The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Eritrea is the
United Kingdom's foremost
diplomatic representative
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in the
State of Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia i ...
, and head of the UK's
diplomatic mission in
Asmara
Asmara ( ), or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of , making it the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude and the second highest capital in Africa. The ...
. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Eritrea''.
From Eritrean independence in 1993 until March 2002 the British
Ambassador to Ethiopia, resident in
Addis Ababa, was
also accredited to Eritrea.
The current ambassador is
Alisdair Walker.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors to Eritrea
*1997–2000:
Gordon Wetherell
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*2000–2002:
Myles Wickstead
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*2002–2006:
Michael Murray
*2006–2008:
Nick Astbury
*2008–2010:
Andrea Reidy
*2010–2012:
Sandra Tyler-Haywood
*2012–2014:
Amanda Tanfield
*2014–2016:
David Ward
*2016–2019:
Ian Richards
*2019–:
Alisdair Walker
References
External links
UK and Eritrea gov.uk
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
United Kingdom