Jonathan "Jon" Benjamin (born 19 January 1963) is a British diplomat. He joined the United Kingdom's diplomatic service in 1986.[1] He studied German, Swedish and international relations at the University of Surrey.[2]
During his career, he has served as consul general in New York City and has represented UK interests in Indonesia and Turkey. He was Ambassador to Chile in 2009 - 2014 and High Commissioner to Ghana and ambassador to several neighbouring countries in 2014 - 2017. He was later the director of the Diplomatic Academy in London.[1] His other roles in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have included appointments as the head of the human rights policy department (2002 - 2005), the deputy head of the drugs and international crime department (2000 - 2002) and the head of the Zimbabwe emergency unit (2000).[2]
He was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mexico in 2021, replacing Corin Robertson.[3] In May 2024, he was removed from that position when a video emerged of him pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee while on a tour of the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Durango.[4] [5]