Foreign and Commonwealth Office
December 18
11:40
2015
Sir Julian King KCVO CMG has been appointed Her Majestys 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 |
| Married to: | Lotte Knudsen |
| 2014 present | FCO, Director-General Economic & Consular |
| 2011 2014 | Director General of the Northern Ireland Office |
| 2009 2011 | Dublin, Her Majestys 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 dAdministration; later Private Secretary to Her Majestys Ambassador |
| 1985 1987 | Joined FCO, worked on Latin America and Western Europe |
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