Rob Young (diplomat)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Sir John Robertson "Rob" Young GCMG (born 21 February 1945[1]) is a retired British diplomat. He was the British High Commissioner to India from 1999 to 2003.
Career
Young was educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich, and Leicester University.[1] He entered the Foreign Office in 1967 and his career focused on the Middle East. He retired in 2003.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c YOUNG, Sir John Robertson, (Sir Rob), Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ "Guest Speakers". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
External links
- http://www.baps.org/News/1999/British-High-Commissioner-Sir-Rob-Young-visits-Shri-Swaminarayan-Madir-1882.aspx
- The Daily Telegraph
- https://books.google.com/books?id=YJin-qkgIeYC&dq=rob+young+British+High+Commissioner+to+India&pg=PA178
- http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/09/29/stories/042932ju.htm
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from January 2015
- Use British English from January 2015
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People educated at Norwich School
- Alumni of the University of Leicester
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- All stub articles
- British diplomat stubs