{"id":34773,"date":"2013-11-14T12:12:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T12:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=bb5a7f71efbbd02043e0d8a2954ffd08"},"modified":"2013-11-14T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T12:12:20","slug":"news-story-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=34773","title":{"rendered":"News story: Change of Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to The Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He will succeed Mr David Morley. <\/p>\n

Mr Crorkin will take up his appointment during June 2014. <\/p>\n

Mr Crorkin joined the FCO in 1975 and has most recently served as Her Majesty\u2019s Consul General at the British Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. His career spans numerous postings in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Afghanistan he served for almost five years as Deputy Head of Mission in Manila, Philippines. <\/p>\n

On his appointment as Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to The Gambia, Mr Crorkin has said:<\/p>\n

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I am delighted to be appointed as Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to The Republic of The Gambia and I look forward to doing everything I can to strengthen the relationship between our two countries.<\/p>\n

There are strong cultural and family connections which bring us together. I look forward to working with our partners in both government and civil society to deepen our broad-based ties.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Following The Gambia\u2019s withdrawal from the Commonwealth, the British High Commission has been re-designated as the British Embassy.<\/p>\n

Curriculum vitae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Personal details<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Full name:<\/td>\nColin Wynn Crorkin MBE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Married to:<\/td>\nJoanne Lynn Finnamore-Crorkin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Children:<\/td>\nThree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Period<\/th>\nPost<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Feb 2012 \u2013 present<\/td>\nKabul, HM Consul General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 2011 \u2013 Dec 2011<\/td>\nTripoli, Deputy Head of Mission\/Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 2006 \u2013 Aug 2011<\/td>\nManila, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 2005 \u2013 Jun 2006<\/td>\nKirkuk, HM Consul General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov 2004 \u2013 Mar 2005<\/td>\nBaghdad, Senior Management Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 2002 \u2013 Oct 2004<\/td>\nTripoli, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 1997 \u2013 Jan 2002<\/td>\nLagos, Senior Management Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jul 1994 \u2013 Sep 1997<\/td>\nFCO, Near East and North Africa Department & Human Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 1992 \u2013 Jun 1994<\/td>\nNew York, British Trade & Investment Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oct 1987 \u2013 Dec 1991<\/td>\nKinshasa, Management Officer, later Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 1984 \u2013 Sep 1987<\/td>\nFCO, Personnel Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 1983 \u2013 May 1984<\/td>\nBrussels, UK Representation to the EU, Assistant Press Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 1980 \u2013 Nov 1982<\/td>\nBeirut, Visa Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sep 1977 \u2013 Dec 1979<\/td>\nRome, Chancery Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1975 \u2013 Aug 1977<\/td>\nFCO, Finance Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 1975<\/td>\nJoined the FCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

UK and Gambia<\/a><\/p>\n

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Media enquiries<\/h3>\n
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Mr Colin Crorkin MBE has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to The Gambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}