HM Ambassador, Mr Charles Lonsdale

Mr Charles Lonsdale has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia in succession to Mr Anthony Cantor who has retired from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Lonsdale took up his appointment in January 2008.

Mr Lonsdale has twenty years of experience in the Diplomatic Service in London and abroad.  He was Second Secretary in Budapest in 1990-1993, First Secretary in Moscow in 1998-2003, and Deputy Head of Afghanistan Group in FCO London in 2003-2005.  Before his appointment to Armenia, Mr Lonsdale was Deputy Head of Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group in the FCO in London.

Mr Lonsdale speaks Hungarian, Russian and French.