Sir Julian King KCVO CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the French Republic in succession to Sir Peter Ricketts GCMG GCVO, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service in January 2016. Sir Julian will take up his appointment at the start of February 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name: | Sir Julian King KCVO CMG |
| 2014 – present | FCO, Director-General Economic & Consular |
| 2011 – 2014 | Director General of the Northern Ireland Office |
| 2009 – 2011 | Dublin, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2008 – 2009 | EU Commission, Chef de Cabinet to British Commissioner |
| 2004 – 2008 | UK Rep Brussels, UK Representative on EU Political and Security Committee |
| 2003 – 2004 | UKMis New York, Counsellor |
| 1998 – 2003 | UKRep Brussels, First Secretary later Counsellor working on enlargement |
| 1994 – 1998 | FCO, Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State |
| 1990 – 1994 | FCO, Second later First Secretary working on NATO and European Defence |
| 1987 – 1990 | Paris, Third later Second Secretary, Ecole Nationale d’Administration; later Private Secretary to Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 1985 – 1987 | Joined FCO, worked on Latin America and Western Europe |
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