James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden (born 27 May 1960) is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Chile from 2018 to 2020.

Career

Bowden was educated at

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, then served in the

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1980–86. He then joined the

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and served at Aden, Khartoum, Washington, Riyadh and at the

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. He was deputy

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in Kabul in 2002, Kuwait 2003–04, Baghdad 2004–05, and Kuwait again 2005–06. He was ambassador to the

Kingdom of 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 ad ...

2006–11 and to the

Sultanate of Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

2011–14. He was

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as deputy private secretary to

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2014–17. He took up his post as ambassador to the

Republic of Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

in June 2018.

Honours

Bowden was appointed OBE in 2002 "in recognition of services in support of operations in Afghanistan", CMG in the

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, and MVO in the

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References

Bowden, James Nicholas Geoffrey
, ''Who's Who 2018'', 1 December 2017
Jamie Bowden CMG OBE MVO
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