John Everard (diplomat)
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John Everard | |
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_-_2019-12-05_-_Andy_Mabbett_(cropped).jpg) Everard in December 2019 | |
| Co-ordinator of the UN Security Council's Panel of Experts on sanctions on North Korea | |
| In office April 2011 – November 2012 | |
| Governor | Ban Ki-moon |
| London School of Economics Visiting Senior Fellow, Asia Research Centre | |
| In office September 2010 – June 2012 | |
| Pantech Fellow, Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, California | |
| In office September 2010 – June 2011 | |
| Trustee of the London Cycling Campaign | |
| In office July 2009 – October 2010 | |
| Trustee of the Youth Hostel Association | |
| In office June 2009 – July 2010 | |
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Korea | |
| In office February 2006 – July 2008 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Uruguay | |
| In office September 2001 – April 2005 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Head of the Political Section at the UK's embassy in Beijing | |
| In office May 1998 – October 2000 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belarus | |
| In office May 1993 – December 1995 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1956 Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
| Spouse |
Heather Starkey (m. 1990) |
| Relations | William Ralph Everard (father) |
John Vivian Everard (born 24 November 1956)[1] is a British former diplomat.[2] He was formerly the UK's ambassador to Belarus, the UK's ambassador to Uruguay and the UK's ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008,[3] after which he was the holder of the Pantech fellowship at the Shorenstein Asia–Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in 2010 and 2011.[4]
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to William Ralph Everard and Margaret Nora Jennifer Everard (née Massey),[1][5] Everard holds BA and MA degrees in Chinese from Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, and a diploma in economics from Beijing University.[6] Everard also earned an MBA from Manchester Business School.[6]
Career
Everard was appointed the coordinator of the United Nations Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 in March 2011[7] and withdrew from that position in November 2012.[8]
