Paul Lever
Sir Paul Lever KCMG (born March 31, 1944 ) is a retired British diplomat.
Life
Paul Lever is the son of a pathologist. He attended St Paul's School in London and Queen's College in Oxford . He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) diplomatic service in 1966 . His first positions were representations in Finland and at the European Commission. As ambassador, he headed the British Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna from 1990 to 1992 and then worked in the FCO with the rank of Undersecretary. From 1994 to 1996 he was chairman of the United Committee on Intelligence. In 1996/97 Lever was "Director for EU and Economic Affairs" in the FCO. Lever became British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1997.
Lever retired from the diplomatic service in 2003 and worked for three years as a manager at RWE Thames Water . From 2004 to 2009 he was Chairman of the think tank Royal United Services Institute .
Lever was promoted to CMG in 1991 and KCMG in 1999.
Fonts
- Europe in ten years: what will it look like? . Lecture. Hamburg: Übersee-Club, 2002
- Berlin Rules: Europe and the German Way . Tauris, 2017 ISBN 9781784539290
Web links
- Malcolm McBain: Paul Lever , Interview, November 7, 2011, PDF
Individual evidence
- ^ Tony Barber: The calm at the eye of Europe's storm . Review, in: Financial Times , April 29, 2017, p. 9
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Meyer |
British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany 1997–2003 |
Peter Torry |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lever, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1944 |