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.
Robert Andrew Burns served as the first envoy from 2010 to 2015. He was succeeded by Eric Pickles, who was appointed in 2015.
List of special envoys
| 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, 3 months | ||
| Theresa May | ||||||
| Boris Johnson | ||||||
| Liz Truss | ||||||
| Rishi Sunak | ||||||
| Keir Starmer | ||||||
References
- "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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