Post: | High Commissioner |
Body: | Brunei to the United Kingdom |
Insignia: | Emblem of Brunei.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Brunei |
Incumbent: | Pengiran Norazmi |
Incumbentsince: | 20 June 2020 |
Style: | His Excellency |
Residence: | London |
Appointer: | Sultan of Brunei |
Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Website: | Official website |
Deputy: | Noorfadlina Damit |
The Bruneian high commissioner in London is the official representative of the Government in Bandar Seri Begawan to the Government of the United Kingdom.
Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | Prime Minister of Brunei | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Term end | |
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14 March 1984[1] | Pengiran Setia Raja Pengiran Haji Jaya bin Pengiran Haji Rajid[2] | Hassanal Bolkiah | Margaret Thatcher | 1990 | ||
20 November 1990[3] | Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha bin Pengiran Metassan | Hassanal Bolkiah | Margaret Thatcher | 1991 | ||
19 February 1991[4] | Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Mohammad Kassim bin Haji Mohammad Daud | Hassanal Bolkiah | John Major | 1993[5] | ||
8 December 1999[6] | Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff bin Haji Abdul Hamid | Hassanal Bolkiah | Tony Blair | 2001 | ||
21 February 2002[7] | Pengiran Haji Yunus Pengiran Haji Mahmud[8] | A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence was signed in Brunei on 31 December 2002.[9] Brunei became a member of UNESCO on 17 March 2005, when the ambassador signed UNESCO's constitution.[10] | Hassanal Bolkiah | Tony Blair | ||
7 June 2006[11] | Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Maidin bin Pengiran Haji Hashim[12] [13] | On 19 April 2007, a MoU was signed between the Ministry of Health and King's College London. | Hassanal Bolkiah | Tony Blair | ||
10 December 2010[14] | Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Aziyan bin Abdullah[15] | Brunei contributed £1,000,000.00 to the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust Fund in 2012. It adopted the Charter of the Commonwealth in December 2012 and signed in 2013.[16] | Hassanal Bolkiah | David Cameron | 2014[17] | |
12 November 2014[18] | Major General (Retired) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin[19] | Brunei joined the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy (QCC) in 2016, committing the Berakas Forest Recreation Park, Ulu Temburong National Park, and Pulau Selirong Forest Recreation Park. | Hassanal Bolkiah | David Cameron | 30 January 2018 | |
27 June 2019[20] | Pengiran Hajah Rooslina Weti binti Pengiran Haji Kamaludin | Hassanal Bolkiah | Theresa May | |||
20 June 2020[21] | First Admiral (Retired) Pengiran Dato Seri Pahlawan Norazmi bin Pengiran Haji Muhammad | In May 2023, the Sultan and Prince Abdul Mateen paid a state visit to London.[22] | Hassanal Bolkiah | Boris Johnson | incumbent |