Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Paul Candler | |
Office: | Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory |
Term Start: | 1 July 2021[1] |
Predecessor: | Ben Merrick |
Primeminister: | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
Office1: | Acting Governor of Anguilla |
Monarch1: | Charles III |
Premier1: | Ellis Webster |
Predecessor1: | Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam |
Successor1: | Julia Crouch |
Term Start1: | 26 June 2023 |
Term End1: | 11 September 2023 |
Nationality: | British |
Paul Candler is a British civil servant who is the Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory, Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory, and Director, Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Before joining the FCDO, Candler was Director of International, Rights and Constitutional Policy at the Ministry of Justice. He also served as acting Governor of Anguilla from 26 June to 11 September 2023.[2] [3]