The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Côte d'Ivoire is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Ivory Coast, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Abidjan.
The British embassy in Abidjan was closed in 2005 because of the worsening security situation and the mission to Ivory Coast was temporarily operated out of the embassy in neighbouring Ghana. The embassy in Abidjan was reopened in May 2012.Minister for Africa reopens British Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 8 May 2012
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary 1960–1964: Thomas Ravensdale (also to Dahomey, Niger and Upper Volta) 1964–1967: Thomas Shaw (also to Niger and Upper Volta, and to Dahomey 1964–65) 1967–1970: Dudley Cheke (also to Niger and Upper Volta) 1970–1972: Peter Murray (also to Niger and Upper Volta) 1972–1975: Paul Holmer (also to Niger and Upper Volta) 1975–1978: Joe Wright (also to Niger and Upper Volta) 1978–1983: Michael Daly (also to Niger and Upper Volta) 1983–1987: John Willson (also to Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) and Niger) 1987–1990: Veronica Sutherland 1990–1997: Margaret Rothwell (also to Niger, Burkina and Liberia) 1997–2001: Haydon Warren-Gash (also to Niger, Burkina Faso and Liberia) 2001–2004: Francois Gordon 2004–2006: David Coates 2006–2007: Gordon Wetherell (non-resident) 2007–2011: Nicholas James Westcott (non-resident) 2012–2014: Simon TongeAppointment of Her Majesty’s New Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 20 April 2012 2014–2016: Mark BensbergChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 17 December 2013
2016–2020: Josephine Gauld 2020–2025: Catherine Brooker 2025–present: John Marshall
References
External links UK and Cote d’Ivoire, gov.uk