Christopher William Long

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Diplomatic career

Christopher Long joined HM Diplomatic Service as Third Secretary in 1963, and went to study Arabic at MECAS in Lebanon in 1964. He was posted as Third Secretary later Second Secretary to Jedda in 1965, and two years later was posted as First Secretary to Caracas. He returned to the FCO in London in 1969. He became Head of Chancery in Budapest in 1974 and attended the Belgrade CSCE Meeting in 1977. Long was posted as Counsellor to Damascus in 1978, and to UKMIS Geneva in 1980. He was appointed Head of the FCO's Near East and North Africa Department in 1983. He became Assistant Under-Secretary of State (concurrently Deputy Chief Clerk and Chief Inspector) in the FCO in 1985.[4] Long served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Switzerland (1988–1992),[5] Egypt (1992–1995)[6] and Hungary (1995–1998).[7]

Post retirement

From 1998, Long was a director of Gedeon Richter Ltd., the largest pharmaceutical factory in Hungary.[7] He was also a trustee of The Orders of St John Care Trust.[1]

Personal life and death

Long married Patricia Ann Eleanor Stanbridge in 1972. They had one daughter (born 1974) and two sons (born 1977 and 1982).

Long died on 5 May 2023, at the age of 85.[8]

References

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check British Ambassador to Switzerland
1988–1992 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check British Ambassador to Egypt
1992–1995 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check British Ambassador to Hungary
1995–1998 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Director of Oxford University Foreign Service Programme
1999–2003 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded byas Diplomatic Director
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded byas Academic Director

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