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New Governor in October.

Howard Pearce has been appointed Governor, Falkland Islands and Commissioner, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Mr Pearce has been High Commissioner in Malta since 1999. He was born on 30 April 1949, is single and was awarded the CVO in 1993.

He was educated at the Cityof London School (1958-68) and Pembroke College Cambridge (1968-72) where he gained an MA in Law and an LLB in International Law.

Before his appointment as High Commissioner in Valletta, Mr Pearce between 1996-1999 was Head of Central European Department for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Between 1994-1995 he was Fellow of The Center for Internationmal Affairs, Harvard University, USA and between 1991-1994 he was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest.

Other posts were:

1990-1991 Full time |Hungarian language training 1987-1990 Deputy Head of Personnel Operations Department FCO 1983-1987 Head of Chancery at the British High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya 1980-1983 Defence Department, FCO 1978-1980 South Asian Department, FCO 1975-1978 Third Secretary at the British Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1972-1974 Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department. Mr Pearce will take up his new appointment in October 2002.