cyprus Lyn Parker (September 2001)
Edward Clay (March 1999)
Czech Republic Anne Pringle (November 2001)
David Broucher (October 1997)
Denmark Sir Nicholas Browne KBE CMG (Due August 2003)
Philip Astley (June 1999)
Dominica John White (August 2001)
Gordon Baker (March 1998)
Dominican Republic Andrew Ashcroft (July 2002)
David Ward (September 1998)
East Timor Hamish Daniel MBE (May 2,002)
Ecuador Richard Lewington (June 2003)
Ian Gerken (February 2000)
John Forbes-Meyler (June 1997)
Egypt Sir Derek Plumbly KCMG (Due September 2003)
John Sawers (September 2001)
Sir Graham Boyce (February 1999)
El Salvador Patrick Morgan (July 1999)
Eritrea Michael Murray (March 2002)
Myles Wickstead (November 2000)
Gordon Wetherell (September 1997)
Estonia Nigel Haywood (Due November 2003)
Sarah Squire (September 2000)
Timothy Craddock (September 1997)
Ethiopia Myles Wickstead (November 2000)
Gordon Wetherell (November 1997)
Fiji Charles Mochan (December 2002)
Michael Price (October 2000)
Michael Dibben (Decembr 1997)
Finland Mathew Kirk (July 2002)
Alyson Bailes (January 2001)
Gavin Hewitt (September 1997)
France Sir John Holmes KBE CVO CMG (October 2001)
The Gambia Eric Jenkinson (December 2002)
John Perrott (April 2000)
Tony Millson (March 1998)
Georgia Richard Jenkins (January 1998)
Deborah Barnes Jones (April 2001)
Germany Sir Peter Torry KCMG (May 2003)
Sir Paul Lever (December 1997)
Ghana Rod Pullen (October 2000)
Greece Sir David Madden KCMG (December 1998)
Grenada John White (August 2001)
Gordon Baker (March 1998)
Country Appointed
Guatemala Richard Lavers (October 2001)
Andrew Forbes (July 1998)
Guinea David Jones (May 2000)
Guyana Stephen Hiscock (August 2002)
Edward Glover (November 1998)
Holy See Kathryn Colvin (July 2002)
Mark Pellew (January 1998)
Honduras Kay Coombs (September 2002)
David Osborne (July 1998)
Hungary John Nichols (Due August 2003)
Nigel Thorpe (April 1998)
Iceland John Culver LVO (January 2001)
India Michael Arthur (Due October 2003)
Sir Rob Young (January 1999)
Indonesia Richard Gozney CMG (August 2000)
Iran Richard Dalton CMG (December 2002)
Sir Nicholas Browne (May 1999)
Ireland Stewart Eldon CMG QBE (April 2003)
Sir Ivor Roberts (February 1999)
Israel Simon McDonald (Due August 2003)
Sherard Cowper-Coles CMG LVO (September 2001)
Francis Cornish (September 1998)
Italy Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG (May 2003)
Sir John Shepherd (July 2000)
Jamaica Peter Mathers (July 2002)
Anthony Smith (March 1999)
Japan Sir Stephen Gomersall KCMG (May 1999)
Jordan Christopher Prentice (June 2002)
Edward Chaplin (May 2000)
Kazakhstan James Sharp (October 2002)
Richard Lewington (February 1999)
Kenya Edward Clay (December 2001)
Jeffrey James (July 1997)
Korea (North) David Slinn (November 2002)
Korea (South) Warwick Morris (Due November 2003)
Charles Humfrey (July 2000)
Kuwait Christopher Wilton (August 2002)
Richard Muir (December 1998)
Latvia Andrew Tesoriere (March 2002)
Stephen Nash (July 1999)
Lebanon Richard Kinchen (December 2000)
Lesotho Francis Martin (April 2002)
Kaye Oliver (December 1998)
Libya Anthony Layden (October 2002)
Richard Dalton (November 1999)
Lithuania Jeremy Hill (September 2001)
Luxembourg Gordon Wetherell (September 2000)
William Ehrman (September 1998)
Macedonia George Edgar (September 2001)
Madagascar Brian Donaldson (October 2002)
Charles Mochan (July 1999)
Malawi Norman Ling (September 2001)
George Finlyason (May 1998)
Malaysia Bruce Cleghorn (November 2001)
Graham Fry (June 1998)
Mali Alan Burner (August 2000)
Graeme Loten (October 2001)
Malta Vincent Fean (September 2002)
Howard Pearce (June 1999)
Mauritius David Snoxell (September 2000)
James Daly (May 1997)
Mexico Denise Holt CMG (June 2002)
Adrian Thorpe (October 1998)
Moldova Bernard Whiteside MBE (April 2002)
Richard Ralph (August 1999)
Mongolia Philip Rouse MBE (December 2001)
Kay Coombs (July 1999)
Morocco Haydon Warren-Gash (July 2002)
Anthony Layden (March 1999)
Mozambique Robert Dewar (August 2000)
Namibia Alasdair MacDermott (April 2002)
Brian Donaldson (January 1999)
Nepal Keith Bloomneld (June 2002)
Ronald Nash (March 1999)
Netherlands Sir Colin Budd KCMG (April 2001)
New Zealand Richard Fell (December 2001)
Martin Williams OBE (April 1998)
Nicaragua Timothy Brownbill (November 2002)
Harry Wiles (September 2000)
Roy Osborne (July 1997)
Nigeria Philip Thomas (March 2001)
Sir Graham Burton (May 1997)
Country Appointed
Norway Alison Leslie (September 2002)
Sir Richard Dales (July 1998)
Oman Stuart Laing (April 2002)
Sir Ivan Callan (February 1999)
Pakistan Mark Lyall Grant CMG (May 2003)
Sir Hilary Synnott (October 2000)
Sir David Dain (May 1997)
Panama James Malcolm OBE (March 2002)
Robert Davies (March 1999)
Papua New Guinea David Gordon-Macleod (Due November 2003)
Simon Scaddan (March 2000)
CharlesDrace-Francis (December 1997)
Paraguay Anthony Cantor (November 2001)
Andrew George (October 1998)
Peru Richard Ralph CMG CVO (May 2003)
Roger Hart (June 1999)
Philippines Paul Dimond (April 2002)
Alan Collins (December 1998)
Poland Charles Crawford CMG (Due November 2003)
The hon. Sir Michael Pakenham (January 2001)
John Macgregor (September 1998)
Portugal Dame Glynne Evans DBE CMG (September 2001)
Sir John Holmes (June 1999)
Qatar David MacLennan (June 2002)
David Wright (June1997)
Romania Quinton Quayle (November 2002)
Richard Ralph (August 1999)
Russia Sir Roderic Lyne KBE CMG (January 2000)
Rwanda Susan Hogwood MBE (July 2001)
Graeme Loten (May 1998)
Saudi Arabia Sherard Cowper-Coles CMG LVO (Due September 2003)
Derek Plumbly (June 2000)
Senegal Alan Burner (August 2000)
Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia) David Gowan (Due September 2003)
Charles Crawford CMG (January 2001)
Brian Donnelly (November 1997)
Seychelles Fraser Wilson (May 2002)
John Yapp (November 1997)
Sierra Leone Dr. John Mitchiner (Due August 2003)
David Jones (May 2000)
Peter Penfold (March 1997)
Singapore Alan Collins CMG (December 2002)
Sir Stephen Brown (March 2001)
Alan Hunt (August 1997)
Slovakia Roderic Todd (November 2001)
David Lyscom (October 1998)
Slovenia Hugh Mortimer LVO (January 2001)
Solomon Islands Brian Baldwin (May 2001)
Alan Waters (September 1998)
South Africa Ann Grant (October 2001)
Spain Stephen Wright CMG (May 2003)
Peter Torry (September 1998)

