John Charles Beyer (born 20 April 1950) is a former British

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

who was Ambassador to Moldova.BEYER, John Charles
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Education

Beyer was educated at

Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

from 1961 until 1968. He then attended

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

, and from 1982 to 1984 taught at the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

Career

From 1984 to 1988 he was Deputy Director of the

China–Britain Business Council The China–Britain Business Council (CBBC) is the leading British organisation promoting trade and investment between the UK and China. The objective of CBBC is to assist UK organisations to do business in China, to work with Chinese companies in ...

Trade Council and Director of the China-Britain Trade Group from 1991 to 1998. In 1999 he joined the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...

as Head of Section for the European Union Department and was then Deputy Head of Mission for Luxembourg from 2002 to 2005. He succeeded Bernard Whiteside in 2006 as Ambassador to Moldova and in 2009 was replaced by Keith Shannon. John Beyer is currently an Academic Visitor in the European Studies Centre for

St Antony's College, Oxford St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economic ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beyer, John 1950 births Living people People educated at Abingdon School Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Moldova