The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Laos is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Lao People's Democratic Republic. After autonomy from France in 1949, the post was initially carried out on a non-resident basis in conjunction with British ambassador to Vietnam. From 1955 until 1985 there was a full ambassador to the Republic, then until 2012 the post was combined with that of British ambassador to Thailand. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic or HMA Vientiane. From October 2012, the United Kingdom once again has a resident ambassador in Vientiane.
Non-resident ambassadors to Laos (and ambassador to Vietnam) 1951–(1955): Sir Hubert Graves
Ambassadors to Laos 1954–1956: The Lord Talbot de Malahide 1956–1958: Leonard Holliday 1958–1960: Sir Anthony Lincoln 1960–1962: Sir John Addis 1962–1965: Sir Donald Hopson 1965–1967: Sir Frederick Warner 1967–1970: Sir Harold Smedley 1970–1973: John Lloyd 1973–1975: Alan Davidson 1976–1978: Donald Cape 1978–1980: John Stewart 1982–1985: Bernard Dobbs
Non-resident ambassadors to Laos (and ambassador to Thailand) (1981)–1986: Justin Staples 1986–1989: Derek Tonkin 1989–1992: Sir Ramsay Melhuish 1992–1996: Christian Adams 1996–2000: Sir James Hodge 2000–2003: Barney Smith
2003–2007: David Fall 2007–2010: Quinton Quayle 2010–2012: Asif Ahmad
Ambassadors to Laos 2012–2015: Philip Malone, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 29 October 2012 2015–2019: Hugh EvansChange of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Laos, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 20 October 2014
2019–: John Pearson, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 3 April 2019 2023–present: Melanie Barlow
References
External links UK and Laos, gov.uk