Mark Canning (diplomat)

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Mark Canning is the British Ambassador to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).

The Government of Myanmar confirmed the appointment of Mark Canning as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Union of Myanmar, replacing former British Ambassador Victoria Bowman.

[edit] Biography

Canning joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1974 and has served in various capacities at different departments of the FCO and at British Consulate General Offices and Her Britannic Majesty's Embassies in Freetown, Georgetown, Chicago and Jakarta. He previously served as a Deputy High Commissioner at Her Britannic Majesty's Embassy in Malaysia.

Canning speaks several different languages including French, Indonesian and Spanish. He is married.

Preceded by Victoria Bowman

British Ambassador to Burma 2006–present

Succeeded by incumbent

[edit] External links

• Mark Canning the Ambassador to Myanmar. [1]
• Mark Canning (BBC). [2]