The diplomatic foreign relations of the United Kingdom are conducted by the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,headed by the Foreign Secretary. The prime minister and numerous other agencies play a role in setting policy,and many institutions and businesses have a voice and a role.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international research institute or think tank focusing on defence and security issues. Since 1997,its headquarters have been at Arundel House in London. It has offices on four continents,producing data and research on questions of defence,security and global affairs,publishing publications and online analysis,and convening major security summits. The Guardian newspaper has described the IISS as ‘one of the world’s leading security think tanks.’
Ford M. Fraker was a and American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.He was president of the Middle East Policy Council and chairman,Merrill Lynch Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa,also known as Prince Nasser,is a member of the Bahraini royal family,Commander of Bahrain's Royal Guard,deputy chairman of the Higher Committee for Energy and Natural Resources and the head of the government's Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. He is the third in line of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Bahrain. In April 2021,he was appointed as chairman of Bapco Energies,formerly called “nogaholding".
Peter David Godfrey McCormick OBE is an English lawyer. He is the Senior Partner of McCormicks Solicitors of Harrogate,North Yorkshire,England.
György Szabad was a Hungarian politician and historian,founder member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF). He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1990 and 1994. He was a member of the Batthyány Society of Professors.
General Sir Adrian John Bradshaw,is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He also served as Director Special Forces from 2006 to 2009 and Commander Land Forces in 2013.
Joseph David Irvin is an ex-charity leader who until 2020 was the chief executive of Living Streets,the UK charity that campaigns for pedestrians.
Sir Timothy Earle Barrow is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser.
Lindsay Redvers Mark Seymour Croisdale-Appleby is a British diplomat and Head of the UK Mission to the European Union. Appointed in January 2021,he formally presented his credentials to the President of the European Commission on 29 July 2021. He was Ambassador to Colombia from 2012 to 2015.
Ferenc Snétberger is a Hungarian jazz guitarist.
János Csák is a Hungarian corporate leader,honorary professor of management,who has been the Minister of Culture and Innovation since 24 May 2022. Formerly,he served as Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom between 2011 and 2014.
James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Chile from 2018 to 2020.
General Gwyn Jenkins,is the senior Royal Marines officer,serving as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff since August 2022. He was concurrently appointed Commandant General Royal Marines in November 2022.
Robert Butler is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury since the 2019 general election. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probations between September and October 2022.
Jacqueline Louise "Jacky" Perkins is a British diplomat who has been the British Ambassador to Belarus since 2019. Previous to that,she was the deputy head of mission in Kuwait.
