Judith Margaret Farnworth

Biography

Judith Farnworth was the UK’s Ambassador to Armenia from September 2015 to September 2019.

Diplomatic career

2015 - 2019 Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Armenia
2012 - 2015 Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic
2008 - 2012 Deputy Head of Mission and Her Majesty’s Consul, British Embassy Kyiv
2005 - 2008 Deputy Head of Mission and Her Majesty’s Consul, British Embassy Riga
2000 - 2004 Head of Political Section, British Embassy Prague
1996 - 2000 Second Secretary Political/Press, British Embassy Kyiv
1991 - 1995 Senior Research Analyst, Research and Analysis Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London

Education

1990 MA in International Relations, University of East Anglia
1988 BA Honours in Russian with Philosophy, University of Durham

Previous roles in government

  • British Ambassador to Armenia
  • British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan