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Revision as of 16:30, 24 October 2022

Colin Crooks
Crooks in 2017
British Ambassador to South Korea
Assumed office
March 2022
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded bySimon Smith
British Ambassador to North Korea
In office
December 2018 – December 2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byAlastair Morgan
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
BornDungannon, Northern Ireland
SpouseYoung-kee Crooks
Children2
Alma materCambridge University

Colin Crooks LVO 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 Chargé d'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]

Sources

  1. ^ a b "Colin Crooks". HM Government. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ "UK closes embassy, pulls diplomats from North Korea over coronavirus restrictions". Reuters. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Ambassador to North Korea
2018–present
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by British Ambassador to South Korea
2022–present
Incumbent