Emyr Jones Parry
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Sir Emyr Jones Parry
Education
Jones Parry was educated at Gwendraeth Grammar School, and went on to take
Diplomatic career
Jones Parry joined the
His next position in 1997 was Director European Union during the 1998 United Kingdom Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with overall responsibility for policy, co-ordination and organisation of the presidency. From July 1998 until August 2001 he was the FCO Political Director.
He took over as Permanent Representative to NATO in September 2001, and held the position until 2003, whereupon he became the Permanent Representative of the UK on the
In 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the All Wales Convention – a body established by the Welsh Assembly Government to review Wales's constitutional arrangements and in particular to spearhead the campaign to increase the powers of the Assembly to a full legislative parliament similar to the Scottish Parliament.
In July 2007, it was announced that Jones Parry would be appointed president of
Since January 2008 he has been Chairman of Redress, a human rights organization based in London. From March 2008 until July 2011, Jones Parry was Chair of the Open University Business School's International Advisory board, tasked with supporting the global development of the school.
In 2009 Jones Parry was nominated by the United Kingdom as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to Wikileaks cables,[2][3] He never took up the position.
Private life
Sir Emyr is married to Lady Jones Parry (Lynn); the couple have two children.
Emyr Jones Parry was promoted from a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (
Offices held
Sources
1. http://www.aber.ac.uk/aberonline/en/archive/2007/07/uwa8107/ 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121002150614/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/about/fellows/previous/index.html
References
- ^ "Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd appointed University Chancellor". Aberystwyth University. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF HIGH REPRESENTATIVE (OHR)". The Telegraph. 4 February 2011.
- ^ "UK WILL LOBBY IN EU FOR ROBUST EU APPROACH TOWARDS BOSNIA; NEW UK AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA TO ARRIVE SOON". The Telegraph. 4 February 2011.
- ^ Profile: Sir Emyr Jones Parry Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, cardiff.ac.uk; accessed 27 March 2016.