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The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Singapore is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Singapore.. Singapore, previously a British colony, became an internally self-governing state in 1959 and George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, was appointed commissioner (not high commissioner) for Singapore and South East Asia.
Of these deputations and political representatives, the oldest and most important was to the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who was based in the city of Abu Dhabi, now the capital city of the UAE and the site of the modern British embassy. The UK also maintains an embassy in Dubai, subordinate to the Abu Dhabi embassy, headed by a Consul General.
(High Commissioner) Sierra Leone: 15 October 2019: London: United Kingdom: Morie Komba Manyeh (High Commissioner) Singapore: 2 September 2020: London: United Kingdom: Lim Thuan Kuan (High Commissioner) Slovakia: 11 August 2015: London: United Kingdom: Ľubomír Rehák (Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary) Slovenia: 22 September 2020: London
For three Commonwealth countries (namely India, Nigeria, and Pakistan), the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General (headed by Deputy High Commissioners), although this terminology is being phased out. [1]
The United Kingdom does not maintain a full embassy or High Commission in a number of countries. In each of these cases the head of mission to another country, usually a neighbouring one, is also accredited to the other country (except, at present, for the ambassadors to Haiti and Honduras, who are dedicated but non-resident).
This is a list of ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives of the Republic of Singapore to other countries and international organisations. Singapore has a total of 27 resident ambassadors/high commissioners (some of whom are concurrently accredited to other countries), 4 resident permanent representatives, and 39 non ...
This list of diplomatic missions in Singapore is made up of 75 embassies/high commissions, several foreign consular posts and 11 international organisations. It does not include honorary consuls . Countries without any forms of diplomatic representations in Singapore have accredited non-resident ambassadors or high commissioners to the island ...
Kara Justine Owen CVO, CMG (born 1971) [1] is a senior British civil servant [2] and the current High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore. [3] [4] In April 2024, it was announced that she would be succeeded by Nikesh Mehta in July 2024, and Owen would transfer to another posting in the service.