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List Of Ambassadors From The United Kingdom To Sudan
His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Khartoum is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Sudan. Heads of mission Chargé d'affaires *1954–1956: Philip Adams *1994–1995: John Crane Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *1956–1961: Sir Edwin Chapman-Andrews *1961: Sir Roderick Parkes *1961–1965: Sir Ian Dixon Scott *1965–1966: Sir John Richmond *1966–1967: Sir Robert Fowler *1967–1968: ''Break in relations due to the Six-Day War'' *1968–1970: Sir Robert Fowler *1970–1974: Gordon Etherington-Smith *1974–1977: John Phillips *1977–1979: Derrick Carden *1979–1984: Richard Fyjis-Walker *1984–1986: Sir Alexander Stirling *1986–1990: John Beaven *1990–1991: Sir Allan Ramsay *1991–1994: Peter Streams *1995–1999: Alan Goulty *1999–2002: Richard Makepeace *2002–2005: Sir William Patey *2005–2007: Ian Cliff *2007–2010: Dame Rosalind Marsden *2010–2012: Nicholas Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of The Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the northeast, Ethiopia to the southeast, Libya to the northwest, South Sudan to the south and the Red Sea. It has a population of 45.70 million people as of 2022 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres (728,215 square miles), making it Africa's List of African countries by area, third-largest country by area, and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum, secession of South Sudan in 2011, since which both titles have been held by Algeria. Its Capital city, capital is Khartoum and its most populated city is Omdurman (part of the metropolitan area of Khar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Ramsay (diplomat)
Sir Allan John Heppel Ramsay (19 October 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a British diplomat. Biography The son of Norman Ramsay Ramsay and wife Evelyn Faith Sorel- Cameron, Ramsay was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. At one point he also studied at Durham University. Ramsay was in the British Army from 1957 to 1970, serving in the Somerset Light Infantry until 1964, followed by two years in the Trucial Oman Scouts, and finally joining the Durham Light Infantry for the remainder of his service. He attended MECAS from 1968 to 1969 and then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1970. He was British Ambassador to the Lebanon (1988–1990), British Ambassador to the Sudan (1990–1991) and British Ambassador to Morocco (1992–1996). Ramsay died at home in France on the 5 January 2022, at the age of 84. Honours * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) – 1992 * Companion of the Most Distinguished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom
The list below includes lists of ambassadors and high commissioners of the United Kingdom (who fulfil the function of ambassadors in fellow countries of the Commonwealth of Nations). This article includes, in separate sections, ambassadors of the former Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801) and Kingdom of England (10th century–1707). Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United Kingdom *Afghanistan *Albania *Algeria *Angola *Argentina *Armenia *Australia *Austria *Azerbaijan *Bahamas *Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ... *List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh, Bangladesh *List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Barbados, Barbados *List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Belarus, Belarus *List of ambassadors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Lever
Giles may refer to: People * Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: ''Aegidius'') * Giles (surname), family name * Saint Giles (650–710), 7th–8th-century Christian hermit saint * Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th-century companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th-century archbishop * Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the ''Daily Express'' known simply as "Giles" ** Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Giles * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and sinologist, co-author of the Wade–Giles Chinese transliteration system Places ;United States * Giles, Utah, a US ghost town * Giles, West Virginia * Giles County, Tennessee, US * Giles County, Virginia, US ;Australia * Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia * Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border * Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Siddiq
In Islam, ‘Irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; tr, İrfan), literally ‘knowledge, awareness, wisdom’, is gnosis. Islamic mysticism can be considered as a vast range that engulfs theoretical and practical and conventional mysticism, but the concept of Irfan is emphasised mostly within the Shia sect of Islam. Concept of Irfan in Sunni mysticism According to the founder of the Qadiriyya Tariqa, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani Irfan is described as the acknowledgement of God's unity. This acknowledgement is achieved by studying under islamic scholars. One method how these scholars can help in gaining acknowledgement about God's unity is by giving more inside in the internal meaning of the practice of Islamic rituals, like the Salah. The reflection upon the practice of Islam with the knowledge of respected islamic scholars (in concreto Awliya Allah) is described by the Sayyid as "nearness to God", manifested in acknowledgement of him (Irfan).Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani in Sirr ul Asrar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aron
