Christopher William Long

Christopher William Long CMG[1] (born 9 April 1938[2]) is a former British diplomat. Following his retirement in 1998, Long served as director of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme from 1999 to 2003.[3]

Diplomatic career

Christopher Long joined HM Diplomatic Service as Third Secretary in 1963, and went to study Arabic at MECAS in the Lebanon in 1964. He was posted as Third Secretary later Second Secretary to Jedda in 1965, and two years later was posted as First Secretary to Caracas. He returned to the FCO in London in 1969. He became Head of Chancery in Budapest in 1974 and attended the Belgrade CSCE Meeting in 1977. Long was posted as Counsellor to Damascus in 1978, and to UKMIS Geneva in 1980. He was appointed Head of the FCO's Near East and North Africa Department in 1983. He became Assistant Under-Secretary of State (concurrently Deputy Chief Clerk and Chief Inspector) in the FCO in 1985.[4] Long served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Switzerland (1988–1992),[5] Egypt (1992–1995)[6] and Hungary (1995–1998).[7]

Post retirement

He has been a Director of Gedeon Richter Ltd., the largest pharmaceutical factory in Hungary, since 1998[7] and is also a trustee of The Orders of St John Care Trust.[1]

Family

Long married Patricia Ann Eleanor Stanbridge in 1972. They had one daughter (1974) and two sons (1977 and 1982).

References

1. "Trustees". The Orders of St John Care Trust. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
2. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1995). The Diplomatic Service List (snippet view) (30th ed.). H.M.S.O. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-11-591750-9.
3. "About OUFSP". Oxford Department of International Development. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
4. The Diplomatic Service List 1989 (page 235), HMSO, ISBN 0-11-591707-1
5. "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Switzerland: The official website of the British Embassy and other UK Government missions in Switzerland. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
6. "Previous Ambassadors". UK in Egypt: The official website for the British Embassy in Egypt. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
7. "Board of Directors". The Management of Gedeon Richter Plc. Gedeon Richter. Archived from the original on 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John Rich	British Ambassador to Switzerland 1988 – 1992	Succeeded by David Beattie
Preceded by Sir James Adams	British Ambassador to Egypt 1992 – 1995	Succeeded by Sir David Blatherwick
Preceded by Sir John Birch	British Ambassador to Hungary 1995 – 1998	Succeeded by Nigel Thorpe
Academic offices
Preceded by Sir Robin Fearn	Director of Oxford University Foreign Service Programme 1999 – 2003	Succeeded by Alan Hunt as Diplomatic Director
		Succeeded by Rodney Bruce Hall as Academic Director