List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Georgia
 British Ambassador to Georgia ბრიტანეთის ელჩი საქართველოში | |
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| Foreign and Commonwealth Office British Embassy, Tbilisi | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | Investors Council (Non-Permanent) |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Seat | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Appointer | The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Stephen Nash First Ambassador to Georgia |
| Formation | 1995 |
| Website | www |
The British Ambassador to Georgia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Georgia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tbilisi. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Georgia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom renewed diplomatic relations with Georgia and the then British ambassador to Russia, Sir Brian Fall, was also accredited to Georgia until the new embassy in Tbilisi was opened in 1995.[1]
Heads of Mission
[edit]Chief British Commissioner of Transcaucasus
[edit]- 1919–1920: Sir Oliver Wardrop
- 1920–1921: Claude Stokes
Ambassadors
[edit]- 1995–1998: Stephen Nash[1]
- 1998–2001: Richard Jenkins[1]
- 2001–2004: Deborah Barnes-Jones[1]
- 2004–2007: Donald MacLaren[1]
- 2007–2010: Denis Keefe[1]
- 2010–2013: Judith Gough[1]
- 2013: David Moran Chargé d'affaires with personal rank of ambassador[2]
- 2013–2016: Alexandra Hall Hall[3]
- 2016–2020: Justin McKenzie Smith[4]
- 2020–present[update]: Mark Clayton[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "UK in Georgia, Our Embassy". British Embassy Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 2 May 2013.
- ^ "Alexandra Hall Hall". gov.uk.
- ^ "Justin McKenzie Smith has presented copies of his credentials to the Georgian Foreign Minister". finchannel.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Georgia: August 2020". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Georgia raids opposition party HQ, detains leader". Deutsche Welle. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- UK and Georgia, gov.uk