Carolyn Browne (born 19 October 1958) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2013 to 2018.

Early life

She is the daughter of the late

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Christopher Browne OBE and Margaret Howard. She attended the South Wilts Grammar School for Girls. From the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

, she gained a BSc degree in Microbiology. From

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she gained a

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in Bacterial Genetics in 1985.

Career

She joined

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in 1985. From 1988–91 she was a First Secretary in Moscow. From 1993–97 she was at the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations (UKMIS). From 2002–05 she worked for the Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union. In 2007 she became the Ambassador to Azerbaijan (Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan). Her appointment had been announced in December 2006. On 1 October 2007 she received a visit from

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. He met the President of BP Azerbaijan in Baku, and had a dinner given by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is also the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Aze ...

. The Prince visited again on 1 June 2009 for an exhibition at the

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and an event given by the British Business Group of Azerbaijan, and later attended a dinner given by the Ambassador. The Prince visited on 26 November 2010, where he had another dinner, given by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In July 2011 she took leave of President Aliyev at the end of her mission to Azerbaijan. Her appointment to

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

was announced in July 2012 and she took up the post in April 2013. In January 2017 the

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announced that she was to be replaced in early 2018 and was to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Browne was appointed

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(CMG) "for services to British foreign policy" in the

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. On 1 February 2019, she joined the Technical Secretariat of the

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(OPCW) as the Director of Verification.

References

BROWNE, Carolyn
Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 4 Jan 2013 {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Carolyn 1958 births Living people Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Azerbaijan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan People educated at South Wilts Grammar School for Girls Alumni of Linacre College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Bristol British women ambassadors Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George