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[[File:Drpeterhayes.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Peter Hayes]]
'''Dr. Peter Richard Hayes''' (born 11 April 1963) is a [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service|British diplomat]] and was recently [[Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory|Commissioner]] of the [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] and the [[Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory|British Antarctic Territory]].<ref name="WSM">{{cite web |url =http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Br_Indian_Ocean_Terr.html |title =British Indian Ocean Territory |last = |first = |date = |website = http://www.worldstatesmen.org|publisher = |accessdate =3 August 2013-09-072017}}</ref><ref name="Who's Who">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U151369|title=HAYES, Dr Peter Richard|work=Who's Who 2012, online edition|author=A & C Black|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|accessdate=3 August 2017}}</ref>
| url = http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U151369
| title = HAYES, Dr Peter Richard
| work = Who's Who 2012, online edition
| author = A & C Black
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| year = 2012
| accessdate = 2012-05-10
}}</ref>
==Early life==
He was educated at the [[University of Surrey]] (BSc, Physics) and [[King's College London]] (PhD, 1989).{{cn}}
==Career==
Originally trained as a [[physics|physicist]], in 1990 Hayes joined the [[Her Majesty's Civil Service|British Civil Service]] in the [[National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)|National Physical Laboratory]], later working in the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]], the [[Cabinet Office]], the [[Office of Science and Technology]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. He worked for the [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.|British Embassy to the United States]] as a [[Diplomatic rank|Counsellor]] for 2001–2005.<ref name="Who's Who" />
In 2005 Hayes was appointed [[Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]], serving under [[Jack Straw]], [[Margaret Beckett]] and [[David Miliband]] until 2007. From 2008 until 2010-10 Hayes was the [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka|British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka]], and concurrently the non-resident High Commissioner to the Maldives. He then went on secondment to the London Stock Exchange as their Head of Public Affairs.<ref name="Who's Who" />
From 2012 until 2016-16, he was [[Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory]] and the [[Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory|British Antarctic Territory]].<ref name="WSM" />
==Personal life==
In 2002, Hayes married [[Kirsty Hayes]], a fellow diplomat.<ref>{{cite web|title=HAYES, Christine Isobel, (Kirsty)|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U282132|website=Who's Who 2015|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=October 2014}}</ref> Together theyThey have two children: one son and one daughter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Portugal|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-portugal|website=News|publisher=GOV.UK|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=11 June 2014}}</ref>
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