List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan
Encyclopedia
The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan is the United Kingdom
's foremost diplomatic representative
in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
in Kazakhstan. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In addition, the ambassador serves concurrently
as the non-resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
, an ambassadorial position in its own right.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's foremost diplomatic representative
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission
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 Kazakhstan. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In addition, the ambassador serves concurrently
Dual accreditation
Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently...
as the non-resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
, an ambassadorial position in its own right.
Ambassadors to Kazakhstan
- Noel Andrew Stephen JonesNoel JonesNoel Andrew Stephen Jones was an Indian-born British diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan from 1993 to 1995...
(1993–1995) - Douglas McAdam (1995–1999)
- Richard Lewington (1999–2002)
- James Lyall SharpJames Lyall SharpJames Lyall Sharp is a British diplomat.Sharp served as Ambassasdor to Kazakhstan, and served concurrently as non-resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, from 2002 until 2005...
(2002–2005) - Paul BrummellPaul BrummellPaul Brummell is a British diplomat. As of 2006, he is the Ambassador to Kazakhstan and non-resident ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.Brummell was educated at St Albans School, before reading geography at St Catharine's College, Cambridge...
(2005 - )