John Jenkins (diplomat)
Sir John Jenkins KCMG LVO (born 26 January 1955) is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.
Career
John Jenkins was educated at St Philip's Grammar School, Birmingham, The Becket School, Nottinghamshire and Jesus College, Cambridge where he gained a BA and a doctorate (PhD) in 1980. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1980 and served in Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur and Kuwait before being appointed ambassador to Burma 1999–2002; Consul-General at Jerusalem 2003–06; ambassador to Syria 2006–07; Director, Middle East and North Africa at the FCO 2007–09; ambassador to Iraq 2009–11; UK Special Representative to the National Transitional Council of Libya May–October 2011, then briefly ambassador to Libya October–November 2011; and ambassador to Saudi Arabia from June 2012.[1]
At the end of January 2015 he retired from the Diplomatic Service and as of the 27th January 2015 became Executive Director of the Middle East branch of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in Bahrain.[2]
Jenkins was appointed LVO in 1989,[3] CMG in the New Year Honours of 2003[4] and knighted KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2011.[5] He is a Serving Brother of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.[6]
References
- ↑ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 25 April 2012
- ↑ IISS announces the appointment of Sir John Jenkins as Executive Director IISS–Middle East, Manama Bahrain, 5 December 2014
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 51932. p. 12995. 10 November 1989.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56797. p. 3. 31 December 2002.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59808. p. 3. 11 June 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 58328. p. 7053. 16 May 2007.
Sources
- JENKINS, Sir John, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- Sir John Jenkins, gov.uk
- John Jenkins profile on LinkedIn
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Robert Gordon |
Ambassador at Rangoon 1999–2002 |
Succeeded by Vicky Bowman |
| Preceded by Geoffrey Adams |
Consul-General at Jerusalem 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by Richard Makepeace |
| Preceded by Peter Ford |
Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic 2006–2007 |
Succeeded by Simon Collis |
| Preceded by Christopher Prentice |
Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Michael Aron |
| Preceded by Richard Northern |
Ambassador to Libya 2011 |
Succeeded by Sir Dominic Asquith |
| Preceded by Sir Tom Phillips |
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2012–2015 |
Succeeded by Simon Collis |