Peter Wilson (diplomat)

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His Excellency The Honourable
Peter Wilson
CMG
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British Ambassador to Brazil
Assuming office
January 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
SucceedingVijay Rangarajan
British Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
August 2017 – September 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded bySir Geoffrey Adams
Succeeded byJoanna Roper
Personal details
Born (1968-03-31) 31 March 1968 (age 53)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)Mónica Roma Wilson
Parent(s)
ResidenceBrasília, Brazil
EducationEton College
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Harvard University
OccupationDiplomat

Peter Michael Alexander Wilson CMG (born 31 March 1968) is a senior British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to Brazil, and previously as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Early life[]

Wilson is a son of David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn. He was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He also has a MPA degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Career[]

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1992 and was posted to Beijing where he studied Mandarin at the University of International Business and Economics. He served at the British embassy in Beijing 1995–98. In early 1999 he was appointed to the cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, who was a Vice-President of the European Commission. After Brittan resigned with the rest of the Santer Commission in March 1999, Wilson continued as First Secretary at the UK representation to the EU. He was head of the Strategic Policy Team at the FCO 2003–04; Political Counsellor at Islamabad 2005–06 and at Beijing 2007–10; and director, Asia Pacific, at the FCO 2010–13. He was deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (with the rank of Ambassador) 2013–17.[1] In January 2017 the FCO announced his appointment as Ambassador to the Netherlands.[2] He took up the post when King Willem-Alexander received his credentials on 23 August 2017. On 30 August he presented his credentials to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[3]

Wilson was appointed CMG in the 2013 Birthday Honours "for services to strengthening British foreign policy in Asia".[4]

Private life[]

Peter Wilson is married with three children.

References[]

  1. ^ WILSON, Hon. Peter Michael Alexander, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)
  2. ^ "Change of Ambassador to the Netherlands". Press release. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 January 2017.
  3. ^ "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 3.
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