Ambassador Colin A. Munro – Curriculum Vitae

October 1946. Married, has two sons.

1968, George Watson’s College and Edinburgh University (MA Hons, Modern Languages – French and German)

Career:

• 1969: Joined HM Diplomatic Service
• 1969 – 1971: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
• 1971 – 1973: Second Secretary Political, Bonn
• 1973 – 1977: First Secretary Political, Kuala Lumpur
• 1977 – 1979: First Secretary, Security Policy Department, FCO
• 1979 – 1980: Private Secretary to Minister of State responsible for Central and Eastern Europe

• 1981 – 1982: Head of Political Department, British Embassy in Bucharest
• 1983 – 1987: Deputy Head of Western European Department at FCO
• 1987 – 1990: Deputy Head of Mission, East Berlin
• 1990 – 1993: Her Majesty’s Consul General, Frankfurt
• 1993 – 1997: Head of the OSCE and Council of Europe Department at the FCO
• 1997 – 2000: HM’s Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia
• January 2001: Appointment to the present position

German, French, Croatian

Some knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Malay

Interests:

• History (including contributions to publications of the Prince Albert Society and Institute of Contemporary British History on relations between the UK and Germany

• Sports

• Member of the Board of Trustees of the European Youth Parliament (Fontainebleau Foundation)

• Member of: Rotary, Reform and Royal Selangor Kuala Lumpur clubs