DAILY BULLETIN THURSDAY 28 MARCH 2002

28 Mar 2002 12:43 PM

David MacLennan has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Qatar in succession to David Wright who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr MacLennan will take up his new appointment in June 2002.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 12 February 1945. Entered the Foreign Office in 1963.

From 1966 to 1969 studied Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies in Lebanon before joining the management staff of the Centre. In 1969 was posted to the British Embassy in Aden as Third, later Second Secretary. Returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972 serving in the Western Organisations Department and then, as First Secretary, in the Energy Department. From 1975 to 1979 was First Secretary in the UK Delegation to the OECD in Paris. From 1979 to 1982 was First Secretary, Head of Chancery and Consul in Abu Dhabi. Between 1982 and 1984 was Deputy Head of the North America Department in the FCO. Seconded to the European Commission in Brussels in 1984/85. From 1985 to 1988 was Deputy Head of Mission in Kuwait and Deputy High Commissioner in Nicosia from 1989 to 1990. HM Consul General in Jerusalem from 1990 to 1993. Head of Africa Department (Equatorial) and Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territories at the FCO from 1994 to 1996. HM Ambassador to Lebanon from 1996 to 2000.

Married: he and his wife, Margaret, have two grown up daughters.

Interests include reading, gardening, golf, sailing and natural history.

MINISTERIAL ENGAGEMENTS

In addition to their regular official and parliamentary duties, FCO Ministers have the following public engagements:

Baroness Symons
0930 Ian Rogers, UK Steel Association

1100 House of Lords Questions

Baroness Amos
Visit to St Vincent

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