Benjamin Lyster-Binns

Ben Lyster-Binns
Born (1965-10-19)19 October 1965
Occupation British diplomat

Benjamin Edward Noël Lyster-Binns (born 1965) is a senior British diplomat.[1]

Biography

Born on 19 October 1965, Benjamin Lyster-Binns was educated at Bedford School and at Durham University.[2] He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1989 and, following diplomatic postings in Malawi and Oman, he served as Deputy Head of Mission in Lisbon, between 2003 and 2007, as Policy Advisor to the Counter Terrorism Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2007 and 2010, and as Deputy Head of the International Organisations Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2010 and 2012.[3] He was British Ambassador to Uruguay from 2012 to October 2016 when he left to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.[4][5]

References

  1. "Ben Lyster-Binns". gov.uk.
  2. The Ousel, Vol.XC, No.922, March 1986, p.26
  3. LYSTER-BINNS, Benjamin Edward Noël, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
  4. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uruguay". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 6 May 2016.
  5. Hoy es mi último día en Uruguay. Ha sido un placer. ¡Gracias a todos por todo! (Today is my last day in Uruguay. It has been a pleasure. Thanks to everyone for everything!), Ben Lyster-Binns on Twitter, 5 October 2016
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Patrick Mullee
British Ambassador to Uruguay
2012–2016
Succeeded by
Ian Duddy
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