GovWire

Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

December 17
09:54 2015

Mr Leigh Turner CMG has been appointed Her Majestys Ambassador to the Republic of Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna in succession to Mrs Susan le Jeune dAllegeershecque CMG, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Turner will take up his appointment during August 2016.

Curriculum Vitae

Full name: Robert Leigh Turner CMG
2012 present Istanbul, Her Majestys Consul General and Director General UK Trade & Investment, Turkey, South Caucasus & Central Asia
2008 2012 Kyiv, Her Majestys Ambassador
2006 2008 FCO, Director, Overseas Territories
2002 2006 Special Unpaid leave
1998 2002 Bonn (later Berlin), Counsellor, EU/Economic
1995 1998 FCO, Deputy Head, Hong Kong Department
1992 1995 Moscow, First Secretary, Economic
1991 Language training (Russian)
1989 1991 FCO, Desk Officer, Security Co-ordination Department
1987 1989 FCO, Desk Officer, Europe Directorate
1984 1987 Vienna, Second Secretary
1983 Joined FCO
1979 83 HM Treasury, Departments of the Environment & Transport

Further information

Media enquiries

Related Articles

Comments

  1. We don't have any comments for this article yet. Why not join in and start a discussion.

Write a Comment

Your name:
Your email:
Comments:

Post my comment

Recent Comments

Follow Us on Twitter

Share This


Enjoyed this? Why not share it with others if you've found it useful by using one of the tools below: