The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Croatia is the

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's foremost

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in the

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, and head of the UK's

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. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia''. Croatia declared independence in 1991 during the break-up of

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, and the United Kingdom recognised the new Republic in 1992.

Ambassadors

*1992–1994:

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*1994–1997:

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*1997–2000:

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*2000–2004: Nicholas Jarrold *2004–2008: Sir John Ramsden, 9th Baronet *2008–2012: David Blunt *2012–2015:

David Slinn David Arthur Slinn (born 16 April 1959 in Northampton, England) is a retired British diplomat. He was Chargé d'Affaires to Albania in 1995 to 1996. Slinn was the first British ambassador to North Korea. Slinn was head of the Helmand Provinci ...

*2015–2016:

Ian Cliff Ian Cameron Cliff (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sudan, the OSCE and Kosovo, as well as Chargé d'Affaires in Croatia. Career Ian Cliff is the son of Gerald Shaw Cliff, w ...

''(

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)'' *2016–: Andrew Dalgleish

References

External links

UK and Croatia
{{Lists of heads of UK diplomatic missions

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