List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Zimbabwe explained

The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Zimbabwe is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Zimbabwe, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Harare.

The embassy dates back to the establishment of a High Commission in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1955 to 1963, and to Southern Rhodesia again following the end of the Federation from 1963. The High Commission was withdrawn on 12 November 1965, following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Rhodesia the previous day. Zimbabwe became an independent nation in 1980 following the Lancaster House Agreement on 21 December 1979. Initially Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations so the UK's diplomatic representatives were High Commissioners. Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 and since then the UK's representatives have been Ambassadors.

Emmerson Mnagagwa, the President of Zimbabwe has stated that Zimbabwe will seek a return to its membership of the Commonwealth during 2018, following in the footsteps of The Gambia, which returned to its status as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations on 8 February 2018. If this does occur, then the UK's head of mission in Zimbabwe will again be a High Commissioner.

List of Heads of Mission

High Commissioners to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

High Commissioners to Southern Rhodesia

High Commissioners

Ambassadors

Controversy

Ambassador Pocock, along with other foreign diplomats, was seized and threatened by Zimbabwe police briefly on 13 May 2008 while they tried to investigate violence against Zimbabwe's rural population since the March 2008 elections.[18]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mackie . Colin . A Directory of British Diplomats . 2014 . Foreign and Commonwealth Office . London . 342 . 21 March 2021.
  2. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U22187 JOHNSTON, Sir John (Baines)
  3. News: Obituary: Sir John Johnston . The Guardian. 2009-03-04. London. 15 November 2005.
  4. Web site: BYATT, Ronald Archer Campbell, (Robin) . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  5. Web site: EWANS, Sir Martin Kenneth . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  6. Web site: MELHUISH, Sir (Michael) Ramsay . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  7. Web site: PRENDERGAST, Sir (Walter) Kieran . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  8. Web site: DALES, Sir Richard (Nigel) . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  9. Web site: WILLIAMS, Martin John . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  10. Web site: LONGWORTH, Peter . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  11. Web site: PULLEN, Dr Roderick Allen . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  12. Web site: POCOCK, Dr Andrew John . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  13. Web site: CANNING, Mark . Who's Who 2013 . A & C Black . 2013 . 2013-01-05.
  14. Web site: UK in Zimbabwe – Our Ambassador . British Embassy Harare . 2013-01-05.
  15. Web site: Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Zimbabwe . Foreign & Commonwealth Office . 23 July 2014.
  16. News: New UK Ambassador to Zimbabwe presents her credentials at State House . Bulawayo 24 News . 3 January 2019.
  17. Web site: Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe: Peter Vowles. British Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 22 June 2023.
  18. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3927730.ece Ambassador Andrew Pocock seized as he investigates violence in Zimbabwe - Times Online

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