{"id":52155,"date":"2015-01-05T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=366d2d4bee87fafbdddd25e896cb11b4"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T11:22:57","slug":"press-release-change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-trinidad-tobago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=52155","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of British High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr Tim Stew MBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in succession to Mr Arthur Snell, who has retired from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Stew will take up his appointment during July 2015.<\/p>\n

Mr Stew joined the FCO in 1988 and is currently head of the FCO department leading reform and conflict policy in the Middle East & North Africa since the Arab Spring of 2011. During his career he has covered a wide range of different roles, including serving previously in the region as Deputy High Commissioner to Belize and other postings to Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt. <\/p>\n

On his appointment as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Mr Stew has said:<\/p>\n

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I am thrilled to be coming to Trinidad & Tobago as British High Commissioner. I am looking forward to doing all I can to deepen the strong and historic ties between our two countries, and to bring energy and experience to further our shared objectives on a broad range of issues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tim Stew was appointed MBE in 1996, for his contribution to British foreign policy during the conflict in Bosnia. <\/p>\n

CURRICULUM VITAE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Full name:<\/th>\nTim Stew MBE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Children:<\/th>\nOne daughter, one son<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2010 \u2013 present<\/td>\nFCO, Head, Arab Partnership Department, Middle East and North Africa Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010 \u2013 2010<\/td>\nFCO, Senior Strategist, Finance Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007 \u2013 2010<\/td>\nKuwait, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003 \u2013 2006<\/td>\nCairo, Head Political and Economic Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000 \u2013 2003<\/td>\nFCO, Head of Iraq Sanctions\/Humanitarian Team, Middle East and North Africa Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996 \u2013 1999<\/td>\nBelize, Deputy High Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995 \u2013 1996<\/td>\nSarajevo, Third Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991 \u2013 1995<\/td>\nRiyadh, Press Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989 \u2013 1991<\/td>\nLondon & Cairo, Language training (Arabic)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nJoined FCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

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\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 Tim Stew MBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.<\/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\/52155"}],"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=52155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}