Peter Butcher

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Peter Butcher (6 August 1947) is a British diplomat. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Ambassador to Turkmenistan.^[1]

Butcher attended the University of Bath, graduating in Development Studies. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974. After serving as a desk officer until 1979, Butcher served in Peru and Spain. In 1983, he was transferred to Mumbai, India, as a commercial secretary, before serving in Whitehall, working on commercial relations with South Asia.

From 1990 until 1993, Butcher served as Deputy High Commissioner to Lesotho. After a posting to St Vincent and the Grenadines, and another job in Whitehall, he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands in 1996. Between 2000 and 2003, Butcher served as Deputy High Commissioner to Mozambique. In 2005, he achieved his first posting as head of a diplomatic mission, in Turkmenistan.^[2]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline

2005–2009: Ambassador to Turkmenistan
2000–2003: Maputo, Deputy Head of Mission
1997–1999: FCO: Department for International Development: Know How Fund, Head of Western Balkans Section
1996–1996: Port Stanley, 1st Secretary
1994–1996: FCO: Latin America Department, Head of Southern Cone Section
1994–1994: St Vincent and the Grenadines
1990–1993: Maseru, Deputy High Commissioner
1987–1990: FCO: South Asian Department, Desk Officer
1983–1987: Mumbai, 2nd Secretary Commercial
1983–1983: Madrid, resting
1979–1983: Lima, 2nd Secretary (Political and Aid)
1978–1979: FCO: Central African Department, Desk Officer
1974–1978: FCO: Research Department, Desk Officer (East Africa)^[2]

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References

↑ "Change of Ambassador to Turkmenistan". British Embassy Berlin. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
1 2 The National Archives. 23 February 2005 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050307000000/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Frontd342.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] "Change of Ambassador to Turkmenistan". British Embassy Berlin. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.

[CV-2] 1 2 The National Archives. 23 February 2005 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20050307000000/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Frontd342.html.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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