Alison MacMillan
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Alison Flora MacMillan, LVO, 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][3]
Alison Flora MacMillan | |
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| Governor of Gibraltar Acting | |
| In office 28 September 2015 – 19 January 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Chief Minister | Fabian Picardo |
| Preceded by | Sir James Dutton |
| Succeeded by | Ed Davis |
| In office 13 November 2013 – 6 December 2013 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir Adrian Johns |
| Succeeded by | Sir James Dutton |
| Deputy Governor of Gibraltar | |
| In office May 2013 – September 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Nick Pyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Devon, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Julian |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Career
MacMillan joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in February 1982, having previously worked as a translator in Paris. She served in British diplomatic missions in Mexico, the US, Chile and Nicaragua.[4] 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.[5]
Following the departure of Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns in 2013, MacMillan was sworn in to assume the full powers of the governor.[6] She once more served as interim governor from September 2015 when Johns' successor Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton also left having resigned.[7]