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Alison MacMillan

Alison MacMillan

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Alison Flora MacMillan, MVO, is a British diplomat, who served as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar from 2013 to 2016. For two periods during 2013 and 2015, MacMillan served as governor in an acting capacity.[1][2]

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Career

MacMillan joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in February 1982, having previously worked as a translator in Paris. She served in British diplomatic missions in Mexico, the US, Chile and Nicaragua.[3] MacMillan was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2013 New Year Honours when she was deputy director of protocol and assistant marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.[4]

Following the resignation of Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns in 2013, MacMillan was sworn in to assume the full powers of the governor.[5] She once more served as interim governor when Johns' successor Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton retired in September 2015.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Change of Governor of Gibraltar". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Shadow Defence Secretary heads to Gibraltar after "provocative and dangerous" Spanish manoeuvres". LabourList - Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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    "BIOGRAPHIES - The Convent - Office of the Governor". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 4.
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    "Alison MacMillan Takes Oath After Sir Adrian's Departure". Your Gibraltar TV. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Deputy Governor sworn in as interim Governor at the Convent". GBC. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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