The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Guinea is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Guinea, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Conakry.
The Republic of Guinea (formerly known as French Guinea) declared its independence from France on 2 October 1958, and the then UK ambassador to Liberia, Guy Clarke, was also accredited to Guinea in 1959 until the first resident ambassador arrived in 1960. In 1965 the mission was briefly combined with Mali before a break in diplomatic relations; when relations were resumed in 1970 the mission was combined with Senegal until 2000 and with Sierra Leone until 2003.
List of heads of mission Ambassadors 1959–1960: Guy Clarke (non-resident) 1960–1962: Donald Logan 1962–1965: Hilary William King 1965: John Waterfield (non-resident) 1965–1970: Diplomatic relations severed over Rhodesia 1970–1971: John Tahourdin (non-resident) 1971–1973: Ivor Porter (non-resident) 1973–1976: Denzil Dunnett (non-resident) 1976–1979: John Powell-Jones (non-resident) 1979–1982: William Squire (non-resident) 1982–1985: Laurence O'Keeffe (non-resident) 1985–1990: John Macrae (non-resident) 1990–1993: Roger Beetham (non-resident) 1993–1997: Alan Furness (non-resident) 1997–2000: David Snoxell (non-resident) 2000–2003: Alan Jones (non-resident) 2003–2004: Helen HornChange of Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 31 July 2003 (via nationalarchives.gov.uk) 2004–2008: John McManusChange of Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 19 November 2004 (via nationalarchives.gov.uk) 2008–2011: Ian FeltonIan Felton, gov.uk 2011–2015: Graham StylesGraham Styles, gov.uk 2015: Ian Richards (chargé d'affaires)Ian Richards, British Chargé d’Affaires to Guinea, gov.uk 2015–2019: Catherine Inglehearn
2019–2022: David McIlroy 2023–2025: John Marshall 2025–present: Daniel Shepherd
References
External links British Embassy Conakry