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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Belarus | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Belarus | ||
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| + | |image=Nigel Gould-Davies.jpg | ||
| + | |image_caption=Spooky [[Nigel Gould-Davies]], later member of the [[Integrity Initiative]], was ambassador 2008-2009. | ||
|interests=Belarus | |interests=Belarus | ||
|constitutes=Ambassador to Belarus | |constitutes=Ambassador to Belarus | ||
| + | |description=The [[United Kingdom]]'s diplomatic representative in the [[Republic of Belarus]] | ||
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| + | The '''Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belarus''' is the [[United Kingdom]]'s foremost diplomatic representative in the [[Republic of Belarus]], and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in [[Minsk]]. | ||
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| + | ==History== | ||
| + | Until 1991 Belarus was within the [[Soviet Union]]. When Belarus became independent at the end of 1991, the British ambassador to Russia was accredited also to Belarus until May 1993 when an office was opened in [[Minsk]], within the German embassy, and for over a year the British Embassy worked out of a single, cramped room with its locally engaged support staff working off a desk lodged beneath the staircase. In July 1995 new premises were opened in a former geological laboratory, and are now shared between the British and Italian missions. Some staff, such as the Defence Attaché, are still based in Moscow.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120824035721/http://ukinbelarus.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/embassy-history</ref> | ||
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| + | On 10 October 2020, the United Kingdom temporarily recalled its ambassador from Belarus<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54489442</ref> amidst the failure of a British-supported attempt at regime change. | ||
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 UK/Ambassador/Belarus  (Ambassador to Belarus) | |
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 Spooky Nigel Gould-Davies, later member of the Integrity Initiative, was ambassador 2008-2009. | |
| Start | 1991 |
| Interests | Belarus |
| The United Kingdom's diplomatic representative in the Republic of Belarus | |
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belarus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Belarus, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Minsk.
History
Until 1991 Belarus was within the Soviet Union. When Belarus became independent at the end of 1991, the British ambassador to Russia was accredited also to Belarus until May 1993 when an office was opened in Minsk, within the German embassy, and for over a year the British Embassy worked out of a single, cramped room with its locally engaged support staff working off a desk lodged beneath the staircase. In July 1995 new premises were opened in a former geological laboratory, and are now shared between the British and Italian missions. Some staff, such as the Defence Attaché, are still based in Moscow.[1]
On 10 October 2020, the United Kingdom temporarily recalled its ambassador from Belarus[2] amidst the failure of a British-supported attempt at regime change.
An Office Holder on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Nigel Gould-Davies | 2008 | 2009 |
