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Kim Darroch has been the UK Permanent Representative to the EU since July 2007.
He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1976, and served in Protocol Department, Planning Staff and News Department before being posted to Tokyo from 1980-84. On return to London, he was Desk Officer for the Channel Tunnel project and co-Secretary of the UK-French Channel Tunnel Treaty Group, then Private Secretary to three successive Ministers of State. He was posted to Rome from 1989-92 as First Secretary (EU) then returned to London to become Deputy Head of European Union Department. He moved to head Eastern Adriatic Department, dealing with the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Bosnia conflict, from 1995-97. He then spent 12 months in Brussels from 1997-98, coinciding with the 1998 UK Presidency, as Counsellor (External Relations). He was FCO Press Secretary and Head of News Department from 1998-2000. He became Europe Director in mid-2000, and Europe Director General in 2003. In June 2004 he became EU Adviser to the Prime Minister and Head of the Cabinet Office European Secretariat. Kim Darroch was born in 1954 and educated at Abingdon School and Durham University. He is married, with one son and one daughter. Precise chronology follows:
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| Born: | 30 April 1954, South Stanley, Co Durham |
| Educated: | Abingdon School, Abingdon |
| 9 "O" Levels | |
| 3 "A" Levels (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) | |
| 1 "S" Level (Biology) | |
| Durham University (Hatfield College) | |
| BSc (II.2) in Zoology | |
| Career: | |
| 1976 | Entered FCO (at Grade 9) |
| 1976 | Protocol Department |
| 1977 | Bridged to Administrative Stream (Limited Competition) |
| 1977 | Planning Staff |
| 1978-79 | News Department |
| 1980-84 | Third later Second later First Secretary, Tokyo (dealing with External Affairs and Defence) |
| 1985-86 | Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department, FCO (Desk Officer for Channel Tunnel project and Law of the Sea) |
| 1987-89 | Private Secretary to Minister of State dealing with Middle East, Arms Control, Eastern Europe (working for, successively, Tim Renton MP, David Mellor MP amd William Waldegrave MP) |
| 1989-92 | First Secretary, Rome (dealing with European Community issues) |
| 1993-95 | Assistant (DS5S) then Deputy Head (DS4) of European Union Department FCO |
| 1995-97 | Head of Eastern Adriatic Department FCO |
| 1997-98 | Counsellor (External Relations), UK Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels |
| 1998 | Head of News Department, FCO |
| 2000 | Director for European Union Affairs |
| 2003 | Director-General for European Union Affairs |
| 2004 | EU Adviser to the Prime Minister and Head of the Cabinet Office European Secretariat |
| 2007 | UK Permanent Representative to the EU |
| Family: | Married. One son (1983), one daughter (1986) |
