List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ivory Coast explained

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^[1] 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.^[2]

List of heads of mission

Ambassador 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)^[3]
• 1967–1970: Dudley Cheke (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[4]
• 1970–1972: Peter Murray (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[5]
• 1972–1975: Paul Holmer (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[6]
• 1975–1978: Joe Wright (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[7]
• 1978–1983: Michael Daly (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[8]
• 1983–1987: John Willson (also to Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) and Niger)^[9]
• 1987–1990: Veronica Sutherland
• 1990–1997: Margaret Rothwell (also to Niger, Burkina and Liberia)^[10]
• 1997–2001: Haydon Warren-Gash (also to Niger, Burkina Faso and Liberia)^[11]
• 2001–2004: Francois Gordon^[11]
• 2004–2006: David Coates^[12]
• 2006–2007: Gordon Wetherell (non-resident)
• 2007–2011: Nicholas James Westcott (non-resident)^[13]
• 2012–2014: Simon Tonge^[14]
• 2014–2016: Mark Bensberg^[15]

• 2016–2020: Josephine Gauld^{[16] [17]}
• 2020–: Catherine Brooker^[18]

External links

• UK and Cote d’Ivoire, gov.uk

Notes and References

1. News: British Embassy in Abidjan suspends operations with immediate effect . 31 March 2005 . 2013-01-01.
2. http://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-for-africa-reopens-british-embassy-in-co-te-d-ivoire Minister for Africa reopens British Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire
3. Web site: SHAW, Thomas Richard . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-24.
4. Web site: CHEKE, Dudley John . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-24.
5. Web site: MURRAY, Peter . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-24.
6. Web site: HOLMER, Paul Cecil Henry . Who Was Who . A & C Black . 1920–2008 . 2009-07-24.
7. Web site: WRIGHT, Joe Booth . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-24.
8. Web site: DALY, Michael Francis . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-24.
9. Web site: WILLSON, John Michael . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-24.
10. Web site: ROTHWELL, Margaret Irene . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-24.
11. Web site: Ambassadors. Hansard . 1 Sep 2003 . 2009-07-24.
12. Web site: COATES, David . Who's Who 2009 . A & C Black . 2008 . 2009-07-24.
13. Web site: Ivory Coast expels British ambassador . . 6 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160920122828/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/cotedivoire/8244764/Ivory-Coast-expels-British-ambassador.html . 2016-09-20 . live .
14. http://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-her-majesty-s-new-ambassador-to-cote-divoire Appointment of Her Majesty’s New Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
15. http://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-cote-divoire Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire
16. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 11 March 2016 . 6 September 2016.
17. Web site: Coopération Côte d´Ivoire–Grande Bretagne . 1 September 2016 . fr . Cooperation Côte d´Ivoire–United Kingdom . 6 September 2016.
18. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire: Catherine Brooker . gov.uk . 8 March 2022.