United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues
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The United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues is responsible for developing and implementing UK Government policy with respect to encouraging the restitution of Holocaust-era assets, including art and immovable property; ensuring the accessibility and preservation of the Bad Arolsen archival record of the Nazi era and its aftermath, and promoting Holocaust education, remembrance and research.[1]
Robert Andrew Burns served as the first envoy from 2010 to 2015. He was succeeded by Eric Pickles, who was appointed in 2015.[2]
List of special envoys
[edit]| Special Envoys | Term of office | Length of Term | Prime Minister | |||
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Sir Robert Andrew Burns | 10 June 2010 | 10 September 2015 | 5 years, 3 months | David Cameron | |
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Eric Pickles Baron Pickles |
10 September 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 2 months | ||
| Theresa May | ||||||
| Boris Johnson | ||||||
| Liz Truss | ||||||
| Rishi Sunak | ||||||
| Keir Starmer | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "United Kingdom Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues - a Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office". WhatDoTheyKnow. 15 June 2010.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Lord Pickles". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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