Names of United kingdom ambassadors in Somalia from 1960-2014
In the event anyone interested to know which country is the biggest donor in the world, UK is top donor to poverty fund Nation as this country gave £2.8bn to help poor countries – more than US, Japan or Germany. World Bank fund raised £32billion – and UK gave almost 10 per cent, which is equivalent to 0.7 per cent of GDP on aid. Please read below the names of British ambassadors in Somalia from 1960 and until at present.
Ambassador period of services | Name of Ambassador |
1960–1961 | Thomas Bromley |
1961–1963 | Lancelot Pyman |
1963–1968 | Diplomatic relations broken over the NFD conflict.
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1968–1970 | Stephen Whitwell |
1970–1973 | James Bourn |
1973–1976 | John Shaw |
1977–1980 | Henery Brind |
1980–1983 | Michael Purcell |
1983–1987 | William Fullerton |
1987–1989 | Jeremy Varcoe |
1989–1990 | Ian Mcc Cluney |
1991–2012 | British Embassy in Mogadishu evacuated 6 January 1991 after collapse of Siad Barre
of administration and start of the civil war relations maintained through the UK diplomatic office in Nairobi |
2012–2013 | Matt Baugh |
2014 | Nell Wigan |
UK also offered up an additional 500£ million in low-interest loans to the International Development Association, which raises money from richer countries, with 46 donating, to the world’s 82 poorest nations for health, education and economic projects.The information is crucial sometimes since UK is one of the countries that involve for the Somali issues at present. This information was taken from world donors meeting held in Moscow in December 2013.
Ismail Yusuf.