The appointment of Irfan Siddique as UK High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus has been announced by the Foreign Office.
Mr. Siddiq will succeed Stephen Lilly, who has been serving in Nicosia for the past four years.
The new High Commissioner will take office next August.
Mr Siddiq was previously Director of the East and Central Africa Department at the UK Foreign Office, and from 2018 to 2021 he served as UK Ambassador to Nicosia. He has also served as Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Deputy Head of the British Diplomatic Mission to Iraq and Syria.
He has been awarded the honorary title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
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