Emyr Jones Parry
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Sir Emyr Jones Parry KCMG PhD FInstP (born September 21, 1947) is a British diplomat. He is the current British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council (NATO).
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[edit] Education
Welsh Jones Parry was educated at Gwendraeth Grammar School, and went on to take Theoretical Physics at University College Cardiff (where he was President of the Students' Union) before gaining a PhD in polymer physics at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
[edit] Political career
Jones Parry joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973 and his first posting was to the British High Commission in Ottawa as First Secretary (1974–79). He returned to the FCO to work in the European Community Department (Internal) for the period 1979–82. Following this he entered the Office of UK Representation to the European Community in Brussels as First Secretary (Energy) and then (Institutions) 1982–86. He followed this with a period as Deputy Head at the Office of the President of the European Parliament (1987–89), before again returning to the FCO as Head of European Community Department (External) (1989–93). His next overseas position was at the British Embassy in Madrid (1993–97), followed by the post of Deputy Political Director in the Foreign Office, where he was also responsible for Balkans and Aegean policy (1996–97).
His next position in 1997 was Director European Union during the 1998 United Kingdom Presidency of the European Union, with overall responsibility for policy, co-ordination and organisation of the presidency. From July 1998 until August 2001 he was again the FCO Political Director.
He took over as Permanent Representative to NATO in September 2001, and held the position until 2003, whereupon he became the Permanent Representative of the UK on the UN Security Council in New York.
[edit] Private life
Sir Emyr is married to Lady Jones Parry (Lynn), with two sons, Paul and Mark.
