Mockbul Ali

Mockbul Ali, OBE is a British diplomat, Islamic Issues Adviser to the Foreign Secretary and Head of PReVENT, Counter Ideology at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Career

Ali has been a policy advisor to three former Foreign Secretaries. He is the Foreign Office's adviser on Muslim affairs and has played a vital role as Islamic issues adviser to the Foreign Secretary in Foreign and Commonwealth Office outreach to Muslims worldwide. He is also a member of the Foreign Office's Engaging with the Islamic World Group.

He is Head of Prevent, Counter Ideology at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and on an advisory panel for the counter-[...] chief of the Crown Prosecution Service.

In 2005, Ali was seconded to the Labour Party to work on the 2005 election campaign.

His recent diplomatic posting was in Cairo during the Arab Spring. He is currently involved in the government's responses to the Arab Spring and is the Chief of Staff to the British Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Libya.<ref name="bbpower-inspiration2>

In 2014, Ali received the Royal College of DeFence Studies Award for Strategic Leadership, a prestigious leadership programme in international strategy, and is the only civilian to have been awarded it.

Ali has been accused by his critics of being an apologist for extreme Islamist views within Whitehall.

Awards and recognition

In 2005, Ali was appointed a Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.

See also

• British Bangladeshis
• List of British Bangladeshis