Matt Baugh (born 24 July 1973) is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Somalia, the first for 20 years.

Career

Baugh was educated at The Oratory School and

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. After graduating BA in history and

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in international policy, he joined the British civil service in the

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(DFID). After various posts he was head of the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit (now the

Stabilisation Unit The Stabilisation Unit is a cross-government unit of the UK government, governed through the National Security Council. It aims to support fragile states and countries emerging from conflict, where close cooperation between international agencies, ...

) 2005-06, head of DFID's Iraq department 2006-07, and Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Development ( Douglas Alexander) 2008-09.BAUGH, (John William) Matthew
''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014) Baugh was DFID's representative for Somalia 2010–11, and in February 2012 he was appointed the UK's Ambassador to Somalia, the first to serve in over twenty years. Baugh initially worked out of the British diplomatic office in Nairobi. On 25 April 2013, he re-located to Mogadishu, as the UK diplomatic mission for Somalia officially re-opened its embassy in the Somali capital. On 6 June 2013, Baugh was succeeded by

Neil Wigan Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan is a British diplomat who was UK Ambassador to Somalia from 2013 to 2015. Since 13 June 2019, he serves as the British ambassador to Israel, replacing David Quarrey. Personal life Wigan studied at the University of ...

as the British Ambassador to Somalia; Baugh was appointed OBE in the

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"for services to promoting peace and security in Somalia" and transferred to be head of the Africa department (Central and Southern) at the

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in London, before being transferred to become the head of East and West Africa Department.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baugh, Matt 1973 births Living people People educated at The Oratory School Alumni of the University of Bristol Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Somalia Officers of the Order of the British Empire