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10/22/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/22/2025 06:33

Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine: Neil Crompton

Full name: Neil Crompton

2020 to 2025 Riyadh, His Majesty's Ambassador

2015 to 2019 FCO Director for Middle East and North Africa

2014 to 2015 FCO, Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate

2011 to 2014 FCO, Director South Asia and Afghanistan Directorate

2007 to 2011 Washington, Counsellor, Foreign and Security Policy Department

2005 to 2007 FCO, Iran Coordinator, Iran Department.

2003 to 2005 FCO, Head, Iraq Policy Unit

1999 to 2003 Tehran, Deputy Head of Mission

1998 to 1999 Full-time Farsi Language Training

1997 to 1998 FCO, Head, Iran Section

1995 to 1997 FCO, Senior Research Officer, Middle East and North Africa Group

1995 Joined FCO

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