{"id":59004,"date":"2015-07-10T14:43:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d6588c4d9399e047e6325b386ebbfca0"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:43:20","slug":"press-release-change-of-the-united-kingdoms-permanent-representative-to-the-council-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59004","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of the United Kingdom\u2019s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Christopher Yvon has been appointed the United Kingdom\u2019s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in succession to Mr Matthew Johnson, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Mr Yvon will take up his appointment by summer 2016.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">CURRICULUM VITAE<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name:<\/td>\n<td>Christopher Yvon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to:<\/td>\n<td>Annette Yvon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children:<\/td>\n<td>Two daughters and one son<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014 \u2013 2015<\/td>\n<td>Ljubljana, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 2014<\/td>\n<td>Skopje, Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Deputy Head, International Organisations Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004 \u2013 2007<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head of Sanctions Team, International Organisations Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, Human Rights Policy Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999 \u2013 2002<\/td>\n<td>Port Louis, Second Secretary (Political\/Press &amp; Public Affairs)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995 \u2013 1999<\/td>\n<td>Riyadh, Vice Consul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, Near East and North Africa Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td>Bangkok, Entry Clearance Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1994 \u2013 1995<\/td>\n<td>Full-time Language Training (French)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 \u2013 1994<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Registry Clerk, Hong Kong Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991 \u2013 1993<\/td>\n<td>Prague, Attach\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989 \u2013 1991<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Visa Clerk, Migration and Visa Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989<\/td>\n<td>Joined the FCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Christopher Yvon has been appointed the United Kingdom\u2019s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg<\/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\/59004"}],"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=59004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}