The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Haiti is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the Republic of Haiti.
From 1913 to 1922, the head of mission in Cuba also served Haiti. The British Embassy in Port-au-Prince was closed in 1966 "for reasons of economy" and the high commissioner to Jamaica in Kingston was appointed non-resident ambassador to Haiti.British Embassy In Haiti To Close, The Times, London, 23 April 1966, page 17 Responsibility for Haiti was transferred to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic in 1999. In June 2012 the British Foreign Secretary announced that the UK was to open a new embassy in Haiti.Foreign Secretary meets Prime Minister of Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 27 July 2012 The new embassy was opened in June 2013,Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire opens new British Embassy in Haiti, Foreign & Commonwealth Office press release, 12 June 2013 but until 2015 the ambassador to the Dominican Republic remained ambassador to Haiti, with a deputy head of mission in Port-au-Prince. In 2015 a new, dedicated ambassador was appointed to Haiti, but still non-resident (she was married to the ambassador to the Dominican Republic and resided in Santo Domingo). From 2019 until 2024, Mockbul Ali OBE served as both Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti.
List of heads of mission
Consuls-general to the Republic of Hayti ? –1859: Thomas Ussher
Chargé d'affaires and consuls-general to the Republic of Hayti 1859–1861: Thomas Ussher 1861–1872: Spenser St. John
Ministers resident and consuls-general to the Republic of Hayti 1872–1874: Spenser St. John 1874–1883: Robert Stuart
Consuls-general for the Republic of Hayti and its dependencies 1912–1913: Arthur Nightingale
Ministers plenipotentiary to the Republic of Hayti 1913–1919: Stephen LeechMackie 2012, Cuba 1919–1921: William Erskine
Consuls-general to the Republic of Hayti 1921–1922: Godfrey Haggard 1922-1925 : John Eric Maclean Carvell 1929-1931: John Hall Magowan
Consuls for the Republic of Hayti 1935–1938 Francis M. ShepherdMackie 2012, Haiti 1938–1939: William R. Mackness 1939–1943: Reginald A.N. Hillyer 1943–1946: Alan A.L. Tuson 1946–1950: Augustus C. Routh 1950–1955: David J. Mill Irving
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Port-au-Prince, and consuls-general for the Republic of Hayti 1955–1959: Sidney Simmonds 1960–1962: Gerard T. Corley Smith
Consul for the Republic of Haiti 1962–1963: Henry Niblock
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Haiti 1966–1970: Dalton Murray Mackie 2012, Jamaica 1970–1973: Sir Nick Larmour 1973–1976: John Hennings 1976–1981: John Drinkall 1982–1984: Barry Smallman 1984–1987: Sir Martin Reid 1987–1989: Alan Payne 1989–1995: Derek Milton 1995–1999: Richard Thomas 1999–2002: David Gordon WardMackie 2012, Dominican Republic 2002–2006: Andrew Richard Ashcroft 2006–2009: Ian Alan Worthington 2009–2015: Steven Fisher 2015–2020: Sharon Campbell 2020-2024: Mockbul Ali OBE
2024–present: Guy Janes (Deputy Head of Mission)
References
External links UK and Haiti, gov.uk