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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

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Special Envoys Term of office Length of Term Prime Minister
Sir Robert Andrew Burns 10 June 2010 10 September 2015 5 years, 3 months David Cameron
Eric Pickles
Baron Pickles
10 September 2015 Incumbent 9 years, 1 month
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer

References

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  1. ^ "United Kingdom Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues - a Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office". WhatDoTheyKnow. 15 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The Rt Hon Lord Pickles". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 April 2021.