The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Slovakia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the

Slovak Republic Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. Slovakia became an

independent state Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful

dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...

. From then until 1994 David Brighty, who had been British ambassador to Czechoslovakia, continued as both ambassador to the new Czech Republic and also non-resident ambassador to Slovakia. In 1994 David Brighty was replaced and Michael Bates, who had been

chargé d'affaires A ''chargé d'affaires'' (), plural ''chargés d'affaires'', often shortened to ''chargé'' (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to ''charge-D'', is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassador ...

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

, became the first resident Ambassador to Slovakia.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Czechoslovakia

Ambassadors to Slovakia

*1993–1994:

David Brighty David Brighty CMG CVO (born 7 February 1939) is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries. Career Anthony David Brighty was educated at Northgate Grammar School (now Northgate High School (Ipswich)) and Clare College, ...

*1994–1995: Michael Bates *1995–1998: Peter Harborne *1998–2001: David Lyscom *2001–2003: Ric Todd *2003–2007: Judith Macgregor *2007–2010: Michael Roberts *2011 Jan-Aug:

Dominic Schroeder Dominic Sebastian Schroeder (born 13 November 1965) is a British diplomat currently serving as Principal of the International Academy of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British Ambassador to Denmark and Amba ...

'' *2011–2013: Susannah Montgomery *2013–2014: Gill Fraser ''chargé d'affaires'' *2014–2020: Andrew Garth *2020: Nigel Baker

References

External links

UK and Slovakia
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...