Paul Brummell

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Paul Brummell (born 28 August 1965) is a British diplomat who is ambassador to Romania, and a travel writer.

Career

Brummell was educated at St Albans School before reading geography at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1987.

After stints in Pakistan, Italy, and in Whitehall, Brummell received his first posting as head of a diplomatic mission in 2002, as Ambassador to Turkmenistan. In 2005, he made the relatively short move to head the embassy in Kazakhstan, a position that also includes being non-resident ambassador to Kyrgyzstan. In 2008 he invited the US ambassador, Tatiana Gfoeller, to a meeting with the Duke of York and British businessmen; her report to Washington, leaked by WikiLeaks and reported by British and international media, mentioned indiscreet remarks by the Duke.

In 2009 Brummell was transferred to Bridgetown, Barbados, as High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines) and UK representative to CARICOM and the OECS.

In September 2014 Brummell took up the post of ambassador to Romania.

Publications

• Turkmenistan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2005. ISBN 978-1-84162-144-9
• Kazakhstan, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84162-369-6

References

• BRUMMELL, Paul, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014

External links

• Paul Brummell, gov.uk

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Fraser Wilson	Ambassador to Turkmenistan 2002–2005	Succeeded by Peter Butcher
Preceded by James Lyall Sharp	Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan 2005–2009	Succeeded by David Moran
Preceded by Duncan Taylor	High Commissioner to Barbados and other Caribbean countries 2010–2013	Succeeded by Victoria Dean
Preceded by Martin Harris	Ambassador to Romania 2014–present	Incumbent