NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN VIETNAM
Mr Robert Gordon CMG, OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Vietnam. He and his wife arrived in Hanoi on 17 September 2003.
As former British Ambassador to Burma and Head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s South East Asia Department, Mr Gordon is familiar with South East Asian and Vietnamese affairs.
Biography:
Full Name: Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon
Date of Birth: 9 February 1952
Marital Status: Married to Pamela
Children: Two daughters (1980,1981) & two sons (1985, 1988)
Honours: CMG (1999), OBE (1983)
FCO Career:
1999 – 2003 FCO (Head of South East Asia Department)
1995 – 1999 RANGOON (Ambassador)
1992 – 1995 WARSAW (Counsellor & Deputy Head of Mission)
1987 – 1992 PARIS – UKDel OECD (1(st) Secretary, Economic)
1985 – 1987 FCO (Desk Officer, European Community Department – External)
1983 – 1985 FCO (Desk Officer, South America Department)
1978 – 1983 SANTIAGO (2(nd) later 1(st) Secretary, Chancery)
1975 – 1977 WARSAW (3(rd) later 2(nd) Secretary, Chancery)
1973 – 1974 FCO (Desk Officer, Central and Southern Africa Department)
1973. Entered FCO