David Landsman OBE  is a diplomat

Diplomat

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 and is currently the British Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Greece

Greece

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.

Career

Landsman gained a PhD

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 in linguistics

Linguistics

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 from Clare College

Clare College, Cambridge

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, Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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. He joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1990, and worked in the Southern European Department. In 1997 he become Deputy Head of Mission in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. After a tour of the Balkans

Balkans

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 and Hungary

Hungary

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, Landsman was appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Albania

Albania

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. Before taking up his current role as Ambassador to Greece he served as head of the Counter Proliferation Department and was briefly seconded to De La Rue plc.

External links

• http://ukingreece.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy-in-athens/our-ambassador/010hmabio/