John Lewis Beaven CMG CVO (30 July 1930 in Newport, Gwent – 11 April 2004) was a British diplomat. [1] [2] [3]
Beaven underwent his national service in the RAF from 1948 to 1950. [1] He joined the Foreign Office in 1956, serving as an Assistant Trade Commissioner in Karachi until 1960. [1] After a succession of postings in Asia and Africa over the following decades, Beaven was Consul-General in San Francisco (1982-1986) and finally Ambassador to Sudan (1986-1990). [1]
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