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The High Commission of the Republic of Singapore in London is the diplomatic mission of Singapore in the United Kingdom. [1] Also accredited as the Embassy of Singapore to Ireland and Iceland. The building forms one of a group of Grade II listed stucco buildings along the western side of Wilton Crescent , in the Belgravia district.
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Singapore is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Singapore.. Singapore, previously a British colony, became an internally self-governing state in 1959 and George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, was appointed commissioner (not high commissioner) for Singapore and South East Asia.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Singapore. Singapore opened its first diplomatic missions in Jakarta , Kuala Lumpur , and New York City in the first few months after gaining independence in 1965.
This is a list of ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives of the Republic of Singapore to other countries and international organisations. Singapore has a total of 27 resident ambassadors/high commissioners (some of whom are concurrently accredited to other countries), 4 resident permanent representatives, and 39 non-resident ambassadors.
Singapore is the United Kingdom's largest trading partner in Southeast Asia, with two thirds of UK exports to this region flowing into Singapore. UK exports of goods only to Singapore in 2010 were valued at £3.29billion, a 15% increase from 2009 while imports of goods from Singapore in 2010 were valued at £3.99billion, an 18% increase from 2009.
GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020 "Heads of Mission in order of precedence and their spouses" (ODS). GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020 "Honorary Consulates within the UK" (ODT). GOV.UK. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. June 2020
Kara Justine Owen CVO, CMG (born 1971) [1] is a senior British civil servant [2] and the current High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore. [3] [4] In April 2024, it was announced that she would be succeeded by Nikesh Mehta in July 2024, and Owen would transfer to another posting in the service.
The British high commissioner to South Africa is the head of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in the Republic of South Africa.. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and South Africa exchange high commissioners rather than ambassadors, and the high commissioner's office in Pretoria is the high commission rather than the embassy.