title: Ian Hughes (diplomat)
text: # Ian Hughes (diplomat)
  
  Ian Noel Hughes CMG (born 5 December 1951) is a British diplomat who has served as ambassador to Guatemala, El Salvador, Liberia and South Sudan, and high commissioner to Sierra Leone.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Hughes was educated at Khormaksar (then within the United Kingdom's Colony of Aden) and St John's School, Singapore. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1971 and served in Kabul, Warsaw, Tegucigalpa, Berne and New Delhi, and as deputy head of mission in Mexico City and Mumbai, before being appointed ambassador to Guatemala (and non-resident ambassador to El Salvador and Honduras) in 2006. He was High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (and non-resident ambassador to Liberia) 2009–13. In March 2013 he became ambassador to South Sudan. He was replaced in May 2015.
  
  He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in South Sudan and Sierra Leone.
  
  ## Offices held
  
  Diplomatic posts :
  
  | Preceded byRichard Lavers | Ambassador to Guatemala and to El Salvador and Honduras 2006 – 2009 | Succeeded byJulie Chappell |
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  | Preceded bySarah MacIntosh | High Commissioner to Sierra Leone 2009 – 2013 | Succeeded byPeter West |
  | Preceded bySarah MacIntosh | Ambassador to Liberia (non-resident) 2009 – 2013 | Succeeded byFergus Cochrane-Dyet |
  | Preceded byAlastair McPhail | Ambassador to South Sudan 2013 – 2015 | Succeeded byTimothy Morris |
  