Ian Hughes (diplomat)

Ian Noel Hughes

CMG

(born 5 December 1951) is a British diplomat who has served as ambassador to Guatemala, El Salvador, Liberia and South Sudan, and high commissioner to Sierra Leone.

Biography

Hughes was educated at

High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (and non-resident ambassador to Liberia) 2009–13. In March 2013 he became ambassador to South Sudan.^[1] He was replaced in May 2015.^[2]

He was appointed

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in South Sudan and Sierra Leone.^[3]

Offices held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Richard Lavers	Honduras 2006 – 2009	Succeeded by Julie Chappell
Preceded by Sarah MacIntosh	High Commissioner to Sierra Leone 2009 – 2013	Succeeded by Peter West
Preceded by Sarah MacIntosh	Ambassador to Liberia (non-resident) 2009 – 2013	Succeeded by Fergus Cochrane-Dyet
Preceded by Alastair McPhail	Ambassador to South Sudan 2013 – 2015	Succeeded by Timothy Morris

References

HUGHES, Ian Noel, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 5 April 2013

^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b4.

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[1] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[2] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to South Sudan". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[3] "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b4.

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