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Christian Turner

Diplomat · PEP

Christian Turner is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Christian Turner · ক্রিশ্চিয়ান টার্নার				[sources]
Alias	Christian Philip Hollier Turner				[sources]
Birth date	1972-08-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Crawley				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Christian				[sources]
Last name	Turner				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57894051				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Ambassador to the US · High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Kenya (2012-2015) · High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Pakistan (2019-2023) · ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States (2026-)				[sources]
Education	Marlborough College · University of Manchester · University of York				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

British diplomat (b. 1972)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-12-24

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Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,933

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,442

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,989

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-united-kingdom-christian-turner-ambassador-to-the-us

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