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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Ambassador_to_Syria | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Ambassador_to_Syria | ||
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| + | |description=The [[United Kingdom]]'s foremost [[Diplomat|diplomatic representative]] to [[Syria]]. | ||
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| + | The '''Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Syria''' was the [[United Kingdom]]'s foremost [[Diplomat|diplomatic representative]] to [[Syria]], and head of the UK's [[diplomatic mission]] in [[Damascus]]. | ||
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| + | In February 2012 all diplomatic staff were withdrawn from the British Embassy in Damascus and its services were suspended.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17218554 British Embassy in Damascus 'suspended'], BBC News, 1 March 2012</ref> There is now no ambassador. The UK appoints a "Special Envoy to Syria"; the present incumbent is the head of the Near East Department at the [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]] in London.<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-uk-special-envoy-to-syria</ref> | ||
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| + | Ambassador [[Peter Ford]] protested against the British supported regime change ('civil war') that started in 2011. | ||
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| Start | 1942 |
| Interests | Syria |
| The United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Syria. | |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Syria was the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to Syria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Damascus.
In February 2012 all diplomatic staff were withdrawn from the British Embassy in Damascus and its services were suspended.[1] There is now no ambassador. The UK appoints a "Special Envoy to Syria"; the present incumbent is the head of the Near East Department at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London.[2]
Ambassador Peter Ford protested against the British supported regime change ('civil war') that started in 2011.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Collis | 2007 | 2012 | |
| John Jenkins | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Peter Ford | 2003 | 2006 | |
| Henry Hogger | 2000 | 2003 | Later Institute for Statecraft |
| Patrick Wright | 1979 | 1981 |
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