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John Rankin (diplomat)

His Excellency
John Rankin
CMG
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Governor of Bermuda
Assumed office
5 December 2016
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Ginny Ferson (acting)
United Kingdom High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
In office
2011–2015
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by Peter Hayes
Succeeded by James Dauris
United Kingdom Consul–General in Boston
In office
2003–2007
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by George Fergusson
Succeeded by Phil Budden
Personal details
Born John James Rankin
(1957-03-12) March 12, 1957 (age 60)
United Kingdom

John James Rankin CMG (born 12 March 1957) is a British diplomat and a former ambassador to Nepal. He has been Governor of Bermuda since December 2016.

Rankin was educated at Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School, the University of Glasgow (where he gained a first class honours degree in Scots law) and McGill University (where he gained a master's degree in international law). He qualified and practised as a solicitor in Scotland and was a lecturer in public law at the University of Aberdeen before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1988. Between posts at the FCO he served at the embassy in Dublin and was consul-general at Boston. He took up his appointment as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives in February 2011. In 2015 he moved to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. He was sworn in as Governor of Bermuda on 5 December 2016.

He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2016 New Year Honours.


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