Julian King

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Person.png Julian King  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
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Born22 August 1964
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt Peter's College (Oxford), École nationale d'administration
SpouseLotte Knudsen
PartyIndependent
British diplomat and civil servant who was European Commissioner for the Security Union from 2016 to 2019.

Employment.png European Commissioner for the Security Union

In office
19 September 2016 - 30 November 2019

Employment.png British Ambassador to France

In office
January 2016 - 19 September 2016
Preceded byPeter Ricketts

Sir Julian Beresford King is a British diplomat and civil servant who was European Commissioner for the Security Union from 2016 to 2019, having previously been the British ambassador to Ireland (2009–2012) and France (2016).

Biography

King attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, one of the oldest schools in Britain, in Sutton Coldfield.[1] He gained a BA in Philosophy and Theology from St Peter's College, Oxford.[2] He also studied at the École nationale d'administration in Paris where he met his future wife. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985.

After the resignation of Jonathan Hill as the British European Commissioner and European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron nominated King to replace him. On 2 August 2016, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced his intention to allocate the new portfolio of Security Union to King.[3][4] King would work under the supervision of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans.[5][6] The European Parliament confirmed his appointment on 15 September 2016,[7] and the Council of the European Union did so on 19 September 2016.[8][9] With the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, he was the last British official to hold a position and portfolio within the European Commission.

Diplomatic career




 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Brussels Forum/200620062006Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/201723 March 201725 March 2017Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The overarching theme was "‘End of Complacency – Era of Action?"
Brussels Forum/20188 March 201810 March 2018Belgium
Brussels
Annual 3 day spooky get-together of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and German Marshall Fund. Discussed the "Fight for Economic Equality".
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 54th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201915 February 201917 February 2019Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events."
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