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 head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kabul. The official title is His 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. Until 1948 the British ministers in Kabul were members of the Indian Political Service, appointed by the Foreign Office.

List of heads of mission Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary 1922–1929: Sir Francis Humphrys 1929–1935: Sir Richard Maconachie 1935–1941: Sir William Fraser-Tytler 1941–1943: Sir Francis Wylie 1943–1948: Sir Giles SquireThe London Gazette, 8 October 1943

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary 1948–1949: Sir Giles SquireThe London Gazette, 7 September 1948 1949–1951: Sir John GardenerThe London Gazette, 18 November 1949 1951–1953: Eric LingemanThe Diplomatic service list 1970 - Political Science, p. 136 1953–1957: Sir Daniel Lascelles 1957–1963: Sir Michael GillettThe London Gazette, 11 October 1957 1963–1965: Sir Arthur de la MareThe London Gazette, 18 July 1963 1965–1968: Sir Gordon WhitteridgeThe London Gazette, 3 December 1965 1968–1972: Peers Lee CarterPeers Carter, obituary, Daily Telegraph, 26 February 2001 1972–1976: John DrinkallThe London Gazette, 11 January 1973 1976–1979: Kenneth CrookCROOK, Kenneth Roy, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011; accessed 22 July 2012 1979–1980: Norman Hillier-FryThe London Gazette, 3 January 1980 1981–1984: John Garner (chargé d'affaires – no ambassador after the beginning of the Soviet–Afghan War) 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)Spotlight falls on Afghan expert, The Guardian, London, 20 November 2001 2002–2003: Ronald NashNASH, Ronald Peter, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 22 July 2012 2003–2006: Dame Rosalind Marsden 2006–2007: Stephen Evans 2007–2009: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles 2009–2010: Sir Mark Sedwill 2010–2012: Sir William Patey 2012–2015: Sir Richard Stagg 2015–2016: Dame Karen PierceKaren Pierce, gov.uk 2016–2017: Dominic JermeyChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 31 December 2015 2017–2018: Sir Nicholas Kay 2018–2019: Giles Lever (chargé d'affaires) 2019–2021: Alison Blake June-November 2021: Sir Laurie Bristow 2021-2022: Martin Longden (non-resident chargé d’affaires based at the British Embassy in Doha following the fall of Kabul).

2022-2023: Hugo Shorter (non-resident chargé d’affaires based at the British Embassy in Doha). 2023-2025: Robert Chatterton Dickson (non-resident chargé d’affaires based at the British Embassy in Doha)

See also Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kabul

References

External links UK in Afghanistan, gov.uk