Simon Collis

Simon Paul Collis
Collis at Chatham House in 2013
British Ambassador to Iraq
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
President	Jalal Talabani
Preceded by	Michael Aron
British Ambassador to Syria
In office 2007–2012
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	John Jenkins
Succeeded by	Embassy closed
British Ambassador to Qatar
In office 2005–2007
Prime Minister	Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani
Preceded by	David MacLennan
Succeeded by	Roddy Drummond
Personal details
Born	23 February 1956
Spouse(s)	Huda Mujarkech
Children	Five children
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

Simon Paul Collis, CMG (born 23 February 1956), is a British diplomat, and was British Ambassador to Iraq from 2012 until September 2014.^[1][2]

Biography

Collis was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield from 1967 until 1973 and at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Career

He has held posts in Bahrain, Tunisia, India, Jordan, Dubai, and Basra. He was Consul General in Basra between 2004 and 2005. He took up his present post after being British Ambassador to Qatar between 2005 and 2007, and British Ambassador to Syria between 2007 and 2012. He left Syria in February 2012, after the British Government withdrew their staff there.^[1]

Collis was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in Iraq and Syria.^[3]

Notes

References

• "Our Ambassador". Iraq: British Embassy, Baghdad. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 
• "Our Ambassador - Career History". Iraq: British Embassy, Baghdad. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 

External links

• Simon Collis' interview with Forward Magazine
• Collis' web journal, launched 26 September 2011 on the FCO's Global conversations website