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Francois Gordon

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Jean Francois Gordon CMG CVO (born 16 April 1953) was the British Ambassador to Algeria from 1996 to 1999, Ambassador to the Ivory Coast from 2001 to 2004 and High Commissioner to Uganda from 2005 to 2008.[1][2]

Foreign Office Career

Gordon joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979 and worked in the European Commission Department. In 1981 he was posted to Angola as the First Secretary for Luanda.[3]

He later served as First Secretary for the British Delegation to the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva from 1983 to 1988, before becoming the Head of Finance for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the United Nations from 1988 to 1989, First Secretary to Nairobi from 1990 to 1992 and Head of Crime, Drugs and Terrorism Department for the FCO.[4]

Upon retiring from the Foreign Office in 2009 he became the European Strategy Advisor for the Kent Police.

For his ambassador work he was appointed CMG in 1999,[5][6] and CVO in 2007 when Queen Elizabeth II visited Uganda for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[7]

Political career

In 2012 Gordon stated that he would be standing in the England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections for the Conservative Party nomination to represent Kent as its Police Commissioner. However he was unsuccessful.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Francois Gordon, Esq, CMG, CVO Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Francois Gordon, Esq, CMG, CVO Profile". www.debretts.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ UKImmigration.org.uk. "UK embassies :: UK High Commissions :: UK Consulates". ukimmigration.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "SEC.gov | Press Releases". gov-news.org. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "SEC.gov | Press Releases". gov-news.org. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "BBC News | New Year Honours | Diplomatic Service and Overseas Lists - Orders". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 55354". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1998. p. 3.
  7. ^ "No. 58542". The London Gazette. 14 December 2007. p. 18169.
  8. ^ "Ex-Police Federation boss Jan Berry in bid for elected post - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Peter James Marshall
 British Ambassador to Algeria
1996–1999 		Succeeded by
William Sinton
Preceded by Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
2001–2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by High Commissioner to Uganda
2005–2008 		Succeeded by
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