List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Belarus
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Belarus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Belarus, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Belarus. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus.
Initially, the ambassador to Belarus was based in Moscow, Russia. In 1993 an office was opened in Minsk
, within the German embassy, and for over a year the British Embassy worked out of a single, cramped room with its locally engaged support staff working off a desk lodged beneath the staircase. In 1995, new premises were opened in a former geological laboratory, and are now shared between the British and Italian missions. Some staff, such as the Defence Attaché, are still based in Moscow for lack of suitable facilities in Belarus.
Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organisation present in another state to represent the sending state/organisation in the receiving state...
in Belarus. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus.
Initially, the ambassador to Belarus was based in Moscow, Russia. In 1993 an office was opened in Minsk
Minsk
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, within the German embassy, and for over a year the British Embassy worked out of a single, cramped room with its locally engaged support staff working off a desk lodged beneath the staircase. In 1995, new premises were opened in a former geological laboratory, and are now shared between the British and Italian missions. Some staff, such as the Defence Attaché, are still based in Moscow for lack of suitable facilities in Belarus.
Ambassadors to Belarus
- Sir Brian Fall (1992–1993)
- John EverardJohn Everard (diplomat)John Everard is a former British diplomat. He was formerly the British Ambassador to Belarus, British Ambassador to Uruguay, and British Ambassador to North Korea.-References:...
(1993–1996) - Jessica Pearce (1996–1999)
- Iain Kelly (1999–2003)
- Brian Maurice BennettBrian Maurice BennettBrian Maurice Bennett is a British diplomat. From 2003 to 2007, he was the Ambassador to Belarus.Bennett entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1971...
(2003–2007) - Michael Haddock (2007–2008)
- Nigel Gould-Davies (2008 – )