{{Short description|British diplomat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = His Excellency | name = Alastair Morgan | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CMG}} | image = Alastair Morgan 2024.jpg | alt = | office = British Ambassador to North Korea | term_start = December 2015 | term_end = December 2018 | predecessor = Michael Gifford | successor = Colin Crooks | monarch = Elizabeth II | prime_minister = David Cameron<br>Theresa May | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|5|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Camberley, Surrey, England<ref name="ukwhoswho">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U284054 MORGAN, Alastair William James], ''Who's Who 2016'', A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015), accessed 25 May 2016</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Diplomat }}
'''Alastair William James Morgan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CMG}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62507/supplement/N3|title=New Year Honours 2019|last=HM Government|date=2018-12-29|website=thegazette.co.uk|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> (born 28 May 1958<ref name="ukwhoswho" />) is a British diplomat. He was the United Kingdom ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.<ref name="GOV.UK">{{cite press release|title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea--2|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=25 May 2016|date=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=British Ambassador to Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Alastair Morgan|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/alastair-morgan|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=25 May 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-in-december-2018 Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in December 2018] – UK Government(December 2018)</ref>
In his diplomatic career, he served mainly in East Asia especially in China and Japan; namely, First Secretary in Tokyo from 1991 to 1996, Director of Investment in Tokyo from 2002 to 2006, Commercial Counsellor in Beijing from 2007 to 2010, and as Consul-General in Guangzhou from 2010 to 2014. He then served as the British ambassador to North Korea from December 2015 to December 2018, after which he was replaced by Colin Crooks.<ref name="GOV.UK"/>
Morgan was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours for 2019.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links == * [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/alastair-morgan Official Profile by GOV.UK]
{{S-start}} {{S-dip}} {{s-bef | before = Michael Gifford }} {{s-ttl | title = British Ambassador to North Korea | years = 2015–2018 }} {{s-aft | after = Colin Crooks }} {{s-bef | before = Brian Davidson }} {{s-ttl | title = British Consul-General in Guangzhou | years = 2010–2014 }} {{s-aft | after = Matthew Rous }} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Alastair}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Sherborne School Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to North Korea Category:Consuls-general for the United Kingdom in Guangzhou Category:People from Camberley Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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