List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Tanzania

Umoja House, home to the British High Commission in Dar es Salaam

The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tanzania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Republic of Tanzania, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Tanzania.

As the United Kingdom and Tanzania are both members of the Commonwealth of Nations, they exchange High Commissioners rather than Ambassadors.

Tanzania was formed in 1964 by the union of the Republic of Tanganyika, formerly a British colony, which had gained independence in 1961, and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba, which had gained independence in December 1963. The People´s Republic of Zanzibar had been created the previous year during a revolution in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which 1890–1963 was a semi-independent Protectorate of the United Kingdom.

The High Commissioner to Tanzania is also the UK Representative to the East African Community.

List of heads of mission

Agent and Consul-General to the Sultanate of Zanzibar

• 1902–1904: Sir Charles Eliot (while he was Commissioner for the British East Africa Protectorate (later Kenya))^[1]

High Commissioner to Tanganyika

• 1961–1963: Sir Neil Pritchard^[2]

High Commissioners to the United Republic of Tanzania

• 1964–1965: Robert Fowler^[3]
• 1965–1968:   Diplomatic relations severed due to situation with Rhodesia
• 1968–1972: Horace Phillips^[4]
• 1972–1974: Arthur Kellas^[5]
• 1975–1978: Mervyn Brown^[6]
• 1978–1982: Peter Moon^[7]
• 1982–1985: John Sankey^[8]
• 1986–1989: Colin Imray^[9]
• 1989–1992: Thorold Masefield^[10]
• 1992–1995: Roger Westbrook^[11]
• 1995–1998: Alan Montgomery^[12]
• 1998–2001: Bruce Dinwiddy^[13]
• 2001–2003: Richard Clarke^[14]
• 2003–2006: Andrew Pocock^[15]
• 2006–2009: Philip Parham^[16]
• 2009–2013: Diane Corner^[17]
• 2013–2016: Dianna Melrose^[18]
• 2016–present: Sarah Cooke^[19][20]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 27403. p. 709. 4 February 1902.
2. "PRITCHARD, Sir Neil". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
3. "FOWLER, Sir Robert (William Doughty)". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
4. "PHILLIPS, Sir Horace (Hyman)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
5. "KELLAS, Arthur Roy Handasyde". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
6. "BROWN, Sir Mervyn". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
7. "MOON, Sir Peter (James Scott)". Who Was Who. A & C Black. 1920–2008. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
8. "SANKEY, John Anthony". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
9. "IMRAY, Sir Colin (Henry)". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
10. "MASEFIELD, (John) Thorold". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
11. "WESTBROOK, Roger". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
12. "MONTGOMERY, Alan Everard". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
13. "DINWIDDY, Bruce Harry". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
14. "CLARKE, Richard Ian". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
15. "POCOCK, Dr Andrew John". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
16. "PARHAM, Philip John". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
17. "CORNER, Diane Louise". Who's Who 2012. A & C Black. 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-01.
18. Change of British High Commissioner to Tanzania, British High Commission Dar es Salaam, 4 December 2012
19. "New British High Commissioner Designate arrives in Dar es Salaam]". British High Commission Dar es Salaam. 26 August 2016.
20. "New UK envoy starts tour with hefty Sh6.3bn donation". The Citizen. Dar es Salaam. 29 September 2016.

External links

• UK and Tanzania, gov.uk