Julian Bullard

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Sir Julian Leonard Bullard , GCMG (born May 8, 1928 in Athens , † May 25, 2006 in Oxford ) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany between 1984 and 1988 .

Life

Bullard family memorial stone in Holywell Cemetery , Oxford

Julian Leonard Bullard is one of five children of the diplomat Reader Bullard , who was an envoy to Saudi Arabia and an envoy and ambassador to Iran , and a younger brother of the diplomat Giles Bullard , who was ambassador to Bulgaria and high commissioner in Barbados . He himself began after attending the School Dragon in Oxford as well as the prestigious founded in 1567 Rugby School to study classics (Literae humaniores) at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford . After graduating, he was a visiting scholar ( Fellow ) at All Souls College, University of Oxford between 1950 and 1957 and also did his national service with the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) in Winchester and as a lieutenant in the Rhine Army ( BAOR). In 1953 he entered the diplomatic service (HM Foreign Service) and found numerous posts abroad as well as in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ( Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) . After he was political agent in the then British protectorate of the Trucial States in Dubai between 1968 and 1971 before the establishment of official diplomatic relations and the establishment of the United Arab Emirates on December 2, 1971, he then acted as head of the Eastern Europe and Soviet Union department from 1971 to 1975 in the Department of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

Then Bullard took over the post as envoy at the embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany between 1975 and 1979 . In 1975 he was named Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services . From 1979 to 1984 he was Deputy Under-Secretary for Europe and Political Director in the Foreign Ministry (Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Europe and Political Director)) and as such between 1982 and 1984 also Deputy Permanent Undersecretary (Deputy to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State) . In this use, he was beaten June 12, 1982 to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) and has since had the suffix "Sir". Most recently he succeeded John Lang “Jock” Taylor Ambassador in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1984 and held this position until he retired in 1988, whereupon Christopher Mallaby became his successor there. On December 31, 1986, he was elevated to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

After joining, Julian Bullard became involved at the University of Birmingham , where he was a member of the University Council between 1988 and 1997, and during this time he was both Chairman of the University Council and Pro-Chancellor from 1989 to 1994 . During this time he was instrumental in founding the Institute for European Law and the Institute for German Studies .

Julian Bullard was married to Margaret Stephens from 1954 until his death from complications from Parkinson's disease in 2006. This marriage resulted in two sons and two daughters.

Publications

  • Europe: the British contribution. Lecture, February 3, 1987 , Deutsche Weltwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft eV, Association for World Economic Research and Education , Berlin 1987
  • "The political and military engagement of Great Britain in the world" , Übersee-Club, Hamburg 1987
  • The German question as a strategic key , foreword by Alfred Dregger , editor Heinz-Josef Kiefer , Olzog-Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3-7892-7360-5
  • Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany - 1988. Lecture given at the Industrie-Club eV in Düsseldorf on February 18, 1988 , Industrie-Club, Düsseldorf 1988

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 846
  2. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 951
  3. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 702
  4. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 913
  5. ↑ a b Knights and Dames
  6. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 701
personal data
SURNAME Bullard, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bullard, Sir Julian Leonard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2006
Place of death Oxford