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'''Ian Cliff''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who is ambassador to Kosovo.
'''Ian Cliff''' [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who is ambassador to Kosovo.



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Ian Cliff

Ian Cliff OBE (born 11 September 1952) is a British diplomat who is ambassador to Kosovo.

Career

Ian Cameron Cliff was educated at Hampton Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he gained a degree in modern history. He taught history for four years at Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham, before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1979. After Arabic language training at St Andrews University and in Damascus he served at Khartoum and in Middle East-related posts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in the UK mission to the United Nations in New York and as deputy head of mission in Vienna before being appointed ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001–05, ambassador to Sudan 2005–07, head of the UK Delegation to the OSCE in Vienna (with personal rank of ambassador) 2007–11, and ambassador to Kosovo since March 2011.[1]

In 1991, while he was in New York, Ian Cliff was appointed OBE.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ambassador's career history, British Embassy Pristina, 7 October 2011, archived by archive.org on 27 January 2012
  2. ^ The London Gazette, 29 June 1991
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001–2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador to Sudan
2005–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of UK Delegation to the OSCE
2007–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador to Kosovo
2011–present
Incumbent

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