Alison Blake

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British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
In office
2016–2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byRobert Gibson
Succeeded byRobert Chatterton Dickson
Personal details
Born
Alison Mary Blake
Nationality
British citizenship
SpousePeter Henry
Alma materMerton College, Oxford (MA)
OccupationDiplomat

Alison Mary Blake,

CMG is a British diplomat who is currently serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. She previously served as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Afghanistan
.

Career

Blake was educated at Roan School for Girls and Merton College, Oxford, where she gained a MA degree in ancient and modern history in 1980. She worked as an archaeologist for the Museum of London, English Heritage and the Greater London Council from 1983 to 1987.

She joined the

Bangladeshi government over a £170m claim for unpaid VAT brought by the government of Bangladesh against its subsidiary, BATB.[3]

Blake was appointed a Companion of the

Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in the 2018 New Year Honours "for services to British foreign and security policy."[4]

She then moved in May 2019 to become Ambassador to Afghanistan.[5] She was succeeded by Sir Laurie Bristow in June 2021.[6]

In March 2022, the

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced that Blake would be the new Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, succeeding Nigel Phillips in July 2022.[7] She is the first female governor of the islands.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4
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  2. ^ "Change of British High Commissioner to Bangladesh". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ Doward, Jamie (10 September 2017). "British diplomat lobbied on behalf of big tobacco". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N4.
  5. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Afghanistan – May 2019". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Afghanistan: Laurie Bristow". GOV.UK (Press release). Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Change of Governor of the Falkland Islands: Alison Mary Blake CMG". GOV.UK (Press release). Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ "First Woman Governor of the Falkland Islands: Alison Mary Blake CMG". www.mercopress.com (Press release). MercoPress. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh

2016–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Afghanistan
2019–2021 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of the Falkland Islands
2022–present 		Incumbent
Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2022–present
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