Sir Julian Bullard | |
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British Ambassador to West Germany | |
In office 1984–1988 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Sir Jock Taylor |
Succeeded by | Sir Christopher Mallaby |
Personal details | |
Born | Athens, Greece | 8 March 1928
Died | 25 May 2006 Oxford, England | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Margaret Stephens (m. 1954) |
Children | 4 |
Education | Dragon School Rugby School |
Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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]