11 Facts About Julian Bullard

Sir Julian Leonard Bullard was a British diplomat and Pro-Chancellor of Birmingham University.

Julian Bullard 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.

Julian Bullard is noted for his expulsion of 105 KGB personnel from London, as well as his stance on nuclear weapons.

Julian Bullard was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Rugby School, where he won a scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford University.

Julian Bullard had an aptitude for languages and during his service he became fluent in Arabic, Russian and German.

Julian Bullard had retired before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Julian Bullard was nominated by the Privy council to join the Council of Birmingham University and in 1989 was elected chairman, a post which he held, together with the post of Pro-Chancellor, until 1994.

Julian Bullard was instrumental in creating the university's Institute for European Law and the Institute for German Studies.

At the time of his retirement, Julian Bullard began suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Julian Bullard continued to be active in protest against the policies of Tony Blair and the war in Iraq.

Julian Bullard died in 2006 in Oxford, and was survived by his wife Margaret Stephens, whom he married in 1954, and his two sons and two daughters.