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Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque

Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque

British diplomat


Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque CMG (born Susan Jane Miller; born 29 April 1963) is a British diplomat who, most recently, served as British High Commissioner to Canada from 2017 to 2021.[1] She previously served as British Ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2016.[2][3]

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Life and career

Educated at Ipswich High School for Girls, she took a BA degree from the University of Bristol and immediately joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985. She served in London and at the permanent representation to the European Union, the High Commission in Singapore, and the Embassies in Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States.

In 2007, she took over as Director of Human Resources at the Foreign Office, replacing Sir David Warren. She served there for four years until 2011, when she was replaced by Menna Rawlings.[3]

In the New Year Honours for 2010, le Jeune d'Allegeershecque was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).[4]

She then served as British Ambassador to Austria from 2012 until 2016, a post which included serving as the UK's permanent representative to the international organisations based in Vienna, such as the United Nations.[5][2]

In February 2017, it was announced that le Jeune d'Allegeershecque would succeed Howard Drake from August 2017 as British High Commissioner to Canada.[1] She left this position in August 2021, and was succeeded by Susannah Goshko.[6]

In November 2022 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John[7] having served as Secretary-General of the Order since December 2022 [8]


References

  1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 February 2017). "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. "Minister Counsellor, British Embassy, Paris Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque CMG". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. "le JEUNE d'ALLEGEERSHECQUE, Susan Jane". Who's Who 2017 (online ed.). A & C Black. 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. United Kingdom "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2009. pp. 1–28.
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