The ambassador from the United Kingdom to Iraq is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Iraq, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Iraq. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq.

List of heads of mission

High commissioners for Iraq (and commander-in-chief, from 1922) 1920–1923: Sir Percy Cox 1923–1929: Sir Henry Dobbs 1929: Sir Gilbert Clayton 1929–1932: Sir Francis Humphrys

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Iraq 1932–1935: Sir Francis Humphrys 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 MackMACK, Sir (William) Henry (Bradshaw), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012 1951–1954: Sir John TroutbeckTROUTBECK, Sir John Monro, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012 1954–1958: Sir Michael WrightWRIGHT, Sir Michael (Robert), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 22 July 2012

Ambassadors 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 Six-Day War 1968–1969: Trefor Evans 1969–1971: Glencairn Balfour Paul 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: Terence Clark 1990–1991: Sir Harold Walker 1991–2004: Break in diplomatic relations following the First Gulf War 2004–2005: Edward Chaplin 2005–2006: William Patey 2006–2007: Dominic Asquith 2007–2009: Christopher Prentice 2009–2011: John Jenkins 2011–2012: Michael Aron 2012–2014: Simon Paul Collis 2014–2017: Frank Baker 2017–2019: Jonathan Wilks

2019–2021: Stephen Hickey 2021–2023: Mark Bryson-Richardson 2023–2025: Stephen Hitchen 2025–present: Irfan Siddiq

References

See also British-Iraqi relations

External links Iraq and the UK , gov.uk