The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malta is the

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's foremost

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in the Republic of Malta, and head of the UK's

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there. As fellow members of the

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, the United Kingdom and Malta conduct their diplomatic relations at

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al level, rather than between Heads of State. Therefore, they exchange High Commissioners rather than

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High Commissioners

*1962–1965: Sir Edward Wakefield, Bt. (Commissioner before independence from 1962 to 1964) *1965–1967: Sir John Martin *1967–1970: Sir Geofroy Tory *1970–1972: Sir Duncan Watson *1972–1974: Sir John Moreton *1974–1976: Robin Haydon *1976–1979:

Norman Aspin Norman Aspin Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (11 November 1922 – 25 July 2011) was a British diplomat who served as List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta, British High Commissioner to Malta from 1976 to 1979 and ove ...

*1980–1982:

David Aiers David Pascoe Aiers, (19 September 1922 – 5 July 1983) was a British diplomat. Education Aiers was educated at the Stationers' Company's School and Trinity College, Oxford. Military service Aiers was a captain in the Royal Artillery from 1942 t ...

*1982–1985: Charles Booth *1985–1987: Stanley Duncan *1988–1991: Brian Hitch *1991–1994: Sir Peter Wallis *1995–1999: Graham Archer *1999–2002: Howard Pearce *2002–2006: Sir Vincent Fean *2006–2008: Nicholas Archer *2009–2012: Louise Stanton *2012–2016: Robert Luke *2016–: Stuart Gill

References

External links

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

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...