Colin Crorkin

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Colin Wynn Crorkin OBE (born January 31, 1957 in Edinburgh ) is a British diplomat .

Life

Colin Crorkin joined the British Foreign Service, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), in 1975 .

As British ambassador , he was sent by the Cameron government as high commissioner to the West African Gambia in April 2014 , replacing David Morley . His term in Gambia ended in 2017. Sharon Wardle succeeded him in Gambia in July 2017. Crorkin was then sent to Freetown, Sierra Leone, as Deputy High Commissioner .

family

Colin Crorkin is the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Crorkin. He married Joanne Lynn Finnamore in 1991. The marriage resulted in two sons and a daughter.

Awards and honors

  • 1993: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
  • 2018: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Crorkin, Colin Wynn, (born Jan. 31, 1957), HM Diplomatic Service; Deputy High Commissioner, Freetown, Sierra Leone, since 2017 | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. In: ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Colin Crorkin MBE - GOV.UK. In: gov.uk. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Africa News Hub: Colin Crorkin is The New UK Ambassador To The Gambia. In: africanewshub.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  4. ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to The Gambia. In: gov.uk. GOV.UK, accessed on January 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to The Gambia. In: gov.uk. GOV.UK, accessed on January 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Colin CRORKIN. In: co.uk. www.thegazette.co.uk, accessed January 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Crorkin, Colin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crorkin, Colin Wynn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh