Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG

Biography

Sir Laurie Bristow was her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan from June to November 2021. Prior to this, Sir Laurie Bristow was the COP26 Regional Ambassador to the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia.

Previously Sir Laurie was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation, from January 2016 until January 2020, and before that he held the following roles:

2012 to 2015	Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), Director, National Security
2010 to 2012	FCO, Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
2007 to 2010	Moscow, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission
2004 to 2007	Baku, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2003	FCO, Deputy Director, Iraq Planning Unit/Iraq Policy Unit
2002 to 2003	NATO Defence College, Rome (Senior Officers’ course)
1999 to 2002	Ankara, Head of Political Section
1996 to 1998	FCO, Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Europe
1995 to 1996	FCO, Head of Trade Policy Section, Europe Union Department
1995	FCO, Gibraltar Desk, Southern European Department
1992 to 1995	Bucharest, Second Secretary
1990 to 1991	FCO, Taiwan Desk Officer, Far Eastern Department

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• Married to: Fiona
• Children: 2 sons

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• A year on, Britain has much to learn from the fall of Kabul: article by Sir Laurie Bristow
  • 26 August 2022
  • Authored article
• British Ambassador to Russia briefing on the Salisbury attack following the OPCW report: 13 April 2018
  • 13 April 2018
  • Speech
• British Ambassador to Russia briefing on the Salisbury attack: 22 March 2018
  • 22 March 2018
  • Speech

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