Gordon Wetherell
Gordon Wetherell | |
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| File:Governor Gordon Wetherell (5011436688).jpg Gordon Wetherell in 2010 | |
| Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands | |
| In office 5 August 2008 – 21 August 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Tauwhare |
| Succeeded by | Ric Todd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1948 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford University of Chicago |
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Gordon Geoffrey Wetherell CMG (born 11 November 1948) is a British diplomat who was the former governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands.[1] He was appointed on 5 August 2008, replacing Richard Tauwhare in the position. On 14 August 2009, he assumed direct political control when the British government imposed direct rule on the islands in response to a Foreign Office inquiry which found "information in abundance pointing to a high probability of systematic corruption or serious dishonesty" in the islands' administration under former premier, Michael Misick.[2]
He was educated at Bradfield College (in Bradfield, Berkshire), at New College, Oxford and at the University of Chicago.[3] His Foreign Office career has included service in East Berlin, Geneva, New Delhi, and Warsaw.[4] From 1997 to 2000 he was the British ambassador to Ethiopia (and concurrently non-resident ambassador to Eritrea and Djibouti). He served as ambassador to Luxembourg from 2000 to 2004, and High Commissioner to Ghana from 2004 to 2007.[1]
He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[5][6]
Governor Wetherell's last official meeting in office was with the advisory council on 11 August 2011, in Grand Turk.[7] Wetherell departed the Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on Sunday, 21 August 2011, ending his term as governor.[7]
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- University of Chicago alumni
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Eritrea
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Djibouti
- Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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- High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Ghana
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