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William Hugh Fullerton CMG (born 11 February 1939) is a British retired diplomat

Fullerton studied Oriental Languages at Queens' College, Cambridge. He worked for Shell International Petroleum in Uganda from 1963 to 1965, leaving to join the Foreign Office. He attended a course at MECAS (1965-1966) and then served as Information Officer in Jedda (1966-1967).

After spells in Jamaica and Turkey Fullerton was Consul-General in Islamabad (1981-1983); Ambassador to Somalia (1983-1987); Governor of the Falkland Islands (1988-1992); and finally British Ambassador to Kuwait (1992-1996).

Diplomatic posts
Preceded byMichael Purcell British Ambassador to Somalia
1983-1987
Succeeded byJeremy Varcoe
Preceded byMichael Weston British Ambassador to Kuwait
1992-1996
Succeeded byGraham Boyce

Honours

References

  1. ^ Fullerton, William Hugh, (born 11 Feb. 1939). Who's Who (UK). doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U16568. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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