Nicholas Hopton

Nicholas Hopton
Nicholas Hopton
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iran
	In office; September 2016 – March 2018
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Himself (As Chargé d'affaires)
Succeeded by	Robert Macaire
Personal details
Born	8 October 1965
Education	St Peter's School, York
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge

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

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

"Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
Hopton, Nicholas (2019-10-09). "A letter to all Libyans | Foreign Office Blogs". Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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
Biography of Nicholas Hopton on gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
Biography of Nicholas Hopton on gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
UK appoints first ambassador to Iran in five years, BBC News (5 September 2016). Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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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[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.