Colin Crorkin

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Colin Wynn Crorkin, OBE (born 31 January 1957) was the UK's Ambassador to the Gambia from 2014 to 2017.

Early life[edit]

Crorkin was born in Edinburgh and attended the Rowlinson School in Sheffield.

Career[edit]

He joined the Foreign Office in 1975. He became ambassador to the Gambia in June 2014, having been appointed in early January 2014. Gambia had only recently withdrawn from the Commonwealth.[1]

In 2018 Sharon Wardle became the new ambassador.[2]

Personal life[edit]

He married Joanne Finnamore in 1991. They have one son and two daughters,

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statement by UK Ambassador to The Gambia on recent sentencing". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Sharon Wardle". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Ambassador to The Gambia
June 2014 - 2017
Succeeded by