Vijay Rangarajan
CMG
Rangarajan, third from right
British Ambassador to Brazil
In office
June 2017 – August 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byAlex Ellis
Succeeded byPeter Wilson
Personal details
Children2
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge

(Francis) Vijay Rangarajan CMG (born 22 September 1969)[1] is a British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to Brazil from June 2017 to August 2020.[2] He currently serves as the Director General, Americas and Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and served as the Deputy British Ambassador to Mexico from 2003 to 2006.[3]

Rangarajan was born in New Delhi and educated at Cranbrook School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA Hons. degree in 1990 and a PhD in Astrophysics five years later.[1][3] Prior to working for the FCDO, Rangarajan worked for the UK's Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office, focusing on political and constitutional reform.[3]

He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "RANGARAJAN, (Francis) Vijay (Narasimhan)". Who's Who. Vol. 2021 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Brazil". Mirage News. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "People – Vijay Rangarajan". HM Government. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ↑ United Kingdom: "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2015. p. B4.
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