Mockbul Ali

Ali is of Bengali South Asian heritage, and was born in the UK. He graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and later completed his postgraduate studies in the Royal College of Defence Studies,[2] graduating with an MA in International Security and Strategy from King's College London.

Ali was a policy advisor on the wider Muslim world to three former Foreign Secretaries.[3] He also played a vital role[4] in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s outreach to Muslims worldwide.[4] and was a member of the Foreign Office's Engaging with the Islamic World Group (EIWG) and served as the Head of Prevent, Counter Ideology at the FCO.[1]

Amongst his more recent diplomatic postings, he was in Cairo during the Arab Spring, and more recently, he served as the Chief of Staff to the British Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Libya.[3]

In 2014, Ali received the Royal College of Defence Studies Award for Strategic Leadership, a leadership programme in international strategy, and is the only civilian to have been awarded it.[5]

In 2019, he was appointed the British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, succeeding Sharon and Chris Campbell.[6]

In 2010, Ali was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[7][8]

In 2009, he was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Georgetown University's The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[1]

Ali is a British Muslim by background.[1]

• British Diplomats
• Bengalis
• British South Asians