Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was

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and commander in chief of

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from 12 December 2007 to 18 May 2012 and served as the

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from 27 May 2016 until 29 August 2021.

Career

Educated at Magdalen College School and

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, Gozney joined the

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in 1973.''

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, 2010; He became Head of Chancery and Political Section in

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in 1984,

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to the

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in 1989 and British High Commissioner to

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in 1993. After that, he became Head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996, Chief of the Assessments Staff at the

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in 1998 and British

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in 2000. He then became British High Commissioner to

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

in 2004, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of

in 2007 and

in 2016.

Family

He married Diana Edwina Baird on 24 April 1982 and has two sons.

Publication

*''Gibraltar and the EC: Aspects of the Relationship'' (Royal Institute of International Affairs Discussion Paper, 1993)

References

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