John Rankin’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British diplomat
Is Diplomat 
From United Kingdom 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 12 March 1957, United Kingdom
Age: 63 years
Star sign Pisces

John James Rankin CMG (born 12 March 1957) is a British diplomat and a former ambassador to Nepal. He has been Governor of Bermuda since December 2016.

Biography

Rankin was educated at Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School, the University of Glasgow (where he gained a first class honours degree in Scots law) and McGill University (where he gained a master’s degree in international law). He qualified and practised as a solicitor in Scotland and was a lecturer in public law at the University of Aberdeen before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1988. Between posts at the FCO he served at the embassy in Dublin and was consul-general at Boston. He took up his appointment as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives in February 2011. In 2015 he moved to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. He was sworn in as Governor of Bermuda on 5 December 2016.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2016 New Year Honours.

Publications

  • The Right of Self-determination: Its Nature, Content and Beneficiaries in International Law, McGill University, 1984

Family

John Rankin has a son and two daughters.

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