Chris Campbell (diplomat)
Chris Campbell | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Campbell and his wife Sharon | |
| British Ambassador to Ecuador | |
| In office November 2020 – 23 November 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Katherine Ward |
| British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Steven Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Mockbul Ali |
| British Ambassador to Nicaragua | |
| In office 2011 – 2 June 2015[1] | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Thomas Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Ross Denny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher John Campbell |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Sharon Campbell |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Christopher John Campbell is a British diplomat who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Ecuador from 2020 until 2023.[2][3] He also served as the ambassador to Nicaragua between 2011 and 2015 and the ambassador to the Dominican Republic between 2015 and 2020.
Consular career
[edit]Campbell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1982 and started in the North America Department. In 1984, he moved to the Secretary of State's Private Office and the next year was placed to the UK Embassy in Khartoum as an economist. From 1988 he worked at the embassy in Dhaka and from 1992 at the embassy in Jakarta.[4]
Campbell served as the Ambassador to Nicaragua from 2011 to 2015.[5] During the same period, his wife, Sharon Campbell, was the Ambassador to Costa Rica, making them one of the only married couples to ever be ambassadors to neighbouring countries.[6][7] Because the UK did not have an embassy in Nicaragua, the post was non-residential and Campbell worked from San José.[6]
He served as the British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 2015 to 2020.[5]
On 13 October 2020, he was recognised as British Ambassador to Ecuador.[3] In July 2022, Niels Olsen, Ecuador's tourism minister, credited the work of Campbell and Ecuador's foreign minister Juan Carlos Holguin after the UK Foreign Office announced Ecuador would be moved to the green list for travel;[8]
Personal life
[edit]Campbell met his wife Sharon while working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and they married in 1989.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Departing British ambassadors reflect on four-year tenure in Costa Rica". The Tico Times. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Change of Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador - November 2020". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b "El Gobierno Nacional pagó USD 285 millones a proveedores del Estado – Secretaría General de Comunicación de la Presidencia". www.comunicacion.gob.ec. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Dominican Republic". WiredGov. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Chris Campbell - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Adewunmi, Bim (3 July 2011). "A very diplomatic marriage". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Appointment: Ambassador to Costa Rica and Non Resident Ambassador to Nicaragua". The Times. 25 June 2011. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "UK Foreign Office Eases Travel Warnings for Ecuador". Northern Ireland Travel News. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
