Marc Holland
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{{Short description|British civil servant and diplomat}}
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| name = Marc Holland
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| office = Administrator of Ascension
| term_start = 26 August 2014
| term_end = March 2018{{fact|date=June 2024}}
| predecessor = Colin Wells
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| alma_mater = Wadham College, University of Oxford
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Marc Holland (born 1974{{fact|date=April 2018}}) is a British civil servant and diplomat. From August 2014 until March 2018,{{fact|date=June 2024}} Holland has served as the Administrator of Ascension.
Career
Holland was educated at Wadham College, a college of the University of Oxford. Holland joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002. Holland served at the Permanent Representation of the United Kingdom to the European Union in Brussels and then the British Embassy in Berlin, working on EU and labour issues. Until 2014 he served as the Deputy Head of the Future of Europe Department in London. Prior to that Holland had worked Department of Trade and Industry and as a planning and information officer in the education department of the Croydon London Borough Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/government/administrator/|title=Administrator|website=Ascension-Island.gov.ac|publisher=Ascension Island Government|access-date=2016-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319032701/http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/government/administrator/|archive-date=2016-03-19}}
=Appointment as Administrator=
In 2014, Holland was appointed to replace Colin Wells as Administrator of Ascension, a part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which is a British Overseas Territory. Holland stated on his appointment that "We are all thrilled to be coming to Ascension. We look forward to taking full part in the community and sharing with you the unique experience of living and working in such a fascinating place"{{cite web|url=http://www.ascension-island.gov.ac/next-administrator-for-ascension-announced/|title=Next Administrator for Ascension Announced|website=Ascension-Island.gov.ac|publisher=Ascension Island Government|first=Colin|last=Wells|date=2013-10-11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/notes-from-a-very-small-island-wonderful-eccentric-ascension/|title=Notes from a very small island: wonderful, eccentric Ascension|work=The Spectator|first=Duff|last=Hart-Davis|date=17 October 2015|access-date=26 March 2023|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409164940/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/notes-from-a-very-small-island-wonderful-eccentric-ascension/|url-status=bot: unknown}}
Personal life
Holland is married with five children.
References
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Category:Administrators of Ascension Island
Category:Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford