Colin Crooks | |
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British Ambassador to South Korea | |
Assumed office March 2022 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Simon Smith |
British Ambassador to North Korea | |
In office December 2018 –December 2021 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Alastair Morgan |
Succeeded by | David Ellis |
Personal details | |
Born | Dungannon,Northern Ireland,United Kingdom | 18 February 1969
Spouse | Young-kee Crooks |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Colin James Crooks LVO (born 18 February 1969) is a British diplomat serving as the British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since 2022.
Previously he served as British Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from December 2018 to December 2021. [1]
Prior to serving as the Ambassador to the DPRK,Crooks served in various other positions in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service,and was the Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy Beijing from 2015 to 2018 and the Chargéd'Affairs to the British Embassy in Pyongyang in 2008. [1]
In May 2020,Crooks announced via Twitter that the Pyongyang embassy had been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
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