Nigel Baker

Nigel Baker
His Excellency; Nigel Baker; MVO OBE
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British Ambassador to the Holy See
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 2011
Preceded by	George Edgar
Personal details
Born	21 April 1960
Nationality	British
Occupation	Diplomat

Nigel Baker OBE MVO (born 9 September 1966) is a British diplomat, currently Ambassador to the Holy See.

Career

Nigel Marcus Baker was educated at Dulwich College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he gained a first class degree in history. After a brief period as researcher in the Conservative Research Department he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1989. After posts in Prague and Bratislava he took a research sabbatical in Verona 1996–97 studying Italian and European history. Returning to the FCO, he was Head of the European Defence Section of the Security Policy Department 1998–2000. He was then assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales 2000–03, Deputy Head of Mission, Havana, 2003–06 and Ambassador to Bolivia 2007–11 before being appointed to the Holy See.

Nigel Baker was appointed MVO in 2003 and OBE in 2010.

BAKER, Nigel Marcus, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 19 March 2012
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 15 April 2011
Our Ambassador, British Embassy to the Holy See
Nigel Baker is ambassador to the Holy See, The Telegraph, London, 15 Apr 2011

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Peter Bateman	UK Ambassador to Bolivia 2007–2011	Succeeded by Ross Denny
Preceded by Francis Campbell	UK Ambassador to the Holy See 2011–present	Incumbent