The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Iraq is the

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's foremost

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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, and head of the UK's

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in Iraq. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq''.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioner for Iraq (and Commander-in-Chief, from 1922)

*1920–1923: Sir Percy Cox *1923–1929: Sir Henry Dobbs *1929–1932:

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Iraq

*1932–1935:

*1935–1937: Sir Archibald Clark Kerr *1937–1939: Sir Maurice Peterson *1939–1941: Sir Basil Newton *1941–1945: Sir Kinahan Cornwallis *1945–1948: Sir Hugh Stonehewer-Bird *1948–1951: Sir Henry Mack *1951–1954: Sir John Troutbeck *1954–1958: Sir Michael Wright

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq

*1958–1961: Sir Humphrey Trevelyan *1961–1965: Sir Roger Allen *1965–1967: Sir Richard Beaumont *1967–1968: ''Break in diplomatic relations due to the

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'' *1968–1969:

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*1969–1971:

Glencairn Balfour Paul (Hugh) Glencairn Balfour Paul (23 September 1917 – 2 July 2008) was a British Arabist and diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to Iraq, Jordan and Tunisia before becoming an academic at Exeter University. Biography The son of John Wi ...

*1971–1974: ''Break in diplomatic relations following Iran's seizure of the Tunb islands'' *1974–1977: John Graham *1977–1980: Alexander Stirling *1980–1982: Stephen Egerton *1982–1985: Sir John Moberly *1985–1989:

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*1990–1991: Sir Harold Walker *1991–2004: ''Break in diplomatic relations following the First Gulf War'' *2004–2005: Edward Chaplin *2005–2006:

William Patey Sir William Charters Patey, KCMG (born 11 July 1953) is a British retired diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012, and previously served as Ambassador to Sudan, to Iraq and to Saudi Arabia. He retired from HM D ...

*2006–2007: Dominic Asquith *2007–2009:

Christopher Prentice Christopher Norman Russell Prentice (born 5 September 1954) is a retired British diplomat. His last diplomatic post was Ambassador to Italy. He is currently Chairman of the Governors of the British Institute of Florence. Prentice had been a B ...

*2009–2011: John Jenkins *2011–2012:

Michael Aron Michael Douglas Aron (born 22 March 1959) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Sudan, and Yemen. Career Aron was educated at Exeter School, Leeds University and the Polytechnic of Central London. He taught ...

*2012–2014: Simon Paul Collis *2014–2017:

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*2017–2019:

Jonathan Wilks Jonathan Paul (Jon) Wilks (born 30 September 1967) is a British diplomat who was the Ambassador to Iraq from 2017 to 2019, Ambassador to Oman from 2014 to 2017 and Ambassador to Yemen from 2010 to 2011. Career Wilks was born at Callow End, Wor ...

*2019–: Stephen Hickey

References

External links

Iraq and the UK
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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...