John Rankin new British high commissioner to Maldives

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

John Rankin has been appointed Non-Resident British High Commissioner to Maldives and the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in succession to Dr. Peter Hayes.

Rankin will take up his appointment during February 2011, said the British High Commission in a statement.

On his new appointment, Rankin has said, “I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.”

“I look forward to develop even stronger relations with the Maldives as we pursue together our common interests.”

Rankin has been Director, Americas in the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Office since 2008.

He joined the FCO in 1988 as an Assistant Legal Adviser and served as legal adviser to the UK Mission to the UN and to the UK Mission to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

He has also served as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Dublin, working on the Northern Ireland peace process, and was the Consul General in Boston between 2003 and 2007.

He has a degree in Scots Law from the University of Glasgow and a Masters Degree in International Law from McGill University, Montreal.

Prior to joining the FCO he qualified and practiced as a solicitor in Scotland and was a lecturer in public law at the University of Aberdeen.

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