{"id":71916,"date":"2016-07-04T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=523dca415a7580e11cf6fb8b075f458b"},"modified":"2016-07-04T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T12:56:00","slug":"press-release-change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71916","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of British High Commissioner to Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr Matthew Kidd has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus in succession to Mr Roderic Todd. Mr Kidd took up his appointment in June 2016.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Full name<\/td>\nJohn Christopher William Kidd (known as Matthew Kidd)<\/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
2015 \u2013 present<\/td>\nFCO, Senior Adviser on Cyprus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nFCO, Director, Mediterranean Migration Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010 \u2013 2014<\/td>\nNicosia, High Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008 \u2013 2009<\/td>\nNATO, Secretary General\u2019s Special Representative on Reform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004 \u2013 2008<\/td>\nUKDEL NATO, Deputy Permanent Representative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001 \u2013 2004<\/td>\nFCO, Head, Whitehall Liaison Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998 \u2013 2001<\/td>\nBonn later Berlin, Head, Political and Public Affairs Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996 \u2013 1998<\/td>\nEuropean Commission, Foreign Policy Adviser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994 \u2013 1996<\/td>\nFCO, Deputy Head, later Acting Head, Policy Planning Staff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993 \u2013 1994<\/td>\nFCO, Deputy Head, Far Eastern and Pacific Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990 \u2013 1993<\/td>\nAddis Ababa, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987 \u2013 1990<\/td>\nFCO, Head of Section, Security Policy Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986 \u2013 1987<\/td>\nFCO, Head of Section, Western European Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984 \u2013 1986<\/td>\nParis, Private Secretary to Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>\nUKMIS NEW YORK, UNGA Support Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980 \u2013 1983<\/td>\nNicosia, Third, later Second, Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978 \u2013 1979<\/td>\nFCO, South Asian Department, Assistant Desk Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>\nJoined FCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n