Deborah Bronnert
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dame Deborah Bronnert
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DCMG}}
| image = Deborah Bronnert 2019.jpg
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| office = British Ambassador to Russia
| term_start = January 2020
| term_end = 2023
| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III
| primeminister = Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
| predecessor = Sir Laurie Bristow
| successor = Nigel Casey
| office2 = British Ambassador to Zimbabwe
| term_start2 = 2011
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = Mark Canning
| successor2 = Catriona Laing
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister2 = David Cameron
| birth_name = Deborah Jane Bronnert
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stockport, England
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| education = Featherstone High School
| alma_mater = University of Bristol (BSc)
University College London (MA)
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Dame Deborah Jane Bronnert {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DCMG}} (born 31 January 1967) is a British diplomat and civil servant. Bronnert served as British Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2023. Earlier in her career, she served in other positions at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), including as Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2011 to 2014.
Early life and education
She was born on 31 January 1967 and educated at Featherstone High School, Middlesex. Bronnert attended the University of Bristol, where she read Mathematics and graduated as BSc. She then pursued further studies in the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe at University College London's (UCL) School of Slavonic and East European Studies, receiving a MA degree.
Career
Bronnert entered HM Civil Service in 1989, working for the Department of the Environment before being posted to the EEC UK representation in Brussels 1991–93. She then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and was posted to Brussels again from 1995 to 1999. She served in Moscow and various other posts at the FCO,{{cite book |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-247340 |title=Bronnert, Deborah Jane |publisher=Who's Who 2018 |date=1 December 2017|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U247340 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/deborah-bronnert |title=Deborah Bronnert CMG |website=gov.uk}} before becoming British Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web |url=http://ukinzimbabwe.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=652876082 |title=New British Ambassador presents her credentials |publisher=British Embassy Harare |date=8 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004144924/http://ukinzimbabwe.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=PressR&id=652876082 |archive-date=4 October 2011}}
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She was promoted to Director-General for Economic and Global Issues at the FCO in 2017.
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She was appointed Ambassador to Russia in January 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-russia-january-2020|title = Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Russia - January 2020}} Her tenure coincided with international crises, including the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-04 |title=Final communiqué. The outgoing British ambassador to Moscow reflects on the parlous state of UK-Russian relations |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/11/04/final-communique-en |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Novaya Gazeta Europe}} She left the position in October 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=British ambassador to Russia completes her mission — embassy |url=https://tass.com/world/1699929 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=TASS}} She served as Honorary President at the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=RBCC - Our People |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120052709/https://www.rbcc.com/about/our-people |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=web.archive.org}}
Honours
Bronnert was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2012 Birthday Honours{{London Gazette |issue=60173 |supp=y |date=16 June 2012 |page=3}} and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to British foreign policy.{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N3|date=31 December 2022}}
See also
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Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Alumni of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Category:British women ambassadors
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Zimbabwe
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia
Category:Dames Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George