Christopher John Ingham CMG (born 4 June 1944) is a retired

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. Educated at

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, Ingham first joined

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in 1966, before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1968. After postings in Moscow (1972-1974), Kolkata (1974), Kuwait (1974-1976), Vienna (IAEA/UNIDO) (1980-1985), and Mexico City (1986-1989), as well as time in the

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in London, Ingham was appointed as deputy

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and Chargé d'Affaires in Bucharest from 1991 to 1995. After then serving as a Counsellor in Madrid, Ingham's last posting was Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uzbekistan and concurrently as (non-resident) Ambassador to Tajikistan in 1999, retiring in 2002. Ingham was invested as a Companion of the

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(CMG) in 2002 in a special

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for individuals involved in the early stages of the

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Offices held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingham, Christopher John 1944 births 20th-century British diplomats Living people Members of HM Diplomatic Service Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uzbekistan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Tajikistan