Francis Raymond Baker CMG OBE (born 27 January 1961) is a British diplomat and civil servant who was Ambassador to Libya from February 2018 to April 2019.
[2] In 1991, he returned to England, and was a desk officer (ranking as a Second Secretary) in the Human Rights Policy Department of the FCO for two years.
[2][3] From 1993 to 1996, he was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey;[2] he was awarded an OBE for this posting.
[4] From 1996 to 1998, Baker was on secondment to the US Government and was based in Washington, D.C.[2] In 1998, he was Head of the Iraq Section in the Middle East Department, FCO.
[3] From 2002 to 2010, he was back working at the FCO, this time as Deputy Director Middle East.