Nigel Broomfield

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Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield , KCMG (born March 19, 1937 in Nowshera , British India , today: Pakistan ; † October 29, 2018 in Jersey ) was a British diplomat who was the penultimate ambassador to the German Democratic Republic between 1988 and 1990 as well as was ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1993 to 1997 .

Life

Studies, officer and beginning of a diplomatic career

Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield graduated after visiting the Haileybury and Imperial Service College to study at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge and went after its completion in 1959 as a lieutenant in the cavalry regiment 17th / 21st Lancers of the British Army one. In addition to various assignments, he was an officer in the military liaison mission of the Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces to the Soviet Union in Potsdam BRIXMIS (The British Commanders'-in-Chief Mission to the Soviet Forces in Germany) between 1964 and 1966 and retired as a major from active military service in 1968 . In 1969 he entered the diplomatic service and was subsequently employed at numerous missions abroad such as in Bonn , Moscow and the Sector Administration West Berlin as well as in the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ( Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) .

After Broomfield was Political Advisor and Chancellor of the British Sector in West Berlin between 1979 and 1981 , he was head of the Eastern Europe and Soviet Union in the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1981 to 1983 . From 1983 to 1985 he was head of the Soviet Union unit in the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. and between 1985 and 1988 as envoy and deputy high commissioner in India . In 1986 he was named Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services .

Ambassador to the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany

In 1988 Nigel Broomfield replaced Timothy Everard as ambassador to the German Democratic Republic and held this position until 1990, after which Patrick Eyers became the last ambassador to the GDR. He was then Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Defense) between 1990 and 1992 . For his many years of service in the diplomatic service, he was beaten on December 31, 1992 to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) and has since had the suffix "Sir".

Most recently Sir Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield succeeded Christopher Mallaby as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1993 and remained in this post until he retired in 1997, whereupon Christopher Meyer succeeded him there. After retiring, he served as director of the Ditchley Foundation , an organization promoting American-British relations , from 1999 to 2004 , and then chaired the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity between 2004 and 2009 . He was also Honorary President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 711
  2. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 951
  3. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 952
  4. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 574
  5. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 717
  6. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 916
  7. ↑ Knights and Dames (leighrayment.com)
  8. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 701
personal data
SURNAME Broomfield, Nigel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broomfield, Nigel Hugh Robert Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat and officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Nowshera , British India , today: Pakistan
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 2018
Place of death jersey