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Britain announces Neil Wigan as new ambassador to Israel

Mr Wigan, who has previously served as UK ambassador to Somalia and the DRC, takes up his new post in June

January 31, 2019 12:52
Mr Wigan will take up his new role in June

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Daniel Sugarman

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The UK has announced a new ambassador to Israel, to take up the position in June.

The Foreign Office revealed on Thursday that Neil Wigan, who has previously served as British ambassador to Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will succeed David Quarrey, the current ambassador, in five months’ time.

Mr Wigan was also chief of the political section at the British embassy in Tel Aviv from 2002 to 2006, and was head of the Foreign Office’s Arab, Israel and North Africa group from 2006 to 2008.

In a tweet from Mr Wigan in Hebrew, he said he was “happy to be returning to Israel as ambassador.

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