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James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden CMG OBE MVO (born 27 May 1960) is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Chile from 2018 to 2020.

Career[edit]

Bowden was educated at Eton, then served in the Royal Green Jackets 1980–86. He then joined the diplomatic service and served at Aden, Khartoum, Washington, Riyadh and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was deputy head of mission in Kabul in 2002, Kuwait 2003–04, Baghdad 2004–05, and Kuwait again 2005–06. He was ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain 2006–11 and to the Sultanate of Oman 2011–14. He was seconded as deputy private secretary to the Prince of Wales 2014–17. He took up his post as ambassador to the Republic of Chile in June 2018.[1]

Honours[edit]

Bowden was appointed OBE in 2002 "in recognition of services in support of operations in Afghanistan",[2] CMG in the 2012 New Year Honours,[3] and MVO in the 2017 New Year Honours.[4]

References[edit]

  • Jamie Bowden CMG OBE MVO Archived 21 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, gov.uk
    1. ^ "Jamie Bowden starts duties as new British Ambassador to Chile". British Embassy Santiago. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  • ^ "No. 56735". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 2002. pp. 9–10.
  • ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 3.
  • ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N4.
  • Diplomatic posts
    Preceded by

    Robin Lamb

    British Ambassador to Bahrain
    2006–2011
    Succeeded by

    Iain Lindsay

    Preceded by

    Noel Guckian

    British Ambassador to Oman
    2011–2014
    Succeeded by

    Jonathan Wilks

    Preceded by

    Fiona Clouder

    British Ambassador to Chile
    2018–2020
    Succeeded by

    Louise De Sousa


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