UK Appoints a New Envoy to Sudan

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The United Kingdom announced today the appointment of Richard Crowder as the new Head of the British Office in Sudan and the UKs Special Envoy to Sudan, succeeding Mr. Giles Lever.

Richard Crowder assumed his position as Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan in January 2017. He has worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for twenty years, holding positions in Moscow and Brussels. His most recent role was Head of the EU Referendum Unit at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The new envoy speaks Arabic, Russian, and French, and is learning Urdu. Richard is married to Hilary, and they have two sons. In 2015, he published his first book titled "Consequences: Makers of the Post-War World," about the period following the end of World War II.

Biography of the new envoy:

Full Name: Richard Crowder

2022 to 2024: Full-time Arabic language training, London and Amman
2020 to 2022: Deputy Director, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, London
2017 to 2020: Islamabad, Deputy High Commissioner
2014 to 2016: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Deputy Director, Europe Directorate
2011 to 2014: Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Head of the Economics Unit
2007 to 2011: Brussels, Seconded to the Policy Unit, EU Council, and then the European External Action Service
2006 to 2007: Master of Public Administration, Kennedy School, Harvard University
2002 to 2006: Foreign Office, Head of Gibraltar Team, Europe Directorate
1999 to 2002: Moscow, Second Secretary
1997 to 1998: Foreign Office, G8 Summit Office, Birmingham
1996 to 1997: Foreign Office, Great Lakes Region Office in Africa