David Frost (diplomat)

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Lord Frost, 2021

David George Hamilton Frost, Baron Frost CMG (born February 21, 1965 in Derby , England ) is a British diplomat and Conservative Party politician . He is considered a confidante of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and led the 2020 exit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Johnson has appointed Frost to the Boris Johnson II cabinet as of March 1, 2021 , as Minister for "Coordination of Relations with the EU Institutions and the 27 Member States". On December 18, 2021, he submitted his resignation.

career

Frost was the UK Ambassador to Denmark from 2006 to 2008 . This was followed by positions at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2008–2010) and at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2010–2013). In 2013 he left the diplomatic service; he became CEO of the Scotch Whiskey Association . He has been a guild member of the Distillers' Company since 2016 .

After Boris Johnson became Foreign Minister in the May I Cabinet in 2016 , he appointed Frost to be his special adviser. Frost held this post until Johnson's resignation in July 2018. In early 2019, Frost became CEO of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry .

On June 28, 2020, Johnson announced that he would appoint Frost as UK National Security Adviser (to succeed Lord Sedwill). This has been criticized from many quarters, including former Prime Minister Theresa May . On August 12, 2020, Queen Elizabeth II named Frost a Life Peer as Baron Frost , of Allenton in the County of Derbyshire . He is thus a lifetime member of the House of Lords , in which he on September 8 introduced was. His salutation since then has been "Lord Frost".

David Quarrey was appointed interim National Security Adviser in September 2020 ; Frost led the negotiations on Britain's exit from the EU until the end of 2020 .

resignation

On December 18, 2021, Frost submitted his resignation as Brexit Minister. In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he expressed the view that “Brexit is now secured”, but that he is concerned about the future political direction. Frost expressed the hope that the United Kingdom could as soon as possible transform itself into a "deregulated, entrepreneurial, low-tax economy on the pulse of modern science and economic change" ( a lightly regulated, low-tax, entrepreneurial economy, at the cutting edge of modern science and economic change ). History has shown that societies that take this path grew and prospered. In conclusion, he expressed the hope that the COVID-19-related restrictions would be lifted as soon as possible. However, the highly contagious Omicron variant has been spreading in Great Britain since December 2021 ; the UK government is considering new restrictions. On the day of Frost's resignation, 90,418 new infections were registered; three weeks earlier it had only been 40,000.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lord Frost CMG appointed as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (press release February 17, 2021)
  2. ↑ faz.net: Johnson's new husband doesn't have any fun with Europe
  3. ↑ Brexit Minister Frost resigns. December 18, 2021, accessed December 18, 2021 .
  4. ↑ www.scotch-whisky.org.uk
  5. ↑ www.distillers.org.uk
  6. ↑ www.londonchamber.co.uk
  7. ^ Appointment of Prime Minister's National Security Adviser
  8. ↑ Crown Office ID 3614444. In: The London Gazette . The Crown Office, August 14, 2020, accessed December 22, 2020 .
  9. ↑ www.parliament.uk
  10. ↑ Lord Frost's resignation letter in full. In: BBC News . December 19, 2021, accessed December 19, 2021 .
  11. ↑ see also www.theguardian.com: Brexit minister's shock resignation leaves Boris Johnson reeling
personal data
SURNAME Frost, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frost, David George Hamilton, Baron Frost (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat and Conservative Party politician
BIRTH DATE February 21, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Derby , England