Christopher William Long CMG[1] (9 April 1938 – 5 May 2023) was a British diplomat.
[2] Following his retirement in 1998, Long served as director of the Oxford University Foreign Service Programme from 1999 to 2003.
[3] Christopher Long joined HM Diplomatic Service as Third Secretary in 1963, and went to study Arabic at MECAS in Lebanon in 1964.
[4] Long served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Switzerland (1988–1992),[5] Egypt (1992–1995)[6] and Hungary (1995–1998).
[7] From 1998, Long was a director of Gedeon Richter Ltd., the largest pharmaceutical factory in Hungary.