FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE News Release issued by The Government News
Network on 4 June 2007
Mr Richard Moon
has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic
of Latvia in succession to Mr Ian Bond, who will be transferring
to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Moon will take up
his new appointment in August 2007.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full Name: Richard John Moon
Married to: Sandra Sheila
Francis Eddis
Children: One son and one daughter
2005 - 2007 Paris: UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
1999 -
2004 UKMIS New York: Finance Counsellor, later Member of UN
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary
Questions
1997 - 1999 FCO: Deputy Head of European Union
Directorate (External)
1995 - 1997 Rome: First Secretary
Economic/EU Affairs
1993 - 1995 Rome: First Secretary
Political affairs
1990 - 1992 FCO: Head of Section, Security
Policy Department
1988 - 1990 FCO: European Union Department
(Internal)
1984 - 1988 Jakarta: Second Secretary,
Political
1983 FCO
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