"Our Man in China" - Philip Miller, Charge d'Affaires Embassy of the  Commonwealth of The Bahamas



Philip Miller, Charge d'Affaires Embassy of the Commonwealth of The 
Bahamas in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Diaoyutai State 
Guesthouse in Beijing, China on Saturday, January 21, 2006. (BIS 
Photo: Tim Aylen)


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NAME: Phillip Arthur Walter Miller
POSITION: Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Beijing, China; Appointed 18^th January, 2006  
AGE: Fifty-Four 
DATE OF BIRTH: 24^th August 1951 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Colonel Hill, Crooked Island 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
IMMEDIATE FAMILY: One Son, Reno 
PARENTS:  Henry Miller and Willamae Miller (nee McKenzie) 
CHURCH AFFILIATION (Charismatic) Bahamas Faith Ministries 

HIGH SCHOOL: The Government High School; Awarded academic scholarship, 1963; Passed 8 General Certificate of Education Subjects, English, Mathematics, French, Spanish, Latin, Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education (GCE), 1968.  Awarded Certificates in three subjects; Awarded Advanced Level GCEs, Biology, Chemistry Physics, 1970; Graduated as Head Boy, 1970.  

UNIVERSITY: University of The West Indies, St Augustine Campus Trinidad, Honours Degree in Agriculture, 1973.  

WORK HISTORY: Appointed Family Island Extension Officer for Agronomy Research, Central Agricultural Station, Nassau, 1973; Appointed College of The Bahamas Agriculture and Biology Lecturer in 1976, serving for six years; Launched indigenous-styled furniture enterprise, utilizing Bahamian materials, 1982; Appointed Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation, Agricultural Specialist, 1990; Appointed Bahamas Investment Authority Projects Officer in the Office of The Prime Minister, 1993, eventually being promoted to Deputy Director; Appointed Head of Trade and Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2003. 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Caribbean Development Bank, Project Identification and Implementation Course, 1991; Extension Education Certificate, University of The West Indies, 1994; Diploma in Bilateral Diplomacy, University of Malta, 2004.  

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT HISTORY:  Promotion of youth empowerment; Political pressure group involvement; Freedom of speech and association advocacy; Local Government Reform advocacy. 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
22^nd January, 2006