{"id":81342,"date":"2017-05-26T13:31:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0b92b5e2d47cc5c0e0900a542bb5613a"},"modified":"2017-05-26T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:31:28","slug":"press-release-change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-cameroon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81342","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of British High Commissioner to Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Rowan James Laxton has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon in succession to Mr Brian Olley, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Mr Laxton will take up his appointment in October 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name:<\/td>\n<td>Rowan James Laxton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to:<\/td>\n<td>Madalina Laxton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children:<\/td>\n<td>Two<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2014 \u2013 Present<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Deputy Director, Head of Overseas Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013 \u2013 2014<\/td>\n<td>Mogadishu, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 2013<\/td>\n<td>Special Political Adviser to UN Special Representative for Somalia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007 \u2013 2009<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, South Asia Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004 \u2013 2007<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head of Western Mediterranean Section, EU Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002 \u2013 2003<\/td>\n<td>Kabul, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001 \u2013 2002<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Afghanistan Unit, Head of Political Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997 \u2013 2000<\/td>\n<td>Islamabad, Head of Chancery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995 \u2013 1997<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head of Nuclear Policy Section, Non-Proliferation Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 \u2013 1995<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Supernumerary, South-East Asia Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td>Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/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> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/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 Rowan James Laxton has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cameroon<\/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\/81342"}],"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=81342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}