{"id":37810,"date":"2014-01-15T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T14:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=07f15456b64b0bf91d8613ac3a49dcd0"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T14:01:24","slug":"press-release-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=37810","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He will succeed Mr Michael Davenport. Mr Keefe will take up his appointment during June 2014.<\/p>\n

Mr Keefe joined the FCO in 1982 and has spent much of his career developing British and EU relations with the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. After a Cold War posting in Prague, he returned there as the Czech Republic was preparing to join the EU and NATO. <\/p>\n

As Ambassador in Tbilisi he worked to integrate Georgia into Euro-Atlantic structures and deal with long-standing conflicts, before moving to Moscow as Deputy Head of Mission covering the full range of regional and international issues. <\/p>\n

He has also worked in Africa and on the Far East, and at the Cabinet Office. <\/p>\n

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

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I am delighted to be taking up this challenge as Serbia begins negotiations to join the European Union.<\/p>\n

I look forward to working with the Serbian government and people as Serbia modernises its economy, society and institutions and integrates into the European family.<\/p>\n

2014 is also the year in which we commemorate the outbreak of the First World War, reminding us of the history that we share. I look forward to strengthening the links between us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>\nDenis Edward Peter Paul Keefe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Married to:<\/td>\nCatherine (Kate) Keefe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Children:<\/td>\nThree daughters, three sons<\/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
2010 \u2013 present<\/td>\nMoscow, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007 \u2013 2010<\/td>\nTbilisi, Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006 \u2013 2007<\/td>\nFull-time language training (Georgian and Russian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004 \u2013 2006<\/td>\nFCO, Head of Far Eastern Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003 \u2013 2004<\/td>\nFCO, Head of China Hong Kong Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002 \u2013 2003<\/td>\nCabinet Office, Team Leader, Counter-Terrorism Strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998 \u2013 2002<\/td>\nPrague, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997 \u2013 1998<\/td>\nFCO, Head of ASEM Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996 \u2013 1997<\/td>\nFCO, Deputy Head of South Asia Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992 \u2013 1995<\/td>\nNairobi, Head of Political Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991 \u2013 1992<\/td>\nFCO, CFSP Department \u2013 European Correspondent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990 \u2013 1991<\/td>\nFCO, Western European Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988 \u2013 1990<\/td>\nFCO, EU (Internal) Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984 \u2013 1988<\/td>\nPrague, Second Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nFull-time language training (Czech)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982 \u2013 1984<\/td>\nFCO, Southern European Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

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

Follow the Foreign Office on twitter @foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n

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Media enquiries<\/h3>\n
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\n Telephone<\/span>
\n 020 7008 3100\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mr Denis Keefe has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Serbia.<\/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\/37810"}],"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=37810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}