# Peter Gooderham

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Peter Olaf Gooderham CMG Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva In office 2008–2012 Monarch Elizabeth II Prime Minister Gordon Brown David Cameron Preceded by Nicholas Thorne Succeeded by Karen Pierce Personal details Born (1954-07-29) 29 July 1954 (age 71) Alma mater Newcastle University (BA) University of Bristol (PhD) Occupation International Director, Ministry of Justice

**Peter Olaf Gooderham** [CMG](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (born 29 July 1954) is a British diplomat, currently[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Gooderham&action=edit) serving as International Director at the [Ministry of Justice](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_(United_Kingdom)).

He completed a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in Politics and Economics at [Newcastle University](/source/Newcastle_University) in 1975. After a brief period of working as a management trainee, Gooderham spent the period 1976–78 completing a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in Modern History at [Bristol University](/source/Bristol_University).

From 2004 to 2007 he was the [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office)'s Director of the Middle East and North Africa Directorate, based in London. In that role he provided information to the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) Select Committee on International Development on the work of the [Quartet on the Middle East](/source/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East) and [Hamas](/source/Hamas).[1]

Gooderham was the United Kingdom's [Permanent Representative](/source/Permanent_Representative) to the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations_Office_at_Geneva) and other international organisations at [Geneva](/source/Geneva) 2008–12. He attracted news attention for walking out, with delegates from at least 30 countries, in protest at [Iranian President](/source/President_of_Iran) [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](/source/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad)'s speech during the 2009 [Durban Review Conference](/source/Durban_Review_Conference).[2]

## References

- [GOODERHAM, Peter Olaf](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U44598), *Who's Who 2013*, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 9 April 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [House of Commons Select Committee on International Development, Minutes of Evidence, 24 October 2006](https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmintdev/114/6102402.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Walkout at Iran leader's speech](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8008572.stm), BBC News, 20 April 2009

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