Timothy Torlot

Timothy Achille Torlot (born 17 September 1957) is a British diplomat serving as the British Ambassador to Uzbekistan since August 2019.[1]

Tim Torlot
Tim Torlot on the right as British Ambassador to Yemen, with Victor Henderson, former British Ambassador to Yemen, and Dr Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemeni Foreign Minister
British Ambassador to Uzbekistan
In office
August 2019 – July 2023
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byChristopher Allan
Succeeded byTimothy Smart
British Ambassador to Yemen
In office
July 2007 – 2010
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded byMichael Gifford
Succeeded byJonathan Wilks
Personal details
Spouse(s)Bridie Morton
Jennifer Florence Steil
ChildrenTwo daughters

Education

He attended Worcester College, Oxford and gained a BA (Hons) degree in modern languages.

Diplomatic career

Tim Torlot joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1981. Following Arabic language training at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, he was posted as Third Secretary to Muscat in 1984 and to Wellington as Second Secretary in 1987.[2] Returning to the FCO in 1992, he served in Personnel Management Department until 1995 and in South East Asian Department until 1997. He was posted to Santiago from 1997 to 2001. He spent a year in the FCO's Counter Terrorism Department before being appointed Director, Advanced Technologies, UK Trade & Investment. From 2005 to 2006, he was Deputy Head of Mission in Baghdad. Two short assignments at the FCO followed before he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen in July 2007.[3] On 26 April 2010, Timothy Torlot survived a suicide bomber's attack,[4] responsibility for which was claimed by Al-Qaeda's Yemen wing.[5] He was appointed head of the European External Action Service delegation to Bolivia in 2012.[6] He was appointed British Ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2019.[7]

Family

Timothy Torlot married Bridie Morton in 1986. They have one daughter (Eleanor, born 1990). Their marriage was dissolved in 2011. Tim is now married to author and journalist Jennifer Steil (they married in 2012). They have one daughter (Theadora Celeste Steil Torlot, born 2009).

References
  1. "Biography - Tim Torlot". HM Government. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. The Diplomatic Service List 1989 (page 320), HMSO, ISBN 0-11-591707-1
  3. "UK in Yemen: Our Ambassador". Archived from the original on 5 March 2010.
  4. "UK envoy in Yemen escapes 'suicide bomb'". BBC News. 26 April 2010.
  5. "Yemen al Qaeda arm claims attack on UK ambassador". Reuters. 12 May 2010.
  6. "Timothy Torlot es el nuevo Jefe de la Delegación de la Unión Europea en Bolivia". 5 November 2012. (in Spanish)
  7. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uzbekistan - Summer 2019". 6 September 2018.
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