The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Moldova is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Moldova, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Chișinău. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Moldova was formally recognised as an independent state by the United Nations in March 1992. A new British ambassador to Russia, Sir Brian Fall, was appointed at that time and he was also accredited to nine former Soviet republics including Moldova. Fall's successor in Moscow, Sir Andrew Wood, was accredited to Moldova until 1999 when Richard Ralph was appointed ambassador for Romania and also to Moldova. When Ralph moved on in 2002 a resident ambassador to Moldova was appointed for the first time.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors to Moldova 1992–1995: Sir Brian Fall (non-resident) 1995–1999: Sir Andrew Wood (non-resident) 1999–2002: Richard Ralph (non-resident)RALPH, Richard Peter, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013 2002–2006: Bernard WhitesideWHITESIDE, Bernard Gerrard, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013 2006–2009: John BeyerBEYER, John Charles, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013 2009–2013: Keith ShannonSHANNON, Keith, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013 2013–2016: Philip BatsonChange of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 22 October 2012Noul ambasador al Marii Britanii în Republica Moldova a sosit astăzi la Chişinău (in Romanian, translation Britain's new ambassador to Moldova arrived in Chisinau), 8 April 2013 2016–2019: Lucy Joyce
2019–2023: Steven Fisher, 'British Ambassador to Moldova Steven Fisher' 2023–: Fern Horine, 'British Ambassador to Moldova Fern Horine'
References
External links UK and Moldova, gov.uk