The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Cameroon is the head of the United Kingdom's
diplomatic mission in
Cameroon.
In 1960 the French colony of Cameroon became independent as the
Republic of Cameroun. The
southern part of
British Cameroons merged with it in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. The country was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972 and the Republic of Cameroon in 1984. Cameroon joined the
British Commonwealth in 1995: before then the British
head of mission was an
Ambassador, but now that Cameroon is in the Commonwealth the head of mission is a
High Commissioner.
British Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Cameroon have also been
non-resident ambassadors to the
Central African Republic from 1966 until 1970 and from 1982; to the
Republic of Chad from 1966 until 1970 and from 1990; to the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea from 1969; and to the
Gabonese Republic from 1966 until 1978 and from 1995. In 2018 the UK government opened a new office in
N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, "to support diplomatic, development and defence efforts" but the ambassador is still non-resident (in Cameroon) and the new office does not provide consular assistance.[1]