Paul Candler | |
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Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory | |
Assumed office 1 July 2021 [1] | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Ben Merrick |
Acting Governor of Anguilla | |
In office 26 June 2023 –11 September 2023 | |
Monarch | Charles III |
Premier | Ellis Webster |
Preceded by | Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam |
Succeeded by | Julia Crouch |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Paul Candler is a British civil servant who is the Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory,Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory,and Director,Overseas Territories at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office.
Before joining the FCDO,Candler was Director of International,Rights and Constitutional Policy at the Ministry of Justice. He also served as acting Governor of Anguilla from 26 June to 11 September 2023. [2] [3]
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that,while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself,are part of its sovereign territory. The permanently inhabited territories are delegated varying degrees of internal self-governance,with the United Kingdom retaining responsibility for defence,foreign relations and internal security,and ultimate responsibility for good governance. All of the territories are inhabited by civilians,except three that are chiefly or only inhabited by military or scientific personnel. All fourteen have the British monarch as head of state. These UK government responsibilities are assigned to various departments of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and are subject to change.
The Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory,is the head of government of the British Antarctic Territory,a British Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The commissioner is appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies:Anguilla,the Cayman Islands,Turks and Caicos Islands,Montserrat,the British Virgin Islands,Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,Jamaica,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,British Guiana and Trinidad and Tobago. Other territories included Bermuda,and the former British Honduras.
Alan Edden Huckle is an English senior diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory from 23 April 2001 until 12 January 2004,when he left to become the governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean. He was the Governor of Anguilla from 29 July 2004 to July 2006,having been appointed in July 2003.
The British Indian Ocean Territory is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is administered by a Commissioner,located at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. There is no Governor appointed to represent the King in the territory as there are no permanent inhabitants.
The Realm of New Zealand is the area over which the monarch of New Zealand is head of state. The realm is not a federation but is a collection of states and territories united under its monarch. New Zealand is an independent and sovereign state that has one territorial claim in Antarctica,one dependent territory (Tokelau),and two associated states. The Realm of New Zealand encompasses the three autonomous jurisdictions of New Zealand,the Cook Islands,and Niue.
The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Commissioner does not reside in the territory,as it has had no native population since the forced depopulation of the Chagossian people in the 1970s,and the only population is the military of the United States and the United Kingdom at the joint base at Diego Garcia.
Colin Roberts is a British diplomat and the former Governor of the Falkland Islands and former Commissioner of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Among the fourteen British Overseas Territories,eight –Akrotiri and Dhekelia,the British Antarctic Territory,the British Indian Ocean Territory,the Falkland Islands,Gibraltar,the Pitcairn Islands,Saint Helena,Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands –recognise and perform same-sex marriages. In the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia,only British military and civilian personnel can enter into same-sex marriages and civil partnerships.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in the British Antarctic Territory since 13 October 2016. A new marriage ordinance bringing territorial legislation in line with the law in force in England and Wales was proclaimed by Commissioner Peter Hayes on 13 October,legalising marriage by same-sex couples in the British Antarctic Territory.
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam is a British lawyer and civil servant who has served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands since 29 June 2023. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2021 and 2023.