Philip Parham
| Philip Parham CMG | |
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| UK Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates | |
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Assumed office July 2014 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Dominic Jermey |
| UK High Commissioner to Tanzania | |
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In office 2006–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Pocock |
| Succeeded by | Diane Corner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1960 |
| Spouse(s) | Kasia (née Giedroyc) |
| Children | 7 |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Philip John Parham CMG (born 14 August 1960) is a British diplomat.
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.[1] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993, and served as UK High Commissioner to Tanzania from 2006 to 2009, and was appointed UK Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in 2014.[2] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to "British multilateral foreign policy interests".[3]
Parham is married to teacher and writer Kasia Giedroyc,[4] sister of comedian Mel Giedroyc. They have seven children.[5]
References
- ↑ ‘PARHAM, Philip John’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015
- ↑ "Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 25 April 2014.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. pp. N3–N4. 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "My father's Siberian prison hell". The Daily Telegraph. 25 March 2010.
- ↑ "The boys tell me stories of the suffering they've faced". Daily Express. 27 November 2008.
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