List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Burma
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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Burma is the United Kingdom's chief diplomatic representative in Burma (called Myanmar since 18 June 1989), in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission.
The present official title is Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar.
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Ambassadors to Burma, 1948-1989
- 1948–1950: James Bowker
- 1950s: Richard Speaight
- 1953–1956: Sir Paul Gore-Booth
- 1956-1962: Sir Richard Hugh Sedley Allen
- 1962-1965: Sir Gordon Coligny Whitteridge, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.
- 1965-1967: Leonard John Dean Wakely, C.M.G., O.B.E
- 1967-1970: Trafford Smith, C.M.G.
- 1970-1974: Edward Gervase Willan, C.M.G.
- 1974–1978: Terence John O'Brien MC CMG
- 1978-1982: Charles Leonard Booth, C.M.G., L.V.O.
- 1982–1986: Sir Nicholas Fenn GCMG
- 1986–1989: Martin Morland CMG
Ambassadors to Myanmar, since 1989
- 1989–1990: Martin Morland CMG
- 1990–1995: Julian Hartland-Swann2
- 1995–1999: Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon
- 1999–2002: John Jenkins
- 2002–2006: Victoria Jane Bowman3
- 2006–2009 : Mark Canning
- 2009–present: Andrew Heyn
References
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- ^ "HARTLAND-SWANN, Julian Dana Nimmo". Who's Who 2008. A & C Black. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ Victoria Jane Bowman, née Robinson, born 12 June 1966, is a british Career diplomat. In 1988 she entered Her Majesty Diplomatic Service. From 1990 to 1993: third then second Secretrary in Rangoon. 1993: first Secretrary in the FCO 1993 From 1996 to 1999:, first Secretrary: PR UKREP in Brussels. From 1999 to 2002: Cabinet in European Commission of Chris Patten. 2002-2006: Ambassadress to Myanmar. Since 2006: Director on Global and Economic Issues in the FCO.











