Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair (born 13 October 1970) is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Career

Sinclair was educated at

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and studied at

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for a BA degree in PPE and at

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for a

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in International Relations. After short stints in media and tourism he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996. He was a Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (then

Jack Straw John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...

) 2002–04, and head of the political team at the British embassy in

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, 2005–09. He was High Commissioner to New Zealand, non-resident High Commissioner to Samoa, and non-resident Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands 2014–18. Sinclair was appointed LVO in 2007 following a state visit by

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to the United States. Jack Straw-David Manning-Jonathan Sinclair 031113-D-9880W-020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinclair, Jonathan 1970 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Johns Hopkins University alumni Governors of Pitcairn High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Samoa Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order