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His Excellency
Colin Crooks
LVO
Crooks in 2017
British Ambassador to South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2022
Monarchs
Elizabeth II Charles III
Prime Minister
Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by
Simon Smith
British Ambassador to North Korea
In office December 2018 – December 2021
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by
Alastair Morgan
Succeeded by
David Ellis
Personal details
Born
(1969-02-18) 18 February 1969 (age 55) Dungannon, Northern Ireland
Spouse
Young-kee Crooks
Children
2
Alma mater
Cambridge University
Colin James Crooks LVO (born 18 February 1969) is a British diplomat serving as the British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since 2022.
Previously he served as British Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from December 2018 to December 2021.[1]
Prior to serving as the Ambassador to the DPRK, Crooks served in various other positions in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and was the Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy Beijing from 2015 to 2018 and the Chargé d'Affairs to the British Embassy in Pyongyang in 2008.[1]
In May 2020, Crooks announced via Twitter that the Pyongyang embassy had been evacuated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
^ ab"Colin Crooks". HM Government. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^"UK closes embassy, pulls diplomats from North Korea over coronavirus restrictions". Reuters. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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