Mockbul Ali | |
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United Kingdom Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Haiti | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Chris Campbell (the Dominican Republic) and Sharon Campbell (Republic of Haiti) |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 March 1981 |
Nationality | British |
Education | School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London Royal College of Defence Studies King’s College London |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Mockbul Ali,OBE (born 6 March 1981) is a British diplomat and the current British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. [1] [2]
Ali is of Bengali South Asian heritage and was born in the UK. [3] He is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London. He later completed his postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Defence Studies, [4] and has a master's degree in international security and strategy from King's College London. [3]
Ali joined the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. He has held a number of roles in London,including as a policy adviser on the wider Muslim world. [3] His overseas diplomatic postings have included Political Counsellor in Egypt,Chief of Staff to the British Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Libya and British Deputy Ambassador to Bahrain.
In 2019,he was appointed the British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. [5]
In 2009,he was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims globally. [1]
Ali was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours. [6]
He also received the Royal College of Defence Studies Award for Strategic Leadership in 2014 and was the first civilian to do so. [7]
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