Michael Jay
| The Lord Jay | |
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| Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission | |
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In office 23 July 2008 – 19 July 2013 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Stevenson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Kakkar |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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Assumed office 18 September 2006 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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Michael Hastings Jay 19 June 1946 |
| Nationality | British |
Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (born 19 June 1946) is a British politician and former diplomat. He sits as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, and previously served as Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Jay was born in Hampshire and educated at Winchester College, Magdalen College, Oxford (at which he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics), of which he is an honorary fellow, and the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He served as a VSO teacher in Zambia.
Jay joined the Ministry of Overseas Development in 1969, serving in London, Washington (at the World Bank) in 1973 and as First Secretary (Development) at the British High Commission, New Delhi, in 1978. He transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1981, serving as Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State. As Counsellor he served in the European Secretariat of the Cabinet Office from 1985 to 1987. He was posted as Counsellor in the Paris Embassy from 1987 to 1990, returning to the FCO as Director for European Affairs until 1994. He was appointed Director General for European and Economic Affairs 1994-96, following which he became a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. From July 1996 to September 2001 he was British Ambassador to France. In July 2001, he was appointed Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and thus Head of the Diplomatic Service, a post he took up on 14 January 2002.
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