Michael Anthony Arthur

Sir Michael Arthur KCMG
British Ambassador to Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Peter Torry
British High Commissioner in India
In office 2003–2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Rob Young
Succeeded by	Sir Richard Stagg
Personal details
Born	Michael Anthony Arthur 28 August 1950 (1950-08-28) (age 61)
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Plaxy

Sir Michael Anthony Arthur KCMG (born 28 August 1950) is a British diplomat and has been the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Germany since 2007.^[1] Previously, he was the UK's High Commissioner in New Delhi.

Career

Arthur had previously worked in a number of positions within the Diplomatic Service, starting out in 1972 in the UK Mission to the United Nations, and moving in 1973 to the UK's Mission in Geneva working on the additional protocols to the Geneva Convention. Between 1981 and 1984, he was Private Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal and Minister of State in the Foreign Office, and in 1984 became First Secretary Political at the British Embassy in Bonn (then the administrative capital of West Germany). He was a Political Counselor at the Embassy in Paris from 1993 to 1997 and Deputy Head of Mission in Washington from 1999 to 2001.^[1]

In 2001, Arthur was appointed Director General Europe and Economic at the Foreign Office and in 2003 succeeded Sir Rob Young as High Commissioner in New Delhi. He became Ambassador to Germany in 2007, succeeding Sir Peter Torry.^[1]

Sir Michael is to retire from the Diplomatic Service in October 2010, and is to be succeeded in Berlin by Simon McDonald, former Ambassador to Israel and currently Head of Foreign and Defence Policy in the Cabinet Office.^[2]

Personal life

Sir Michael is married to Plaxy Gillian Beatrice, and has four children.^[1]

See also

• British Embassy, Berlin

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Our Ambassador". British Embassy, Berlin. http://ukingermany.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Appointment of Ambassador to Germany". The Times. 12 December 2009. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article6953832.ece. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 

External links

• Website of the British Embassy in Berlin

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Peter Torry	British Ambassador to Germany 2007-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Arthur, Michael Anthony
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Date of birth	28 August 1950
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