Tim Hitchens
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Tim Hitchens CMG LVO |
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| United Kingdom Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office 2012–2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | David Warren |
| Succeeded by | Paul Madden |
| Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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In office 1999–2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Mary Francis |
| Succeeded by | Kay Brock |
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Timothy Mark Hitchens 1962 (age 54–55) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Timothy Mark Hitchens, CMG LVO (born 1962) is a British diplomat and a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, 1999-2002.
He was seconded from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to which he returned to become Head of the Africa Department (Equatorial). He had been First Secretary Political and Information, British High Commission, Islamabad and speechwriter for Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd.
Hitchens was born in 1962, and educated at the University of Cambridge, where he read English literature. After joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he studied Japanese, and then became Trade Secretary in Tokyo.
From autumn 2008, he took up the position Director, European Political Affairs, in London. In August 2010 he became Director Africa.
Hitchens was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2012 New Year Honours.
In 2012, Hitchens was appointed as HM Ambassador to Japan. He opened a Twitter account under the handle 'UKAmbTim' and, as of 17 May 2015[update], had over 7000 followers. He often tweets in Japanese. Hitchens was succeeded by Paul Madden in January 2017.
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