Deborah Bronnert

Deborah Jane Bronnert CMG (born 31 January 1967) is a British diplomat who is currently British Ambassador to Russia at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Her Excellency Deborah Bronnert CMG
British Ambassador to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Sir Laurie Bristow
British Ambassador to Zimbabwe
In office 2011–2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Mark Canning
Succeeded by	Catriona Laing
Personal details
Born	Deborah Jane Bronnert 31 January 1967 Stockport, England
Education	Featherstone High School
Alma mater	University of Bristol (BSc) University College London (MA)

Career

Bronnert was educated at Featherstone High School, the University of Bristol where she gained a BSc degree in mathematics, and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London for a MA in the political economy of Russia and Eastern Europe. She worked for the Department of the Environment from 1989 including a posting to the UK representation to the EEC in Brussels 1991–93. She then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and was posted to Brussels again 1995–99. She has also served in Moscow and in various posts at the FCO.[1][2] She was British Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2011–14.[3] She became Director General, Economic and Global Issues, at the FCO in 2017.[2] She took up post as Ambassador to Russia in January 2020.[4]

Bronnert was appointed CMG in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[5]

References

1. "Bronnert, Deborah Jane". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017.
2. "Deborah Bronnert CMG". gov.uk.
3. "New British Ambassador presents her credentials". British Embassy Harare. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
4. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-russia-january-2020
5. "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 3.