Laleshwar Singh

Laleshwar Kumar Narayan Singh (born 2 April 1941) was from 1993 to 2015 High Commissioner from the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Kingdom, as well as the non-resident ambassador in five other countries.

After studying law in Guyana, and training as a court clerk, he moved to work in the United Kingdom in 1961. From 1971 to 1993 he worked for the Magistrates' Courts Service in central London. In 1993 he was appointed the High Commissioner (Commonwealth) for Guyana in London, as well as the (non-resident) ambassador to the Netherlands. He has since been appointed non-resident ambassador to France and the Russian Federation (1995), the Czech Republic (1997) and the Holy See (1998).