Jon Benjamin (diplomat)
Jon Benjamin (born 19 January 1963) is Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the British Foreign Office
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Jon Benjamin
Background and education
Jon Benjamin was brought up in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, attending Slough Grammar School. He read German and Swedish at the University of Surrey.[1]
Diplomatic career
- 1986: Desk Officer for Pakistan
- 1986–1987: Desk Officer for Burma and Laos, South East Asian Department
- 1988–1991: Jakarta, Third, later Second Secretary (Political)
- 1992–1993: Head of Section for Central Asia and the Caucasus, Eastern Department
- 1993–1995: Chief-of-staff to Minister of State responsible for EU/Europe and Latin America
- 1996–1999: Ankara, First Secretary, Head of Political and Public Affairs Section
- 2000: Head of Zimbabwe Emergency Unit
- 2000–2002: Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department
- 2002–2005: Head of Human Rights Policy Department
- 2005: Washington, D.C., Counsellor (Counter-terrorism and Human Rights)
- 2005–2008: New York City, Deputy Consul General & Deputy Head of Mission, subsequently Acting Consul General
- 2008–2009: New York, Secondment to Eurasia Group (political risk consultancy), Adviser to the president[2]
- 2009–2014: Ambassador to Chile[3]
- 2014-2017 High Commissioner to Ghana[4]
- 2017 Director of the Diplomatic Academy
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See also
References
- BENJAMIN, Jonathan, (Jon), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013
- Jon Benjamin, gov.uk
- Britain's Chile ambassador: The FCO's not Arabist, The Jewish Chronicle Online, 26 November 2009
- Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Chile, British Embassy Buenos Aires, 17 June 2009 (via archive.org)
- Ambassador's farewell reception in Chile, British Embassy Santiago, 23 January 2014
- Change of High Commissioner to Ghana, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 16 January 2014
Diplomatic posts | ||
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Preceded by Howard Drake |
British Ambassador to Chile 2009–2014 |
Succeeded by Fiona Clouder |
Preceded by Peter Jones |
British High Commissioner to Ghana 2014–present |
Incumbent |
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