Robert Macaire (diplomat)

Robert Macaire
Macaire in 2018
British Ambassador to Iran
In office
14 March 2018[1] – August 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byNicholas Hopton
Succeeded bySimon Shercliff
Personal details
Born (1966-02-19) 19 February 1966 (age 58)
SpouseAlice (née Mackenzie)
Children2
EducationSt Edmund Hall, Oxford (MA)

Robert Nigel Paul Macaire CMG (born 19 February 1966) is a British diplomat who served as UK's Ambassador to Iran from 2018 to 2021.[2]

Macaire has held a number of senior posts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and prior to his Iran posting he was the Director of Political Risk in BG Group plc.

  1. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iran: Rob Macaire". GOV.UK.
  2. ^ "UK changes ambassador to Tehran". Mehr News Agency. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.