Rory Stewart

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After graduating, Stewart joined the Foreign Office. In Indonesia, he served as Second Secretary, Political/Economic in the British embassy in Jakarta from 1997 to 1999, during the Asian Financial Crisis and the fall of Suharto, working on issues related to East Timor independence. He was appointed at the age of 26 as the British Representative to Montenegro in the wake of the Kosovo campaign.

Some have suggested that Stewart was an employee of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) during his time as a British Representative to Montenegro – allegedly being recruited to MI6 shortly after he graduated from Oxford University. Stewart has said that his career progression and his father's work for MI6 might "give the appearance" that he worked for MI6, but says he did not work for MI6 while a diplomat. Stewart has acknowledged that due to the Official Secrets Act, even if he had worked for MI6, he would not be able to admit it.

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Stewart was appointed as the Coalition Provisional Authority Deputy Governorate Co-ordinator in Maysan and Deputy Governorate Co-ordinator/Senior Advisor in Dhi Qar in 2003, both of which are provinces in southern Iraq. He was posted initially to the KOSB Battlegroup then to the Light Infantry. His responsibilities included holding elections, resolving tribal disputes, and implementing development projects. He faced growing unrest and an incipient civil war from his base in a Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) compound in Al Amarah, and in May 2004 was in command of his compound in Nasiriyah when it was besieged by Sadrist militia. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services during this period. While Stewart initially supported the Iraq War, the international coalition's inability to achieve a more humane, prosperous state led him in retrospect to believe the invasion had been a mistake.

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• The Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Civil Division.
• The Ondaatje Prize of The Royal Society of Literature (2005).
• The Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (2009).
• The Ness Award of the Royal Geographical Society.
• The British Academy Scotland Award for documentary.
• The Spirit of Scotland Award for writing.
• The Politician of the Year award of British GQ.
• The Prize del Camino del Cid (2009).
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling Doctor of the University (D.Univ), awarded on 23 November 2009.
• Honorary doctorate from the American University of Paris.
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2005).
• Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (FRSGS) (2009).
• He was sworn of the Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on 3 May 2019 upon his appointment as International Development Secretary in the second May ministry. This gave him the honorific style "The Right Honourable".