John Hughes (British diplomat)
Dr Edgar John Hughes is a British retired diplomat, the former British Ambassador to Argentina.Career
Born in South Wales, Hughes was educated at Lewis School, Pengam, and the London School of Economics. He went on to receive his master's degree from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and his PhD from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1974 with a dissertation entitled Anglo-American relations and the formation of the United Nations organisation.
Hughes joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973, and specialised primarily in American affairs, serving in Santiago, Chile; in Washington, D.C., in the United States; and in Oslo, Norway.
In 2000 Hughes was appointed HM Ambassador to Venezuela, where he served until 2003. He was then appointed HM Ambassador to Argentina in 2004, and in 2005 as concurrent non-resident HM Ambassador to Paraguay.
Hughes was appointed CBE in the 2017 New Year Honours.External Links