Country Appointed
UK Mission to the UN (New York) Sir Emyr Jones Parry KCMG (Due July 2003)
Sir Jeremy Greenstock (August 1998)
UK Mission to the UN and other international organisations (Geneva) Nicholas Thorne CMG (Due Autumn 2003)
Simon Fuller CMG (January 2000)
Roderic Lyne (May 1997)
UK Mission to the UN (Vienna) Peter Jenkins (August 2001)
UK Permanent Representation to the Conference on Disarmament (Geneva) David Broucher (October 2001)
Ian Soutar (August 1997)
UK delegation to the OSCE (Vienna) Colin Munro (Due November 2003)
John de Fonblanque (June 1999)
UK delegation to NATO (Brussels) Peter Ricketts CMG (Due July 2003)
Sir Emyr Jones Parry (September 2001)
Sir David Manning (December 2000)
UK delegation to the WEU (Brussels) Peter Gooderham (Due August 2003)
David Richmond (March 2000)
UK delegation to the OECD (Paris) David Lyscom (Due January 2004)
Christopher Crabbie (June 1999)
UK Permanent Representative to the EU (Brussels) John Grant CMG (Due August 2003)
Sir Nigel Sheinwald KCMG (August 2000)

Country Appointed
Sri Lanka Stephen Evans QBE (July 2002)
Linda Duffield (January 1999)
Sudan William Patey (Sepember 2002)
Richard Makepeace (July 1999)
Swaziland David Reader (September 2001)
Neil Hook (October 1999)
Sweden Anthony Cary (Due August 2003)
John Grant CMG (April 1999)
Switzerland Simon Featherstone (Due March 2004)
Basil Eastwood (August 2001)
Syria Peter Ford (Due September 2003)
Henry Hogger (June 2000)
Tajikistan Michael Smith (May 2002)
Christopher Ingham (February 1999)
Tanzania Richard Clarke (August 2001)
Bruce Dinwiddy (April 1998)
Thailand David Fall (July 2003)
Barney Smith (March 2000)
Tonga Paul Nessling (January 2002)
Brian Connelly (August 1998)
Trinidad and Tobago Richard Harborne (July 1999)
Tunisia Robin Kealy CMG (January 2002)
Ivor Rawlinson (February 1999)
Turkey Peter Westmacott CMG LVO (January 2002)
Turkmenistan Paul Brummell (February 2002)
Fraser Wilson (July 1998)
Uganda Adam Wood (October 2002)
Tom Vaughan (May 2000)
Ukraine Robert Brinkley (August 2002)
Roland Smith (May 1999)
United Arab Emirates Richard Makepeace (March 2003)
Patrick Nixon (November 1998)
United States of America Sir David Manning KCMG (Summer 2003)
Sir Christopher Meyers (October 1997)
Uruguay John Everard (September 2001)
Andrew Murray (May 1998)
Uzbekistan Craig Murray (September 2002)
Christopher Ingham (February 1999)
Vanuatu Michael Hill (November 2000)
Venezuela Donald Lamont (Due August 2003)
Dr. Edgar Hughes (July 2000)
Vietnam Robert Gordon CMG OBE (Due September 2003)
Warwick Morris (June 2000)
Yemen Frances Guy (March 2001)
Victor Henderson (October 1997)
Zambia Timothy David (May 2002)
Thomas Nesbitt (January 1998)
Zimbabwe Sir Brian Donnelly KBE CMG (June 2001)
Peter Longworth (April 1998)

And permanent Representative who have the personal rank of ambassador:

Country Appointed
UK delegation to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg) Stephen Howarth (March 2003)
Andrew Carter (August 1997)

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