Sir Colin Richard Budd, (born 31 August 1945) is a British civil servant and diplomat. He served as
Chef de Cabinet to the
Vice President of the European Commission
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from 1993 to 1996; as Deputy Secretary of the
Cabinet Office
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, Head of the
Overseas and Defence Secretariat, and Chair of the
Joint Intelligence Committee from 1996 to 1997; and as the
United Kingdom's Ambassador to the Netherlands
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from 2001 to 2005.
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1945 births
Living people
Members of HM Diplomatic Service
Civil servants in the Foreign Office
Civil servants in the Cabinet Office
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
European civil servants
Place of birth missing (living people)
British officials of the European Union