LONDON, June 16 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
Mr William Longhurst has been appointed Charge d'Affaires en titre to the Republic of Belarus in succession to Mr David Ward, who is transferring to another appointment in the Diplomatic Service. Mr Longhurst will take up his appointment during July 2026.
Curriculum Vitae
Full name: William Jesse Longhurst
Year
Role
2024 to 2026
FCDO, Full time Language Training in Russian
2019 to 2024
British Embassy Berne, Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General to Switzerland & Liechtenstein
2019
FCO, Full time Language Training in German
2018
FCO, Deputy Head, Global Britain Task Force
2014 to 2018
Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia
2011 to 2013
FCO, Deputy Head, ASEAN Department
2007 to 2011
British Embassy Belgrade, Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General
2006 to 2007
FCO, Full time Language Training in Serbian
2001 to 2006
UK Mission to the United Nations in New York, First Secretary (Finance and Management Reform)
1998 to 2001
Department of Trade and Industry, Head of Exports to Japan Unit
1995 to 1998
British Embassy Tokyo, First Secretary (Commercial)
1992 to 1995
British Embassy Seoul, Third Secretary (Economic), later Second Secretary (Political and Information)
1990 1991
FCO Assistant Desk Officer, Economic Relations Department
1990
Joined Foreign & Commonwealth Office
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