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John Charles Rodger Gray CMG LVO (born 1953) is a former British diplomat who served as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
Gray was educated at the University of Glasgow before joining the British Civil Service. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as Second Secretary in Warsaw in 1976, becoming an officer in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1978. Gray served as Head of the Middle East Department between 2002 and 2004. He was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2003 for services in connection with the 2003 invasion of Iraq. From 2005 to 2008 Gray was British Ambassador to Morocco, before serving as Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps between 2008 and 2014. On 17 December 2013 he was made Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
2004-05 - Iran Coordinator
2002-04 - Head, Middle East Department
2001-02 - Counter Terrorism Department
1997-2001 - Washington, Counsellor
1996-97 - Harvard University, Fellow
1993-96 - Jakarta, Head of Chancery
1992-93 - Head, Eastern Adriatic Department
1989-92 - Central European Department
1989-92 - Central African Department
1987-89 - Cabinet Office
1983-87 - UKDEL, OECD Paris
1979-83 - East European & Soviet Department
1976 - Warsaw
Married to Anne-Marie, with three sons (1995, 1997 and 2000)