Post: | British Ambassador to the European Union |
Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom |
Department: | Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK Embassy to the EU Brussels |
Incumbent: | Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby |
Style: | His Excellency |
Residence: | Brussels |
Nominator: | The Prime Minister |
Appointer: | King Charles III |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Inaugural: | Sir Tim Barrow |
Formation: | 2020 |
Website: | https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/uk-mission-to-the-eu |
Precursor: | Permanent Representative |
The British Ambassador to the European Union is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the European Union, and head of the United Kingdom Mission to the European Union (UKMis). This role replaced that of Permanent Representative to the European Union (UKREP) when the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
The UK Mission to the EU is located in the same building as the British Embassy to Belgium at 10 Avenue d’Auderghem in Brussels.