Robert Cooper (diplomat)

Robert Cooper
Special Adviser at the European Commission
In office
April 2013 – March 2014
EEAS Counsellor
In office
2010–2013
DG for External and
Politico-Military Affairs
(Council of the European Union)
In office
2002–2010
Personal details
Born (1947-08-28) 28 August 1947 (age 77)
Brentwood, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Domestic partnerMitsuko Uchida
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford
University of Pennsylvania

Sir Robert Francis Cooper KCMG MVO (born 28 August 1947) is a British diplomat and adviser who served as a Special Adviser at the European Commission for Myanmar between 2013 and 2014. He was also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an acclaimed writer on international relations.