David Quarrey (born 1966) is a British diplomat and the British Ambassador to NATO since 2022. He was formerly acting

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, having taken over the role while

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continued as the United Kingdom's Chief Negotiator to the

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during the

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negotiations. He was the UK's Ambassador to Israel from 2015 to 2019.

Career

Quarrey, who joined the

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in 1994, previously directed its Near East and North Africa Department. He has also served as a British diplomat in

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, in

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and at the

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in New York. When

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was

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, he was his private secretary for two years. Quarrey's term as Ambassador to Israel ended in June 2019. He was replaced by Neil Wigan.Ambassador to Israel: Neil Wigan OBE. ''GOV.UK''
Retrieved 16 October 2019. Quarrey was previously Prime Minister

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's International Affairs Adviser and

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. In April 2022 he was appointed as the British Ambassador to NATO.

Personal life

Quarrey was Britain's first openly homosexual Ambassador to Israel. His husband is Aldo Oliver Henriquez. In 2021, he tested positive for the Indian variant of

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after returning from a government business trip to India.

References

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