{"id":82009,"date":"2017-06-28T15:32:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1d5f1323756abebc2de9a28652b9ac8e"},"modified":"2017-06-28T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:32:14","slug":"press-release-mr-andrew-soper-has-been-appointed-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-bolivarian-republic-of-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82009","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Mr Andrew Soper has been appointed Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Andrew Soper has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in succession to Mr John Saville, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Mr Soper 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>Andrew Keith Soper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to<\/td>\n<td>Kathryn<\/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 2017<\/td>\n<td>New Delhi, Minister Counsellor (Political &amp; Press)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013 \u2013 2014<\/td>\n<td>New Delhi, Prosperity Counsellor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 2013<\/td>\n<td>Riga, Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>Maputo, High Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004 \u2013 2006<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head of Sustainable Development and Commonwealth Group, Global and Economic Issues Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>Brasilia, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999 \u2013 2001<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Deputy Head, Human Rights Policy Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995 \u2013 1999<\/td>\n<td>Washington, First Secretary (Chancery)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 \u2013 1995<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Arab\/Israel Desk, Middle East and North Africa Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1990 \u2013 1993<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Team Leader, Economic Relations Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987 \u2013 1990<\/td>\n<td>Mexico City, Second (later First) Secretary (Chancery)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985 \u2013 1987<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer for Argentina, South America 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 Andrew Soper has been appointed Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in succession to Mr John Saville.<\/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\/82009"}],"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=82009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}