Peter John Hughes OBE (born 14 September 1953)[1] is a British diplomat. From 2013 to 2018 he was the British High Commissioner to Belize.[1][2]
Hughes joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1976 and served in Islamabad, Rome, Warsaw, Sydney, Castries, Colombo and Kabul before being appointed Ambassador to North Korea in 2008 where he served until 2011. In 2009 he wrote a blog entry[3] that noted the fair weather and festive mood in Pyongyang during that year's parliamentary election, prompting accusations in the British and South Korean press that he was an apologist for the North Korean government.[4][5]
Honours
editHughes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Hughes, Peter John, (born 14 Sept. 1953), HM Diplomatic Service; High Commissioner to Belize, since 2013". Who's Who. 2010. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.250537.
- ^ "Change of British High Commissioner to Belize in October 2018" (Press release). GOV.UK. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ Hughes, Peter. "Guest Blogger-Peter Hughes, British Ambassador to North Korea". fco.gov.uk. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ Freeman, Colin (19 March 2009). "Peter Hughes, Britain's ambassador to North Korea, in blogging row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ Jones, Sam (18 March 2009). "Our man in Pyongyang accused of 'rose-tinted view' of North Korea". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 23.
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