Robert Nigel Paul Macaire

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Robert Nigel Paul Macaire

Sir Robert Nigel Paul Macaire KCMG (born February 19, 1966 ) is a British diplomat who has been accredited as Ambassador to Tehran since May 27, 2018 .

Life

Robert Nigel Paul Macaire worked from 1987 to 1990 in the Procurement and Procurement, Special Forces and Science departments in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense . In 1990 he joined the Foreign Service and was employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the Falklands Department. From 1991 to 1995 he was the second class embassy secretary in Bucharest and was in charge of the Know How Fund, a fund for development cooperation. From 1995 to 1996 he headed the Levant, Middle East and North Africa department at the FCO. From 1996 to 1997 he headed the Middle East and North Africa Department at the FCO. From 1997 to 1998 he was head of the southern Africa department at the FCO. In 1998 he headed the Sierra Leone department in the FCO. From 1998 to 2002 he was First Class Embassy Secretary in the Counter Terrorism Department in Washington, DC . Robert Nigel Paul Macaire headed the Counter Terrorism department at the FCO from June 2002 to July 2004. From July 2004 to 2006 he was Counselor in New Delhi . From 2006 to 2008 he headed the consular department at the FCO. From 2008 to 2011 he was High Commissioner in Nairobi , Kenya . From October 18, 2013 to June 7, 2016 he was Director of Government / Public Affairs and Political Risk (Head of connection to the Government Public Relations and Political Risk ) of the BG Group .

Robert Nigel Paul Macaire is married to Alice. They have two daughters.

Arrest in Tehran

Macaire was arrested for three hours on January 11, 2020 during protests in Tehran against the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 . In response, the FCO described its arrest as "an apparent violation of international law," and Foreign Minister Dominic Raab warned that Iran is on the way to pariah status. Macaire alleged that he did not take part in a protest but took part in a vigil for the victims of the plane crash, stating that "it is of course illegal to arrest diplomats".

predecessor Office successor
Adam Wood High Commissioner in Kenya
2008–2011 		Peter Harris Tibber
Nicholas Hopton British Ambassador to Tehran
since May 27, 2018

Remarks

  1. ↑ Political risk is a type of risk for investors, companies and governments that political decisions, events or conditions can materially affect the profitability of a company or the expected value of a particular economic activity.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received on Sunday the new ambassadors of UK and South Korea to Tehran and the UN special coordinator for Lebanon, AVA Diplomatic reports, AVA Diplomatic reports., Avadiplomatic.com, May 27, 2018, [1]
  2. ↑ 14 March 2018, UK changes ambassador to Tehran [2] [3] .
  3. ^ Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Diplomatic Service List 2004 , Stationery Office, The, Dec 2, 2003 - Political Science - 338, p. 254
  4. ↑ He was arrested and held for three hours when he stopped at a barber shop for a haircut on his way back to the UK embassy. Claire Corkery: UK ambassador to Iran arrested - British government . In: The National . January 12, 2020. Accessed January 12, 2020.
  5. ^ BNO: British ambassador Rob Macaire briefly arrested at Tehran protest . In: BNO News , is an international news agency headquartered in Tilburg , the Netherlands. . January 12, 2020. Accessed January 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ BBC: Iran plane crash: UK ambassador arrested in Tehran . In: BBC News . January 12, 2020. Accessed January 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ Patrick Wintour: UK ambassador to Iran denies he joined Tehran street protests . January 12, 2020. Accessed January 13, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Macaire, Robert Nigel Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1966