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词条 John Hughes (British diplomat)
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{{dablink|For other people with this name, see John Hughes.}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}Dr Edgar John Hughes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 27 July 1947) is a British retired diplomat, the former British Ambassador to Argentina.[1]

Career

Born in South Wales, Hughes was educated at Lewis School, Pengam, and the London School of Economics. He went on to receive his master's degree from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1974 with a dissertation entitled Anglo-American relations and the formation of the United Nations organisation.[2]

Hughes joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973, and specialised primarily in American affairs, serving in Santiago, Chile; in Washington, D.C., in the United States; and in Oslo, Norway.

In 2000 Hughes was appointed HM Ambassador to Venezuela, where he served until 2003. He was then appointed HM Ambassador to Argentina in 2004, and in 2005 as concurrent non-resident HM Ambassador to Paraguay.

Hughes was appointed CBE in the 2017 New Year Honours.[3]

References

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  • Hughes, Dr (Edgar) John, Who's Who 2018, A & C Black, 2017
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1. ^{{cite web |url=http://ukinargentina.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-argentina/our-ambassador/ |title=Our Ambassador |publisher=British Embassy in Argentina |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912032939/http://ukinargentina.fco.gov.uk/en/our-offices-in-argentina/our-ambassador/ |archivedate=12 September 2008}}
2. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uRGu4C1FgKsC&pg=PA212 |last=Ryan |first=Henry B. |title=The Vision of Anglo-America: The US-UK Alliance and the Emerging Cold War, 1943–1946 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2004 |page=212}}
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=61803 |date=30 December 2016 |page=N25 |supp=y}}
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11 : 1947 births|Living people|People educated at Lewis School, Pengam|Alumni of the London School of Economics|Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge|Lehigh University alumni|Welsh diplomats|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina|Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Paraguay|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

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