Ian Hughes (diplomat)
Ian Noel Hughes CMG (born 5 December 1951) is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Guatemala, El Salvador, Liberia and South Sudan, and high commissioner to Sierra Leone.
Biography
Hughes was educated at Khormaksar (then within the United Kingdom's Colony of Aden) and St John's School, Singapore. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1971 and served in Kabul, Warsaw, Tegucigalpa, Berne and New Delhi, and as deputy head of mission in Mexico City and Mumbai, before being appointed ambassador to Guatemala (and non-resident ambassador to El Salvador and Honduras) in 2006. He was High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (and non-resident ambassador to Liberia) 2009–13. In March 2013 he became ambassador to South Sudan.[1] He was replaced in May 2015.[2]
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in South Sudan and Sierra Leone.[3]
Offices held
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Richard Lavers |
Ambassador to Guatemala and to El Salvador and Honduras 2006 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Julie Chappell |
| Preceded by Sarah MacIntosh |
High Commissioner to Sierra Leone 2009 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Peter West |
| Ambassador to Liberia (non-resident) 2009 – 2013 |
Succeeded by Fergus Cochrane-Dyet | |
| Preceded by Alastair McPhail |
Ambassador to South Sudan 2013 – 2015 |
Succeeded by Timothy Morris |
References
- HUGHES, Ian Noel, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 April 2013
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b4.