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British diplomat

John Everard
Everard in December 2019
Co-ordinator of the UN Security Council's Panel of Experts on sanctions on North Korea
In office
April 2011 – November 2012
GovernorBan Ki-moon
London School of Economics Visiting Senior Fellow, Asia Research Centre
In office
September 2010 – June 2012
Pantech Fellow, Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, California
In office
September 2010 – June 2011
Trustee of the London Cycling Campaign
In office
July 2009 – October 2010
Trustee of the Youth Hostel Association
In office
June 2009 – July 2010
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Korea
In office
February 2006 – July 2008
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Uruguay
In office
September 2001 – April 2005
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Head of the Political Section at the UK's embassy in Beijing
In office
May 1998 – October 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belarus
In office
May 1993 – December 1995
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Personal details
Born (1956-11-24) 24 November 1956 (age 68)
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Spouse Heather Starkey ​(m. 1990)​
RelationsWilliam Ralph Everard (father)
Residence(s)London, United Kingdom
John Everard's voice recorded in December 2019

John Vivian Everard (born 24 November 1956) is a British former diplomat. He was formerly the UK's ambassador to Belarus, the UK's ambassador to Uruguay and the UK's ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008, after which he was the holder of the Pantech fellowship at the Shorenstein Asia–Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in 2010 and 2011.

Early life and education

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to William Ralph Everard and Margaret Nora Jennifer Everard (née Massey), Everard holds BA and MA degrees in Chinese from Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, and a diploma in economics from Beijing University. Everard also earned an MBA from Manchester Business School.

Career

Everard was appointed the coordinator of the United Nations Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 in March 2011 and withdrew from that position in November 2012.

Personal life

Everard is proficient in Chinese, Spanish, German, Russian and French. Everard is a cyclist. He was a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association of England and Wales from 2009 to 2010.

Everard married Heather Ann Starkey in 1990; they live in London.

Books

  • Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea, Asia–Pacific Research Center, 18 June 2012. ISBN 1931368252

References

  1. ^ "Everard, John Vivian, (born 24 Nov. 1956), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2006–08; independent media commentator, since 2013". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.15281.
  2. "John Vivian Everard". 22 February 2011.
  3. Everard, John (2014). "Only Beautiful Please". Walter H. Shorenstein Asia–Pacific Research Center. Retrieved 1 July 2019 – via YouTube.
  4. "Stanford University biography".
  5. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ "FSI - John Everard". fsi.stanford.edu.
  7. "Letter of appointment from Ban Ki-moon".
  8. "Successor's letter of appointment from Ban Ki-moon". Archived from the original on 21 November 2013.
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