British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka

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The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka is the United Kingdom’s senior diplomatic representative in Sri Lanka, heading the UK High Commission in Colombo and managing bilateral relations between the two countries.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic post ⓘ
government office ⓘ
accreditedTo Sri Lanka ⓘ
appointedBy Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
basedIn British High Commission in Colombo ⓘ
belongsTo Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
countryRepresented United Kingdom ⓘ
diplomaticMissionType high commission ⓘ
diplomaticRank High Commissioner ⓘ
eligibleHolders senior members of the United Kingdom diplomatic service ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver British nationals in Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-colombo ⓘ
heads British High Commission in Colombo ⓘ
isPartOf British foreign service ⓘ
United Kingdom diplomatic service ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy British diplomat ⓘ
jurisdiction Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInCountry Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Colombo ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth diplomatic corps in Sri Lanka ⓘ
nominatedBy Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
officeHoldersShareThisTitleWith British High Commissioner to the Maldives ⓘ
officeType high commissioner ⓘ
postCreatedFor management of diplomatic relations with Sri Lanka ⓘ
representation of the United Kingdom in Sri Lanka ⓘ
reportsTo Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
represents British Crown ⓘ
Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government

King Charles III ⓘ
residence Colombo ⓘ
responsibleFor United Kingdom–Sri Lanka relations ⓘ
bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka ⓘ
consular services for British nationals in Sri Lanka ⓘ
cultural relations between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka ⓘ
development cooperation between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka ⓘ
economic relations between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka ⓘ
political relations between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka ⓘ
promotion of British trade and investment in Sri Lanka ⓘ
seat Colombo ⓘ
style Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
worksWith Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Rankin → positionHeld → British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka ⓘ
British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka → heads → British High Commission in Colombo ⓘ
linked to: British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Stephen Evans (diplomat) → positionHeld → High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Stephen Evans (diplomat) → notableWork → United Kingdom diplomatic service in Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka