Ivor Roberts (ambassador)

Born in Liverpool , Roberts was educated at Oxford , earning a degree in modern languages in 1968 before joining the Foreign Office . He became the United Kingdom's first ambassador to the Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia on its recognition as a state. Serving as the ambassador to the Republic Of Ireland , be became the ambassador to Italy in March 2003 .

In 2000 he was made a Knight Commander Of The Order Of St. Michael And St. George (KCMG).

On the 18th September 2004 he sparked controversy by describing George W Bush as the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda 's "best recruiting sergeant".

He is married to a former foreign diplomat of the Australian Foreign Service who lectures and writes on Balkan politics. They have two sons and a daughter.

In May 2005, he was confirmed as the next President of Trinity College, Oxford , term starting on 30 September 2006.

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