Julian Bullard

Sir Julian Bullard
British Ambassador to West Germany
In office
1984–1988
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded bySir Jock Taylor
Succeeded bySir Christopher Mallaby
Personal details
Born(1928-03-08)8 March 1928
Athens, Greece
Died25 May 2006(2006-05-25) (aged 78)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Margaret Stephens
(m. 1954)
Children4
EducationDragon School
Rugby School
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
"In Memoriam Bullard" memorial stone in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, England

Sir Julian Leonard Bullard GCMG (8 March 1928 – 25 May 2006) was a British diplomat and Pro-Chancellor of Birmingham University.[1][2]

He was employed at Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1953 until 1988, the ambassador to Bonn in the mid-1980s as well as heading Britain's relations with Soviet Russia during the early 1970s under the government of Ted Heath.[2] He is noted for his expulsion of 105 KGB personnel from London,[2] as well as his stance on nuclear weapons.[1]

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