Michael Davenport (diplomat)
Michael Hayward Davenport MBE (born 25 September 1961) is a British diplomat, who served as British Ambassador to Kuwait.[1] In 2021 he became the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.[2]
Davenport studied French and German at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. He lectured at Graz University in Austria from 1983-1984 and then trained as a solicitor at Macfarlanes in London.[3]
He changed careers to join the Foreign Office in 1988, starting as a Desk Officer in the East Africa Department.[1] He served in Russia and Poland, where he was Consul-General and Direction of Trade Promotion (2000-2003), then as Deputy Head of Mission in Cairo. From 2010-2013 he served as British Ambassador to Serbia and from 2013 to 2017 as EU Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia. He is an Honorary Citizen of Pančevo, Serbia. In October 2017 he presented his credentials to Sheikh Sabah, Amir of Kuwait as British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait.[1] He was succeeded by Belinda Lewis in April 2021.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Michael Davenport MBE". GOV.UK.
- ^ OSCE Kosovo [@OSCEKosovo] (22 March 2021). "A very warm welcome to #Kosovo to our new Mission Head Amb. Michael Davenport" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Davenport, Michael Hayward". Who's Who (UK). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Kuwait: Belinda Lewis" (Press release). GOV.UK. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
 | This British diplomat-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Members of HM Diplomatic Service
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Serbia
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kuwait
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- British diplomat stubs