Sir David Geoffrey Manning, KCMG (born 5 December 1949) is the British Ambassador to the United States. On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The British Ambassador is in charge of Britains diplomatic mission to the USA. His official title is, Her Majestys Ambassador to the United States of America. ...

Biography

He attended the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies before entering the civil service at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972. He has served in embassies in Poland, India, Paris, and Moscow, and within the FCO he has worked on the Central American desk, the Russian desk and held several senior positions. He has represented the UK in Brussels and also at the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia in 1994. The Johns Hopkins University is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), based in Washington D.C., is one of the worlds leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and education. ... A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: ▶(?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and of the European Union. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Between 1995 and 1998, he was British ambassador to Israel; from 2001, he was a foreign policy adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. During this time he developed a close relationship with his counterpart, then US National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. Blair selected him to replace Christopher Meyer as the British Ambassador to the United States. Manning took up the post in 2003. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... Condoleezza Rice, Ph. ... Sir Christopher Meyer (born 22 February 1944) is the former British Ambassador to the United States (1997-2003), and the current chair of the Press Complaints Commission (since 2002). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His close relationship with the Prime Minister suggests he has been a key figure in driving British foreign policy in respect of the United States, particularly in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the decision to invade Iraq. This article talks about the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States of America carried out on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, in which hijackers almost simultaneously took control of four U.S. domestic commercial airliners. ... The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20 comprising United States and United Kingdom forces (98%), and several other nations. ...

Posts held

2003 - present: Washington, USA (Ambassador)
2001 - 2003: Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister
2001: UK Delegation NATO Brussels (Ambassador)
1998 - 2000: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Deputy Under-Secretary)
1995 - 1998: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ambassador)
1994 - 1995: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Head of Policy Planning Staff)
1994: UK member of Contact Group on Bosnia (International Conference on Former Yugoslavia)
1993 - 1994: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Head of Eastern Department)
1990 - 1993: Moscow, Russia (Counselor, Head of Chancery)
1988 - 1990: Counselor on loan to Cabinet Office
1984 - 1988: Paris, France (1st Secretary)
1982 - 1984: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Deputy Head of Policy Planning Department)
1980 - 1982: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Soviet Department)
1977 - 1980: New Delhi, India (2nd later 1st Secretary)
1974 - 1977: Warsaw, Poland (3rd later 2nd Secretary)
1972 - 1974: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mexico/Central America Department)
1972: Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office