Michael Anthony Arthur

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Sir Michael Arthur
KCMG
Sir Michael Arthur at The Doon School, India.jpg
Sir Michael Arthur at The Doon School, India, with wife Plaxy Gillian Beatrice, dressed in shalwar kameez.
British Ambassador to Germany
In office
2007–2010
MonarchElizabeth II
PresidentHorst Köhler
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded bySir Peter Torry
Succeeded bySir Simon McDonald
British High Commissioner to India
In office
2003–2007
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Rob Young
Succeeded bySir Richard Stagg
Personal details
Born
Michael Anthony Arthur

(1950-08-28) 28 August 1950 (age 71)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Plaxy Gillian Beatrice
Children4
EducationRugby School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Sir Michael Anthony Arthur KCMG (born 28 August 1950) is a former senior British diplomat, who was Her Majesty's British Ambassador to Germany, 2007-10.[1] Previously, he was the UK's High Commissioner in New Delhi. Arthur was succeeded as British Ambassador to Germany by Simon McDonald.

Career[]

Arthur had previously worked in a number of positions within the Diplomatic Service, starting out in 1972 in the UK Mission to the United Nations, and moving in 1973 to the UK's Mission in Geneva working on the additional protocols to the Geneva Convention. Between 1981 and 1984, he was Private Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal and Minister of State in the Foreign Office, and in 1984 became First Secretary Political at the British Embassy in Bonn (then the administrative capital of West Germany). He was a Political Counselor at the Embassy in Paris from 1993 to 1997 and Deputy Head of Mission in Washington from 1999 to 2001.[1]

In 2001, Arthur was appointed Director General Europe and Economic at the Foreign Office and in 2003 succeeded Sir Rob Young as High Commissioner in New Delhi. He became Ambassador to Germany in 2007, succeeding Sir Peter Torry.[1]

Arthur retired from HM Diplomatic Service in October 2010, and was succeeded in Berlin by Simon McDonald, a former British Ambassador to Israel and Head of Foreign and Defence Policy, Cabinet Office.[2]

In 2013 Arthur joined Boeing UK and Ireland as a managing director.[3] Sir Michael Arthur was appointed senior vice president of Boeing and president of Boeing International on April 22, 2019 (Source - Boeing executive bios)

Personal life[]

Arthur attended Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford and is a fluent French and German speaker.[4] He is married to Plaxy Gillian Beatrice, and has four children.[1]

See also[]

  • British Embassy, Berlin

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Our Ambassador". British Embassy, Berlin. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Appointment of Ambassador to Germany". The Times. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. ^ "From diplomat to president". The Telegraph. 2017-12-12. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  4. ^ "From diplomat to president". The Telegraph. 2017-12-12. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-08-30.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British High Commissioner to India
2003–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Germany
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
Sir Simon McDonald
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