The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malawi is the

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's foremost

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to the Republic of Malawi, and head of the UK's

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in Malawi. As fellow members of the

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, the United Kingdom and Malawi exchange High Commissioners rather than

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List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Malawi

*1964–1967: David Cole *1967–1971:

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*1971–1973: Robin Haydon *1973–1977: Kenneth Ritchie *1977–1979: Michael Scott *1980–1983:

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*1983–1987: Henry Brind *1987–1990:

Denis Osborne Denis Gordon Osborne (17 September 1932 – 3 September 2014) was a British diplomat and academic. Early life Osborne was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham and University College, Durham, where he graduated with a first-cl ...

*1990–1993:

Nigel Wenban-Smith William Nigel Wenban-Smith CMG (born 1 September 1936) is a British former diplomat. Early life Wenban-Smith was the son of William Wenban-Smith, a colonial administrator who served in the former Nyasaland (now Malawi). He was educated at The ...

*1993–1998: John Martin *1998–2001:

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*2001–2004:

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*2004–2006:

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*2006–2009: Richard Wildash *2009–2011:

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''(expelled 2011)'' *2011–2012:

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'' ( chargé d'affaires)'' *2012–2016: Michael Nevin *2016: Simon Mustard (''temporary'') *January 2017-2020:

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*2020–: David Beer

References

External links

UK and Malawi
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Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

Malawi and the Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations