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Her Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative to the European Union | |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK Representation to the EU Brussels | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Brussels |
Nominator | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | Queen Elizabeth II |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Michael Palliser |
Formation | 1 January 1973 |
Final holder | Sir Tim Barrow |
Abolished | 31 January 2020 |
Succession | British Ambassador to the European Union |
Website | [1] |
The Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union was the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative to the European Union, and head of the United Kingdom Representation to the European Union (UKREP), while the United Kingdom was a member state of the European Union. Their official title was Her Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative to the European Union. Since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020,[1] the role was replaced with the British Ambassador to the European Union.