List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Slovenia
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Slovenia is the
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's foremost
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in
Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
, in charge of the UK's
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. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia''. The embassy is located in the TR3 building at
Republic Square, Ljubljana Republic Square or Square of the Republic ( sl, Trg republike), at first named Revolution Square, is the largest square in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It was designed in the second half of the 20th century by Edvard Ravnikar. Independence ...
. Slovenia split from
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
in June 1991. The members of the
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recognised Slovenia as an independent state on 15 January 1992 and member countries, including the UK, then appointed ambassadors.


Ambassadors to Slovenia

*1992–1997: Gordon Johnston OBE *1997–2000: David Lloyd OBE *2001–2005: Hugh Mortimer
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*2005–2009:
Timothy Simmons Timothy Michael John Simmons CVO (born 8 April 1960) is a former British diplomat. He was educated at Kent School, Hostert, in Germany and the University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university ...
*2009–2013:
Andrew Page Andrew John Walter Page (born 17 September 1965) is a British diplomat. He was educated at Windlesham House School, Lancing College and Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The c ...
New HM Ambassador to Slovenia to start in 2015
Britisah Embassy Ljubljana, 30 January 2014
*2014–2015: ''
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'' ''( chargé d'affaires)'' *2015–:
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New HM Ambassador to Slovenia presents her credentials to President Pahor
British Embassy Ljubljana, 12 March 2015


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External links


UK and Slovenia
gov.uk {{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
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