{"id":81516,"date":"2017-06-13T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e61897f6e709731481e24a44ce8cfbfb"},"modified":"2017-06-13T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T10:02:09","slug":"press-release-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-algeria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81516","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Barry Lowen has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the People\u2019s Democratic Republic of Algeria in succession to Mr Andrew Noble who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Mr Lowen will take up his appointment in November 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name:<\/td>\n<td>Barry Robert Lowen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to:<\/td>\n<td>Karin Rhiannon Lowen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children:<\/td>\n<td>Three<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2016 \u2013 present<\/td>\n<td>FCO\/Department for International Trade, Head, Trade Diplomacy Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014 \u2013 2016<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, Economic Growth and Business Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 2014<\/td>\n<td>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Director for Trade and Investment, British High Commission, New Delhi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>UKTI, Director Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006 \u2013 2008<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, Engaging with Islamic World Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004 \u2013 2006<\/td>\n<td>Riyadh, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>UKTI, Director Trade and Investment, Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001 \u2013 2003<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Deputy Head, Middle East Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997 \u2013 2001<\/td>\n<td>FCO, UK Mission New York, First Secretary (Finance)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995 \u2013 1997<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, Iraq Section, Middle East Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 \u2013 1995<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, Conventional Arms Exports, Non-Proliferation Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989 \u2013 1993<\/td>\n<td>Kuwait, Third then Second Secretary (Political)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987 \u2013 1989<\/td>\n<td>Language training (Arabic)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986 \u2013 1987<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, Middle East Peace Process, Near East and North Africa Department<\/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 Barry Lowen has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the People&#8217;s Democratic Republic of Algeria<\/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\/81516"}],"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=81516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}