The famous faces we said goodbye to in Northern Ireland in 2021
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James Brokenshire: Fermanagh politicians pay tribute
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Latest civil service & public affairs moves January 25
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Home Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
– Simon Thomas has been appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to the Republic of Croatia in succession to Andrew Dalgleish. Lindsay Skoll has been appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna in succession to Leigh Turner. Jon Benjamin has been appointed Her Majesty’s ambassador to Mexico in succession to Ms Corin Robertson in August.
HM Revenue and Customs
– Myrtle Lloyd to become director-general, customer service in March.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State James Brokenshire is facing another cancer battle after a recurrence of a tumour in his lung.
Appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May, Mr Brokenshire (53) replaced Theresa Villiers as Secretary of State and served in office from July 14, 2016 until January 8, 2018, when he was replaced by Karen Bradley MP after stepping down from the position on health grounds.
In December 2017, father-of-three Brokenshire noticed blood in his cough and underwent testing that discovered that he had early stage lung cancer and he was forced to step back from politics.
He had the upper lobe of his right lung removed at Guy’s Hospital but returned to Parliament five weeks later.