Alastair McPhail | |
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| Permanent UK Representative to the African Union | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| Permanent UK Representative to the UN Economic Commission for Africa | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| British Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Susanna Moorehead |
| British Ambassador to South Sudan | |
| In office July 2011 – 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Ian Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alastair David McPhail 2 March 1961 |
Alastair David McPhail CMG OBE (born 2 March 1961) is a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom's first Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, appointed in July 2011 when the country gained independence. He had served as consul-general from 16 March 2011.[1][2] McPhail left South Sudan in March 2013[3][4] and was appointed to be British Consul-General in Jerusalem from January 2014.[5] He was replaced in Jerusalem in 2017 and was appointed to be ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from January 2019.[6] He took up the post on 28 January 2019.[7]
McPhail was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours.[8] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to British interests in South Sudan.[9]
- ^ Appointment of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 9 July 2011
- ^ President Kiir receives credentials of UK and Norway ambassadors, Government of South Sudan, 16 September 2011, via archive.org
- ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to South Sudan, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London, 20 December 2012
- ^ British Ambassador McPhail Bids Farewell, Gurtong Trust, Juba, 21 March 2013
- ^ New Consul-General in Jerusalem, British Consulate-General Jerusalem, 9 January 2014
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in January 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Newly appointed UK Ambassador to Ethiopia presents credential". Fana Broadcasting Corporate. 28 January 2019.
- ^ "No. 57509". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2004. p. 24.
- ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 3.