Leigh Turner

Robert Leigh Turner CMG (born 1958) is a British diplomat who has been British Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna since August 2016.[1] As Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative he writes a regular blog published in English and German.

For the American football player and coach, see Leigh C. Turner.

His Excellency

Leigh Turner

CMG
British Ambassador to Austria
Assumed office
August 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded bySusan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque
British Ambassador to Ukraine
In office
2008–2012
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded byTim Barrow
Succeeded bySimon Smith
Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory
In office
2006–2008
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byTony Crombie
Succeeded byColin Roberts
Personal details
Born1958 (age 61–62)
NationalityBritish
Alma materCambridge University
OccupationDiplomat

From September 2012 to July 2016 Turner was British Consul-General in Istanbul, a post which included responsibility for UK Trade and Investment work in Turkey, South Caucasus, Central Asia and Ukraine. From June 2008 to July 2012 he was British ambassador to Ukraine, resident in Kyiv. From 2006–2008 he was Director, Overseas Territories in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory; and Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Born in 1958, he graduated from Downing College, Cambridge in 1979, joining the Civil Service as an administrative trainee the same year. After working in the Departments of Transport and Environment, and the Treasury, he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983 and has had postings in Austria, Russia, Germany, Ukraine and Turkey before returning to Vienna.[2]

Whilst on unpaid leave, between 2002 and 2006, he wrote travel articles for the Financial Times, The Boston Globe and other newspapers. He continues to write novels and short stories in his spare time under the name Robert Pimm.

Turner was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to British interests in Ukraine and Turkey.[3]

References
  1. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna , accessed 15 March 2016|
  2. TURNER, (Robert) Leigh', Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 7 May 2008
  3. "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 3.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Tony Crombie		 Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory
2006–2008		 Succeeded by
Colin Roberts
Preceded by
Tim Barrow		 British Ambassador to Ukraine
2008–2012		 Succeeded by
Simon Smith
Preceded by
Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque		 British Ambassador to Austria
2016–present		 Incumbent
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