Michael Douglas Aron (born 22 March 1959) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Sudan, and Yemen. Career Aron was educated at Exeter School, Leeds University and the Polytechnic of Central London. He taught English in Sudan before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1984. He has served at New York, Brasilia and Brussels. He was Ambassador to Kuwait 2008–09, Head of the Middle East Department at the FCO 2010–11, Ambassador to Iraq 2011–12, acting Head of Mission at Tripoli September 2012 to January 2013, and Ambassador to Libya from January 2013 until June 2015. After the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War in 2014, Aron supervised the evacuation of British citizens from Tripoli on the Royal Navy survey ship HMS ''Enterprise''. He and his remaining staff then closed the embassy and left Libya to set up a temporary office in Tunis. In April 2015, Aron was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Tibber
Peter Tibber (born 7 September 1956) is a British diplomat, who served as the British Ambassador to Sudan from 2011 to 2015 and the British Ambassador to Colombia from 2015 to 2019. Early life Peter Harris Tibber was born on 7 September 1956. He is the son of Anthony Harris Tibber, a Circuit Judge. Tibber was educated at Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, a private school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Tibber attended University College, Oxford and graduated with a degree in history in 1976. Career Ambassador to Sudan Tibber served as the British Ambassador to Sudan from 2011 to 2015. Ambassador to Colombia Tibber served as the British Ambassador to Colombia from 2015 to 2019. In the 2020 Birthday Honours, Tibber was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Peter Kay
Sir Nicholas Peter Kay (born 8 March 1958) is a British diplomat. He has served as the British ambassador to Afghanistan, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 2013 to 2016 he was the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia. Background Education Kay was born on 8 March 1958 in Lincolnshire. He was educated at Abingdon School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, whence he has an BA degree in English language and literature. He also has an MA in applied linguistics from the University of Reading. Early career From 1980 to 1994 Kay was an English language teacher in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Brazil, Spain and the UK. In 1994 he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). He served as the United Kingdom's Regional Coordinator for Southern Afghanistan and Head of the Provincial Reconstruction Team for Helmand Province from 2006 to 2007, British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of the Congo from 2007 to 2010, British Ambassador to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Marsden
Dame Rosalind Mary Marsden (born 1950) is a British diplomat and public servant. She was European Union Special Representative to Sudan from 2010 to 2013. Dame Rosalind is a Patron of the charity Kids for Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan. She is currently an Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme at Chatham House. She was educated at Woking County Grammar School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and St Antony's College, Oxford. Background * 1974, Assistant Desk Officer at the Near East and North Africa Department * 1976-1980, Tokyo, the Second Secretary, Chancery (later promoted to First Secretary) * 1980-1983, FCO, policy planner * 1983-1985, European Community Department (Internal) Head of Section * 1985-1988, British Embassy, Bonn * 1989-1991, Deputy Head, Hong Kong Department * 1991-1993, National Westminster Bank (Secondment) * 1993-1996, Tokyo, Political Counsellor * 1996-1999, Head, United Nations Department * 1999-2003, Director, Asia-Pacific * 2003-200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Cliff
Ian Cameron Cliff (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sudan, the OSCE and Kosovo, as well as Chargé d'Affaires in Croatia. Career Ian Cliff is the son of Gerald Shaw Cliff, who was Resident Engineer Trinity House 1925–65. Cliff was educated at Hampton Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he gained a degree in Modern History. He taught History for four years at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham, before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1979. After Arabic language training at St Andrews University and in Damascus he served at Khartoum and in Middle East-related posts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 1989 he became 1st Secretary in the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York and in 1996 Deputy Head of Mission in the British Embassy to Austria. He was then appointed Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001–05, Ambassador to the Sudan 2005–07, Head of the UK Delegation to the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Patey
Sir William Charters Patey, KCMG (born 11 July 1953) is a British retired diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012, and previously served as Ambassador to Sudan, to Iraq and to Saudi Arabia. He retired from HM Diplomatic Service in April 2012 and was replaced by Sir Richard Stagg, formerly British High Commissioner to India. He has since worked in business. Early life Patey attended Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland until 1971. He earned a Master of Arts (MA) from the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland. Career Patey joined the FCO in 1975. He went to the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies (MECAS) from 1977-8. From 2005-6 he was the Ambassador to Iraq and from 2002-5 the Ambassador to Sudan. Patey gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry on 24 November 2009 and 5 January 2010. From May 2010 to April 2012, Patey was the British Ambassador to Afghanistan. He joined the consultancy Control Risks as Government and International Relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Makepeace
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", " Rick", "Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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