Alastair McPhail | |
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| Permanent UK Representative to the African Union | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| Permanent UK Representative to the UN Economic Commission for Africa | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| British Ambassador to Ethiopia | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Susanna Moorehead |
| British Ambassador to South Sudan | |
| In office July 2011 –2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Ian Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alastair David McPhail 2 March 1961 |
Alastair David McPhail CMG OBE (born 2 March 1961) is a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom's first Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan,appointed in July 2011 when the country gained independence. He had served as consul-general from 16 March 2011. [1] [2] McPhail left South Sudan in March 2013 [3] [4] and was appointed to be British Consul-General in Jerusalem from January 2014. [5] He was replaced in Jerusalem in 2017 and was appointed to be ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from January 2019. [6] He took up the post on 28 January 2019. [7]
McPhail was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours. [8] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to British interests in South Sudan. [9]
