Nicholas Hopton

Nicholas Dunster Hopton (born 8 October 1965) is a British diplomat who is the current Head of UK Embassy in Libya.[1][2]

His Excellency

Nicholas Hopton
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya
Assumed office
September 2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Succeeded byMartin Reynolds
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iran
In office
September 2016  March 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byHimself (As Chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded byRobert Macaire
Personal details
Born (1965-10-08) 8 October 1965
EducationSt Peter's School, York
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge

Hopton was educated at St Peter's School, York and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989 and served in Paris, Rome and Rabat. He worked on the national security team at the Cabinet Office and was Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Europe.[4]

He assumed his first ambassadorial position as Ambassador to Yemen from 2012 to 2013, before serving as Ambassador to Qatar between 2013 and 2015. In December 2015 he was appointed British Chargé d'affaires in Iran. Following the improvement in relations between the United Kingdom and Iran, Hopton was made Ambassador to Iran in September 2016 – the first British ambassador to the country since 2011.[5][6] He was appointed Chargé d'affaires at the British Embassy in Libya in September 2019.

From 2013 to 2014 Hopton was a visiting academic at St Antony's College, Oxford.[7]

References

  1. "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. Hopton, Nicholas (2019-10-09). "A letter to all Libyans | Foreign Office Blogs". Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. 2018 "Hopton, Nicholas Dunster, (born 8 Oct. 1965), HM Diplomatic Service; Ambassador to Iran, 2016–18." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 19 Jul. 2019
  4. Biography of Nicholas Hopton on gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. Biography of Nicholas Hopton on gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. UK appoints first ambassador to Iran in five years, BBC News (5 September 2016). Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. Sproule, Luke (5 September 2016). "Former Oxford academic Nicholas Hopton appointed first British ambassador to Iran since 2011". Oxford Times. Oxford. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Jonathan Wilks
British Ambassador to Yemen
2012–2013
Succeeded by
Jane Marriott
Preceded by
Michael O'Neill
British Ambassador to Qatar
2013–2015
Succeeded by
Ajay Sharma
Preceded by
Himself (As Chargé d'affaires)
British Ambassador to Iran
2016–2018
Succeeded by
Robert Macaire
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