Paul Candler is a British civil servant. Since 2021, he serves as the

Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory The Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory (BAT), is the head of government in the Antarctic Territory of the United Kingdom. As one of the British Overseas Territories, the commissioner is appointed by the monarch of the United Kingd ...

(succeeding

Ben Merrick Benjamin Robert Merrick is a British civil servant who was Director of Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from August 2017 until July 2021. He held the position of Commissioner of the British Antarctic Ter ...

Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreig ...

(succeeding Ben Merrick), and Director, Overseas Territories at the

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign ...

. Before joining the FCDO, Candler was Director of International, Rights and Constitutional Policy at the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

References

* https://www.gov.uk/government/people/paul-candler British civil servants Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory Commissioners of the British Indian Ocean Territory Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{UK-gov-bio-stub