The Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
The secretary of state for foreign,Commonwealth and development affairs,also known as the foreign secretary,is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom,with responsibility for the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. The role is seen as one of the most senior ministers in the UK Government and is a Great Office of State. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and National Security Council,and reports directly to the prime minister.
The Heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations,or international organizations. They are usually appointed as ambassadors,except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where a high commissioner is appointed. The head of mission to an international organization is usually a permanent representative. For some nations a consul or consul-general is appointed.
The Department for International Development (DFID) was a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom,from 1997 to 2020. It was responsible for administering foreign aid internationally.
Sir Matthew John Rycroft is a British civil servant and diplomat serving as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office since 2020,appointed following the resignation of Sir Philip Rutnam. Rycroft previously served as Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development (DFID) from 2018 to 2020 and as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 2015 to 2018.
The Chevening Scholarship is an international scholarship,funded by the British Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and partner organizations,that enables foreign students to study at universities in the United Kingdom.
In UK politics,the shadow secretary of state for foreign,commonwealth and development affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected,the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new foreign secretary.
Mark Canning is a British former diplomat and was British Ambassador to Indonesia between August 2011 and 2014,before being succeeded by Moazzam Malik. He served concurrently as British Ambassador to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and to Timor Leste. He is a career member of the UK Foreign Service and has occupied a series of challenging and sensitive senior diplomatic appointments. Prior to his current position he served as Britain's Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2009–2011) and to Myanmar (Burma) (2006–2009). Prior to his three ambassadorial assignments,he served as a Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.
Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa,is an Indonesian diplomat and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 5 September 2007 until his latest appointment and has also served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.
The School of Global Development is a department at the University of East Anglia,Norwich,England. Situated within the Faculty of Social Sciences,the School of International Development has been ranked in the top three British development studies departments.
The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) is an umbrella organisation for UK based Muslim-led charities whose primary goal is to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable people around the world. It is also an associate member of British Overseas NGOs for Development (Bond),the UK membership body for non-government organisations and a member of National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO),an organisation with 11,000 members that champions the voluntary sector and volunteering.
Soedjatmoko,more colloquially referred to as Bung Koko,was an Indonesian intellectual,diplomat,and politician. He was born into a noble father and mother in Sawahlunto,West Sumatra. After finishing his primary education,he went to Batavia to study medicine;in the city's slums,he saw much poverty,which became an academic interest later in life. After being expelled from medical school by the Japanese in 1943 for his political activities,Soedjatmoko moved to Surakarta and practiced medicine with his father. In 1947,after Indonesia proclaimed its independence,Soedjatmoko and two other youths were deployed to Lake Success,New York,to represent Indonesia at the United Nations (UN). They helped secure international recognition of the country's sovereignty.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) is an independent non-departmental public body tasked with the scrutiny of British Official development assistance (ODA).
Dr Desra Percaya is an Indonesian diplomat who,since 2020,serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom,accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.
East Timor–India relations are the international relations that exist between East Timor and India. The Embassy of India in Jakarta,Indonesia is concurrently accredited to East Timor. East Timor has no diplomatic representation in India. On 7 September 2023,India announced that it would open an embassy in Dili.
Catriona Wendy Campbell Laing is a British civil servant and diplomat who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) since 2023.
Sir Richard Peter Moore is a British civil servant,currently chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and formerly Director General for Political Affairs,at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,and previously the British ambassador to Turkey.
Andy Rachmianto,is a career diplomat and government official. He is now Director-General for Protocol and Consular Affairs/Chief of State Protocol,Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Republic of Indonesia.
