Philip Ridley Hall | |
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| British Consul-General to Jerusalem | |
| Assumed office August 2017 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Alastair McPhail |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11,1967 Chichester,West Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge Saarland University London School of Economics |
Philip Ridley Hall OBE (born 11 October 1967) is a British diplomat and solicitor,who has served as the British Consul-General to Jerusalem since August 2017.
Philip Ridley Hall was born in Chichester,West Sussex on 11 October 1967. Hall was born to J. Ridley Hall and Janette Lavinia Hall. [1]
Hall was educated at Cranleigh School, [1] and attended Gonville and Caius College,Cambridge,graduating with a BA in Law in 1989. [1] He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in European Integration (Law) at Saarland University,graduating in 1993. He later studied for an Executive Masters in Public Policy at the London School of Economics,graduating in 2017. [1]
Between 1994 and 1997,Hall worked for HM Treasury. [1] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997; [1] and headed the Middle East Peace Process Section from 1999 to 2001. [2]
Hall served as the Deputy Head of the Africa Department (Equatorial) from 2001 to 2003. [1] He was appointed an OBE in 2003. [1]
Hall served as the Head of Division for the European Secretariat of the Cabinet Office from 2003 to 2006. [2] He was the Deputy Head of Mission in Bucharest from 2007 to 2008, [3] and served as the Defence Counsellor in the British Delegation to NATO from 2008 to 2012. [3] He headed the Counter Proliferation Department from 2012 to 2015. [1]
Hall led the Spending Review at the Foreign &Commonwealth Office from 2015 to 2016. [3]
On 17 October 2016,Hall was appointed as the British Consul-General to Jerusalem. [2] Hall took up the appointment in August 2017,succeeding Alastair McPhail. [3]
In February 2021,Hall condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank as "illegal and an obstacle to restarting peace talks". [4]
Hall has been on the Board of Trustees for St. John Eye Hospital Group since September 2017. [5]
Hall married his wife,Karine Hall,in 2005. [1] They have three children,one son and two daughters. [1]
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