Charles Lonsdale succeeded Anthony Cantor

Anthony Cantor

Anthony John James Cantor is a British diplomat. He started his career in the Diplomatic Service for the British Government in 1966 as a Desk Officer in Finance Department. He then served in Burma, Japan, Ghana, Vietnam, Germany and Paraguay, where he was the British Ambassador from 2001 to 2005....

 in January 2008 as British Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to the Republic of Armenia.

Lonsdale was Second Secretary in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

Hungary

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 from 1990 to 1993, and First Secretary in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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 from 1998 to 2000.

At the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London

London

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, UK, Lonsdale was Deputy Head of the Afghanistan Group from 2003 to 2005, and then Deputy Head of the Human Rights

Human rights

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, Democracy

Democracy

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 and Governance

Governance

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Group.

He speaks French, Russian and Hungarian.