John James Rankin, CMG (born 12 March 1957) is a British diplomat and a former ambassador to Nepal.

[8] In February 2018, signed into law the Domestic Partnership Act 2018, which effectively reversed the right of gay couples to marry.

This made Bermuda the first jurisdiction to legalise and then repeal same-sex marriage rights.

In September 2020, it was announced that Rankin would be replacing Gus Jaspert as Governor of the British Virgin Islands in 2021.

Rankin was sworn in as Governor of the British Virgin Islands on 29 January 2021, after arriving in the territory and observing the mandatory 14-day quarantine due to COVID-19.