# List of ambassadors of Romania to the United Kingdom

The Romanian Ambassador to the Court of St James's is the official representative of the Government in Bucharest to the Government in London (United Kingdom and Northern Ireland). Between 1869-1963 his official title was of plenipotentiary ministry and since 1963 of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.

## List of ambassadors

| Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of heads of state of Romania | List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom | Term end |
| November 28, 1869 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu | | Carol I of Romania | William Ewart Gladstone | March 11, 1871 |
| May 4, 1880 | Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu | | Carol I of Romania | William Ewart Gladstone | July 1, 1881 |
| July 1, 1881 | Ion Ghica | | Carol I of Romania | William Ewart Gladstone | March 1, 1891 |
| March 1, 1891 | Alexandru Plagino | | Carol I of Romania | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | March 31, 1893 |
| March 31, 1893 | Ion Bălăceanu | | Carol I of Romania | William Ewart Gladstone | December 1, 1900 |
| December 1, 1900 | Alexandru C. Catargi | | Carol I of Romania | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | October 13, 1911 |
| November 1, 1911 | Gheorghe Manu | Constantin G. Manu | Carol I of Romania | H. H. Asquith | December 5, 1912 |
| December 5, 1912 | Nicolae Mişu | | Carol I of Romania | H. H. Asquith | October 15, 1919 |
| December 16, 1921 | Nicolae Titulescu | | Ferdinand I of Romania | David Lloyd George | July 6, 1927 |
| August 1, 1928 | Nicolae Titulescu | | Michael I of Romania | Stanley Baldwin | October 20, 1932 |
| August 29, 1936 | Nicolae Titulescu | | Carol II of Romania | Stanley Baldwin | November 1, 1936 |
| November 1, 1936 | Vasile Grigorcea | Basile Grigorcea | Carol II of Romania | Stanley Baldwin | November 20, 1938 |
| 1936 | Matila Ghyka | ministrul | Carol II of Romania | Stanley Baldwin | 1938 |
| February 2, 1939 | Viorel Tilea | | Carol II of Romania | Neville Chamberlain | 1940 |
| 1939 | Matila Ghyka | | Carol II of Romania | Neville Chamberlain | 1940 |
| 1940 | Radu Florescu | Chargé d'affaires | Michael I of Romania | Winston Churchill | |
| 1946 | Richard Franasovici | | Michael I of Romania | Clement Attlee | 1947 |
| 1947 | George Macovescu | | Constantin Ion Parhon | Clement Attlee | 1949 |
| 1947 | Nicolai Cioroiu [de] | | Constantin Ion Parhon | Clement Attlee | 1952 |
| 1953 | Pavel Babuci | | Petru Groza | Winston Churchill | 1956 |
| 1956 | Nicolai Korcinski | | Petru Groza | Anthony Eden | 1957 |
| 1957 | Petre Balaceanu | | Petru Groza | Harold Macmillan | 1961 |
| 1961 | Alexandru Lăzăreanu | | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej | Harold Macmillan | 1964 |
| 1964 | Alexandru Lăzăreanu | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej | Harold Wilson | 1966 |
| 1966 | Vasile Pungan | | Chivu Stoica | Harold Wilson | 1972 |
| 1972 | Pretor Popa | | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Edward Heath | 1980 |
| 1980 | Vasile Gliga | | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Margaret Thatcher | 1986 |
| 1986 | Stan Soare | | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Margaret Thatcher | January 13, 1990 |
| 1990 | Sergiu Celac | | Ion Iliescu | John Major | 1996 |
| June 13, 2001 | Radu Onofrei | | Ion Iliescu | Tony Blair | |
| November 29, 2002 | Dan Ghibernea [ro] | | Ion Iliescu | Tony Blair | July 18, 2006 |
| 2008 | Ion Jinga | | Traian Băsescu | Gordon Brown | 2015 |
| September 11, 2015 | Mihnea Motoc | | Klaus Iohannis | David Cameron | November 17, 2015 |
| June 8, 2016 | Dan Mihalache | | Klaus Iohannis | David Cameron | |
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