The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Turkmenistan is the
United Kingdom
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's foremost
diplomatic representative
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in the
Republic of Turkmenistan
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, and head of the UK's
diplomatic mission
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there. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan''.
After the collapse of the
Soviet Union
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, 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
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
was opened in 1995.
List of heads of mission
Ambassadors
*1995–1998:
Neil Hook
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*1998–2002: Fraser Wilson
*2002–2005:
Paul Brummell
Paul Brummell (born 28 August 1965) is a British diplomat and travel writer.
Early life
Brummell was educated at St Albans School before reading geography at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...
*2005–2010: Peter Butcher
*2010–2013:
Keith Allan
*2013–2016:
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People
* Sanjaya, an important character in the ancient Indian epic ''Mahabharata''
* San ...
*2016–2019:
Thorhilda Abbott-Watt
Thorhilda Mary Vivia "Thorda" Abbott-Watt (born 11 February 1955) is an English diplomat who currently serves as British High Commissioner to Tonga.
Career
Abbott-Watt joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1974 and has worked bo ...
* 2019–2021:
Hugh Philpott
Hugh Stanley Philpott (born 24 January 1961) is a British retired diplomat who served as Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
Education
He was educated at Brockenhurst College and the Open University.
Career
Hugh Stanley Philpott began his career a ...
* 2022–present:
Lucia Wilde
References
External links
UK and Turkmenistan ''gov.uk''
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
United Kingdom Ambassadors