Jean Francois Gordon (born 16 April 1953) was the British Ambassador to Algeria from 1996 to 1999, Ambassador to the Ivory Coast from 2001 to 2004 and High Commissioner to Uganda from 2005 to 2008.

Foreign Office Career

Gordon joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979 and worked in the

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Department. In 1981 he was posted to

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as the First Secretary for

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. He later served as First Secretary for the British Delegation to the Conference of Disarmament in

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from 1983 to 1988, before becoming the Head of Finance for the

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in the

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from 1988 to 1989, First Secretary to

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from 1990 to 1992 and Head of Crime, Drugs and Terrorism Department for the FCO. Upon retiring from the Foreign Office in 2009 he became the European Strategy Advisor for the Kent Police. For his ambassador work he was appointed

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in 1999, and CVO in 2007 when

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visited Uganda for a

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Political career

In 2012 Gordon stated that he would be standing in the England and Wales Police and Crime Commissioner elections for the Conservative Party nomination to represent

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as its Police Commissioner. However he was unsuccessful.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Francois 1953 births Living people Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Aix-Marseille University alumni Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ivory Coast Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Conservative Party (UK) politicians High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Uganda