Mr Irfan Siddiq
Biography
Irfan Siddiq was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Sudan in April 2018.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Irfan Siddiq OBE
Married to: Penélope Siddiq
Children: 2
2018 up to present Khartoum, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2017 – 2018 Plan International, International Advocacy Director (secondment)
2016 – 2017 FCO, Head, Secondment Unit
2013 – 2016 Baku, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2011 – 2013 FCO, Head, Arab Partnership Department
2010 – 2011 Baghdad, Deputy Head of Mission
2007 – 2010 Damascus, Deputy Head of Mission
2005 – 2007 FCO, Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary
2004 – 2005 Washington, secondment to US State Department as Political Officer
2003 – 2004 Baghdad, Political Officer, Coalition Provisional Authority
2002 – 2003 Cairo, Second Secretary (Political/Press)
2000 – 2002 Full time language training (Arabic)
2000 – 2000 FCDO, Desk Officer, Middle East Peace Process Section
1999 – 2000 New Delhi, Second Secretary (Economic/Commercial)
1998 –1999 FCDO, Desk Officer, NATO
1998 Joined FCDO
Previous roles in government
- Deputy Head of Mission, Azerbaijan