| 词条 | Frank Baker (diplomat) |
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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency | name = Frank Baker | honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|OBE|size=100%}} | image = | alt = | order = | ambassador_from = United Kingdom | country = Libya | term_start = 2018 | term_end = | predecessor = Peter Millett | successor = | monarch = Queen Elizabeth II | order2 = | ambassador_from2 = United Kingdom | country2 = Iraq | term_start2 = 2014 | term_end2 = 2017 | predecessor2 = Simon Collis | successor2 = Jonathan Wilks | monarch2 = Queen Elizabeth II | order3 = | ambassador_from3 = United Kingdom | country3 = Kuwait | term_start3 = 2010 | term_end3 = 2014 | predecessor3 = Michael Aron | successor3 = Matthew Lodge | monarch3 = Queen Elizabeth II | birth_name = Francis Raymond Baker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|1|27|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = United Kingdom | nationality = British | party = | otherparty = | spouse = Maria Pilar Fernandez | partner = | relations = | children = Two | parents = | residence = | education = Dartford Grammar School | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = {{unbulleted list|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (2018)|Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1997)}} }}Francis Raymond "Frank" Baker, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|OBE|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 27 January 1961) is a British diplomat and civil servant who is Ambassador to Libya.[1] He was Ambassador to Kuwait from 2010 to 2014, and Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2017.[2][3] Early lifeBaker was born on 27 January 1961 to Raymond and Pamela Baker. He was educated at Dartford Grammar School, then an all-boys state grammar school in Dartford, Kent.[3] Diplomatic careerBaker joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981. For the first two years of his career, he worked in the Personnel Operations Department.[2] From 1983 to 1986, he undertook his first posting abroad as Third Secretary at the British Embassy in Panama City, Panama.[3] From 1986 to 1991, he was based at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina; first he was Third Secretary, and later he served as Second Secretary.[2] In 1991, he returned to England, and was a desk officer (ranking as a Second Secretary) in the Human Rights Policy Department of the FCO for two years.[2][3] From 1993 to 1996, he was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey;[2] he was awarded an OBE for this posting.[11] From 1996 to 1998, Baker was on secondment to the US Government and was based in Washington, D.C..[2] In 1998, he was Head of the Iraq Section in the Middle East Department, FCO.[2] Then, from 1998 to 2000, he was Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.[3] From 2000 to 2003, he was Head of the Africa Department (Equatorial) in the FCO.[2] From 2003 to 2007, he was once more based in Washington, D.C.; first, between 2003 and 2004, as Counsellor (Political/Military), and then, between 2004 and 2007, as Counsellor (Foreign and Security Policy).[3] From 2002 to 2010, he was back working at the FCO, this time as Deputy Director Middle East.[2] Baker took up his first ambassadorial appointment in 2010.[3] From February 2010 to July 2014, he was the British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait.[3][4][5] In August 2014, he was announced as the next British Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq. He took up the appointment in September 2014.[2] He was replaced in 2017 and took up the post of Ambassador to the State of Libya in February 2018.[1] Personal lifeBaker is married to Maria Pilar Fernandez. Together, they have two children; a boy and a girl.[6] HonoursIn the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Baker was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his service as First Secretary of the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.[7] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2018 New Year Honours "for services to British foreign policy and UK/Iraq relations."[8] He is a recipient of the Order of Kuwait (Special Class).[9] References1. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/al-sarraj-receives-british-ambassador-libya-frank-baker |title=Al-Sarraj receives British ambassador to Libya Frank Baker |publisher=The Libya Observer |date=18 February 2018}} {{s-start}}{{s-dip}}{{s-bef |before=Michael Aron}}{{s-ttl |title=British Ambassador to Kuwait |years=2010–2014}}{{s-aft |after=Matthew Lodge}}{{s-bef |before=Simon Collis}}{{s-ttl |title=British Ambassador to Iraq |years=2014–2017}}{{s-aft |after=Jonathan Wilks}}{{s-bef |before=Peter Millett}}{{s-ttl |title=British Ambassador to Libya |years=2018–present}}{{s-inc}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Frank}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web|title=Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Iraq|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-iraq|website=GOV.UK|publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office|accessdate=27 January 2016|date=29 August 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=BAKER, Francis Raymond|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U41895|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=27 January 2016|date=November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Sapsted|first1=David|last2=Calderwood|first2=James|title=British ambassador leaves Kuwait after news of infidelity|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/british-ambassador-leaves-kuwait-after-news-of-infidelity|accessdate=27 January 2016|work=The National|date=2 March 2010}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=HE Ambassador Frank Baker Farewell Article|url=http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/frankbaker/2014/07/16/he-ambassador-frank-baker-farewell-article/|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141203194007/http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/frankbaker/2014/07/16/he-ambassador-frank-baker-farewell-article/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=3 December 2014|website=FCO Blogs|publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office|date=16 July 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Frank Baker OBE|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/frank-baker|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=27 January 2016}} 7. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=54794 |date=13 June 1997 |page=24 |supp=y }} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=N4 |supp=y}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Francis Raymond (Frank) BAKER|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/86445/Francis-Raymond-%28Frank%29-BAKER|website=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=27 January 2016}} 10 : 1961 births|Living people|Members of HM Diplomatic Service|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kuwait|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Libya|Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|People educated at Dartford Grammar School|Place of birth missing (living people) |
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