Vijay Rangarajan | |
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British Ambassador to Brazil | |
In office June 2017 –August 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Alex Ellis |
Succeeded by | Peter Wilson |
Personal details | |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Selwyn College,Cambridge |
(Francis) Vijay Rangarajan CMG (born 22 September 1969) [1] is a British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to Brazil from June 2017 to August 2020. [2] He currently serves as the Director General,Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and served as the Deputy British Ambassador to Mexico from 2003 to 2006. [3]
Rangarajan was born in New Delhi and educated at Cranbrook School and Selwyn College,Cambridge,where he graduated with a BA Hons. degree in 1990 and a PhD in Astrophysics five years later. [1] [3] Prior to working for the FCDO,Rangarajan worked for the UK's Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office,focusing on political and constitutional reform. [3]
He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 Birthday Honours. [4]
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