1. Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, is a former British diplomat.
20 Facts About Kim Darroch
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Kim Darroch served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
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Nigel Kim Darroch was born in the village of South Stanley in County Durham, England, on 30 April 1954, to Alastair Macphee Darroch and Enid Darroch.
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Kim Darroch was educated at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire and at Durham University, from where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Zoology in 1975.
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Kim Darroch was an avid fives player in his youth, representing his school and later Durham University.
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Kim Darroch joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1976.
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Kim Darroch was appointed to the Diplomatic Service in 1980 to serve as a First Secretary in Tokyo from 1980 to 1984.
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Kim Darroch served in a number of posts, including as desk officer for the Channel Tunnel project and co-secretary of the UK-French Channel Tunnel Treaty Group, as private secretary to David Mellor and then The Lord Glenarthur as the FCO's Minister of State from 1987 to 1989, and as Counsellor for External Affairs at the British Permanent Representative to the European Union for a year before being promoted to Director as head of the FCO's press office in 1998.
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In 2000, Kim Darroch moved back to policy work as Director of EU Comd, and in 2003 promoted further to be Director-General, Europe.
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On 24 June 2011, it was announced that Kim Darroch would replace Peter Ricketts as National Security Advisor in January 2012, with Jon Cunliffe selected as Kim Darroch's replacement as Permanent Representative to the European Union.
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On 7 July 2015, the Foreign Office announced that Kim Darroch would be replaced by Mark Lyall Grant in September 2015.
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Kim Darroch wrote that "the current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like".
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Kim Darroch remained in the post until the end of the year.
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In 2020, Kim Darroch wrote Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of Trump.
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On 19 September 2021, Kim Darroch became Chairperson of non-partisan, internationalist campaign group, Best for Britain.
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Kim Darroch was appointed a Companion of Order of St Michael and St George in the 1997 New Year Honours, and promoted to Knight Commander of the same order in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
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Kim Darroch was nominated as a life peer in Theresa May's 2019 Resignation Honours List.
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Kim Darroch was created Baron Darroch of Kew, of St Mawes in the County of Cornwall on 11 November 2019.
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Kim Darroch made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on 26 November 2020, with a speech on the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
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In 1978, Kim Darroch married Vanessa, who was a teacher at the British International School of Washington while her husband was ambassador to the United States.