Matt Field
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Matt Field
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Korzo Národní 2023 07 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Matt Field in 2023 during commemoration of the Velvet Revolution
| office = British Ambassador to the Czech Republic
| term_start = 23 January 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Nick Archer
| successor =
| monarch = Charles III
| primeminister = Rishi Sunak
| office2 = British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
| term_start2 = 2018
| term_end2 = 2022
| predecessor2 = Edward Ferguson
| successor2 = Julian Reilly
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister2 = Theresa May
Boris Johnson
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| nationality =
| occupation =
| spouse = Martina Field
| children = 2 sons
| alma_mater = Durham University
| education =
| honorific_prefix = His Excellency
}}
{{Short description|British diplomat}}
Matthew Robert FieldUniversity of Durham Congregation, Thursday 1 July 1999 9:55am, Durham: Durham University, p. 2 {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} is a British diplomat.{{cite web |title=Matthew Field |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/matthew-field |website=GOV.UK |access-date=15 June 2021 |language=en}} He joined HM Diplomatic Service in 2003. Between August 2018 and June 2022 he has served as the British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite news |author1=Zejna Yesilyurt |title=Exclusive Interview with H.E. Matthew Field, United Kingdom Ambassador to BiH |url=https://www.sarajevotimes.com/exclusive-interview-with-h-e-matthew-field-united-kingdom-ambassador-to-bih/ |access-date=15 June 2021 |work=Sarajevo Times |date=2019-01-30}}{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=Britanski ambasador Matt Field odlazi iz BiH: Ovo je bio dom za našu porodicu, biće nam teško otići... - Poslao je važnu poruku bh. građanima |url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/britanski-ambasador-matt-field-odlazi-iz-bih-poslao-je-poruku-gradanima-i-naglasio-ovo-je-bio-dom-za-nasu-porodicu-bice-nam-tesko-otici-768437 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Oslobođenje |language=bs}} In January 2023 he took up the post of ambassador to the Czech Republic.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Matt Field |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-czech-republic-matt-field |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}{{cite news |title=V Praze úřaduje nový britský velvyslanec: Zmínil zlo na Ukrajině, pivaře či Cimrmana a umí i Ř |url=https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/zpravy-svet/733706/v-praze-uraduje-novy-britsky-velvyslanec-zminil-zlo-na-ukrajine-pivare-ci-cimrmana-a-umi-i-r.html |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=Blesk |date=23 January 2023}}
Field was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to British foreign policy.{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N26|date=31 December 2022}}
Field graduated with a BA in Religious Studies, an MA in Japanese Studies, and an MA in Business Administration.{{Cite web |title=Matt Field OBE |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/matthew-field |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}
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Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Czech Republic
Category:21st-century British diplomats
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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