Hugh Stanley Philpott (born 24 January 1961) is a British retired diplomat who served as Ambassador to Turkmenistan.

Education

He was educated at

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and the

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Career

Hugh Stanley Philpott began his career at the

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in 1980, where he dealt with a wide range of issues, including international security, foreign countries and the Middle East. He previously served in cities such as Oslo, Budapest, Baghdad, Washington and Muscat. He also worked at the UK Department for International Development, responsible for technical support to Russia, as well as the UK Department of Enterprise, Innovation and Crafts, where he led the British science and innovation network. Since 2015, as ambassador, he headed the British diplomatic mission in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. In November 2018, he was appointed British Ambassador to Turkmenistan. September 26, 2019 presented credentials in Turkmenistan. He served as Ambassador to Turkmenistan until October 2021. In 2020, he released a video on

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singing Turkmen song ''Turkmen Sahrasy''. In October 2021, Philpott was retired from the Diplomatic Service.

Personal life

Hugh Stanley Philpott is married to Janine Frederica Philpott.

References

External links

Hugh Philpott
gov.uk * {{DEFAULTSORT:Philpott, Hugh 1961 births Living people Alumni of the Open University Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Tajikistan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Turkmenistan Officers of the Order of the British Empire British diplomats