List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ivory Coast

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

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary

1960–1964: Thomas Ravensdale (also to Dahomey, Niger and Upper Volta)^[3]
1964–1967: Thomas Shaw (also to Niger and Upper Volta, and to Dahomey 1964–65)^[4]
1967–1970: Dudley Cheke (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[5]
1970–1972: Peter Murray (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[6]
1972–1975: Paul Holmer (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[7]
1975–1978: Joe Wright (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[8]
1978–1983: Michael Daly (also to Niger and Upper Volta)^[9]
1983–1987: John Willson (also to Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) and Niger)^[10]
1987–1990: Veronica Sutherland
1990–1997: Margaret Rothwell (also to Niger, Burkina and Liberia)^[11]
1997–2001: Haydon Warren-Gash (also to Niger, Burkina Faso and Liberia)^[12]
2001–2004: Francois Gordon^[12]
2004–2006: David Coates^[13]
2006–2007: Gordon Wetherell (non-resident)
2007–2011: Nicholas James Westcott (non-resident)^[14]
2012–2014: Simon Tonge^[15]
2014–2016: Mark Bensberg^[16]
2016–2020: Josephine Gauld^[17]^[18]
2020–2025: Catherine Brooker^[19]
2025–present: John Marshall^[20]

References

^ "British Embassy in Abidjan suspends operations with immediate effect". 31 March 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
^ Minister for Africa reopens British Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 8 May 2012
^ "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.
^ "SHAW, Thomas Richard". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "CHEKE, Dudley John". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "MURRAY, Peter". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "HOLMER, Paul Cecil Henry". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "WRIGHT, Joe Booth". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "DALY, Michael Francis". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "WILLSON, John Michael". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "ROTHWELL, Margaret Irene". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Ambassadors". Hansard. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "COATES, David". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
^ "Ivory Coast expels British ambassador". The Daily Telegraph. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
^ Appointment of Her Majesty’s New Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 20 April 2012
^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 17 December 2013
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ "Coopération Côte d´Ivoire–Grande Bretagne" [Cooperation Côte d´Ivoire–United Kingdom] (in French). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire: Catherine Brooker". gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-cote-divoire-john-marshall

External links

UK and Cote d’Ivoire, gov.uk

[1] "British Embassy in Abidjan suspends operations with immediate effect". 31 March 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[2] Minister for Africa reopens British Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 8 May 2012

[3] "No. 42346". The London Gazette. 5 May 1961. p. 3340.

[4] "SHAW, Thomas Richard". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[5] "CHEKE, Dudley John". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[6] "MURRAY, Peter". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[7] "HOLMER, Paul Cecil Henry". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[8] "WRIGHT, Joe Booth". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[9] "DALY, Michael Francis". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[10] "WILLSON, John Michael". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[11] "ROTHWELL, Margaret Irene". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[Hansard-12] "Ambassadors". Hansard. 1 September 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[13] "COATES, David". Who's Who 2009. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

[14] "Ivory Coast expels British ambassador". The Daily Telegraph. 6 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.

[15] Appointment of Her Majesty’s New Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 20 April 2012

[16] Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire – Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 17 December 2013

[17] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

[18] "Coopération Côte d´Ivoire–Grande Bretagne" [Cooperation Côte d´Ivoire–United Kingdom] (in French). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

[19] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire: Catherine Brooker". gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

[20] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-his-majestys-ambassador-to-cote-divoire-john-marshall

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