Ambassador Appointed as Head of National Security

Oliver del Cid

Ambassador Oliver del Cid has been appointed Director of National Security and head of the National Security Directorate, formerly the National Security Council Secretariat. The Prime Minister’s Office made the announcement today. Ambassador del Cid has served as a Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as diplomat at the Embassy of Belize in Guatemala, Deputy National Security Coordinator, Belize’s Ambassador to Mexico, non-resident High Commissioner to Jamaica, non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. Most recently, he served as Inspector General in the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security. The Prime Minister’s Office says the placement of the National Security Directorate under the PM’s office for the first in more than 20 years underscores the attention that the Office of the Prime Minister intends to give to national security matters as “the country faces existing and emerging security challenges by taking an all-of-government approach through interagency coordination.”