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词条 Simon Smith (diplomat)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Ambassador 

  3. Personal life

  4. References

     Video clips 
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Simon John Meredith Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born 14 January 1958) is a British diplomat who is ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

Early life

Smith attended the Triple C School in Grand Cayman, then Clifton College. From Wadham College, Oxford, he gained a BA in Modern Languages in 1980.

Career

From 1981–86 Smith worked at the Department of Employment. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1986 and has held positions in London, Tokyo, and as Counsellor (Economic/Commercial) in Moscow 1998–2002.[1]

Ambassador

From 2007 to 2012 Smith served as Ambassador to Austria, based in Vienna, and as the UK's representative to many UN and international organisations in Vienna, including as the UK's Governor on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency.[1] His transfer to Kiev as Ambassador to Ukraine was announced on 13 October 2011[1] and he took up the appointment in 2012.[4] He was replaced in 2015.[2] After a brief spell in London and Korean language training, he was appointed Ambassador to South Korea[3] and took up the post in March 2018.[4]

Personal life

Smith married Sian Stickings in 1984. She was appointed MBE "for services to the local and British communities in Russia" in the 2003 New Year Honours,[5] following Smith's service in Moscow. They have two daughters.

References

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  • SMITH, Simon John Meredith, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 27 Aug 2012
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1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?id=669483282&view=PressR |title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |work=press release |date=13 October 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015223526/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?id=669483282&view=PressR |archivedate=15 October 2011}}
2. ^Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ukraine, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 26 March 2015
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-republic-of-korea--2 |title=Change of Her Majesty'’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |date=3 February 2017}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/22/2018032201541.html |title=New U.K. Ambassador No Stranger to Korea |date=22 March 2018 |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo}}
5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |supp=y |page=25 |date=31 December 2002}}

Video clips

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD4PtlLFa_4 IAEA in September 2010]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlznKZYMObA Green roof on the embassy in June 2010]
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9 : 1958 births|Living people|People educated at Clifton College|Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria|Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ukraine|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to South Korea|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

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