Jill Gallard | |
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British Ambassador to Germany | |
Assumed office 11 November 2020 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Sir Sebastian Wood |
Succeeded by | Andrew Jonathan Mitchell |
British Ambassador to Portugal | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Alexander Ellis |
Succeeded by | Kirsty Hayes |
Personal details | |
Born | Jill Parkinson Omagh,Northern Ireland |
Spouse | Dominic Gallard |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Jill Gallard CMG CVO [1] [2] is a British diplomat who took up the post of British Ambassador to Germany in November 2020. [3] Previously she was the British Ambassador to Portugal,director of human resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and deputy political director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. [4]
Born in Omagh,Northern Ireland,and raised in Omagh and County Antrim,Gallard was educated at Ballyclare High School [5] and gained an MA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh. [5]
Gallard joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1991. She has served at Madrid and Prague and in various posts at the FCO, [1] including at the European Commission in Brussels. [5] She was Ambassador to Portugal from 2011 to 2014 [6] and director of human resources at the FCO from 2014 to 2018. [4]
Gallard was appointed CMG in the 2018 Birthday Honours. [7]
From 2018 to 2020 she was deputy political director and director of the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean at the FCO. [5]
In July 2020 Gallard was appointed Ambassador to Germany and took up the position in November. [8] She was the first ever woman to hold the position. [5] In March 2023 she received King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their first outbound state visit. [9] In honour of this she was appointed a Commander of The Royal Victorian Order in November 2023,with the appointment backdated to the date of the state visit. [10] In March 2024 it was announced that her successor would be Andrew Jonathan Mitchell from September 2024,with Gallard transferring to another posting. [11]
Gallard is married and has two children. She is multilingual. [5]
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