The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkmenistan is the
United Kingdom's foremost
diplomatic representative
Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...
in the
Republic of Turkmenistan, and head of the UK's
diplomatic mission there. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan''.
After the collapse of the
Soviet Union, the United Kingdom recognised the independence of Turkmenistan in December 1991. Diplomatic relations were established in January 1992 and the then British ambassador to Russia,
Sir Brian Fall, was
also accredited to Turkmenistan until the new embassy in
Ashgabat was opened in 1995.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors
*1995–1998:
Neil Hook
*1998–2002: Fraser Wilson
*2002–2005:
Paul Brummell
*2005–2010: Peter Butcher
*2010–2013:
Keith Allan
*2013–2016:
Sanjay Wadvani
*2016–2019:
Thorhilda Abbott-Watt
* 2019–2021:
Hugh Philpott
* 2022–present:
Lucia Wilde
References
External links
UK and Turkmenistan ''gov.uk''
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Turkmenistan
United Kingdom Ambassadors