Alastair William James Morgan (born 28 May 1958) is a British diplomat. He was the United Kingdom ambassador to the

Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

.Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in December 2018
- UK Government(December 2018) In his diplomatic career, he served mainly in East Asia especially in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

; namely,

First Secretary First Secretary may refer to: * First minister, a leader of a government * Secretary (title), a leader of a political party (especially Communist parties), trade union, or other organization * First Secretary (diplomatic rank), a role within an emba ...

in Tokyo from 1991 to 1996, Director of Investment in Tokyo from 2002 to 2006, Commercial Counsellor in Beijing from 2007 to 2010, and as Consul-General in Guangzhou from 2010 to 2014. He then served as the British ambassador to North Korea from December 2015 to December 2018, after which he was replaced by Colin Crooks. Morgan 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 prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

in the New Year Honours for 2019.

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1958 births Living people People educated at Sherborne School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to North Korea Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in Guangzhou People from Camberley Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub