Peter Butcher is a British

United Kingdom

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 diplomat

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. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Ambassador to Turkmenistan.http://ukingermany.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=20548587

Butcher attended the University of Bath

University of Bath

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, graduating in Development Studies. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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 in 1974. After serving as a desk officer until 1979, Butcher served in Peru

Peru

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 and Spain

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. In 1983, he was transferred to Mumbai

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, India

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, as a commercial secretary, before serving in Whitehall

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, working on commercial relations with South Asia

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From 1990 until 1993, Butcher served as Deputy High Commissioner to Lesotho. After a posting to St Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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, and another job in Whitehall, he was appointed Deputy Governor of the Falkland Islands

Governor of the Falkland Islands

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 in 1996. Between 2000 and 2003, Butcher served as Deputy High Commissioner to Mozambique. In 2005, he achieved his first posting as head of a diplomatic mission, in Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...

.http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/press-release/2005/02/fco_npr_230205_turkmenistanambas

Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline

• 2005-2009: Ambassador to Turkmenistan
• 2000-2003: Maputo, Deputy Head of Mission
• 1997-1999: FCO: Department for International Development: Know How Fund, Head of Western Balkans Section
• 1996-1996: Port Stanley, 1st Secretary
• 1994-1996: FCO: Latin America Department, Head of Southern Cone Section
• 1994-1994: St Vincent and the Grenadines
• 1990-1993: Maseru, Deputy High Commissioner
• 1987-1990: FCO: South Asian Department, Desk Officer
• 1983-1987: Mumbai, 2nd Secretary Commercial
• 1983-1983: Madrid
• 1979-1983: Lima, 2nd Secretary (Political and Aid)
• 1978-1979: FCO: Central African Department, Desk Officer
• 1974-1978: FCO: Research Department, Desk Officer (East Africa)http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/press-release/2005/02/fco_npr_230205_turkmenistanambas