Michael Burton (diplomat)

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Sir Michael St Edmund Burton KCVO CMG (born 1937) is a retired British diplomat. [1]

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Born on 18 October 1937, Burton was educated at Bedford School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1960. [2]

He was British Minister in Berlin, 1985–1992, acting as Deputy Commandant to the British Military Government, 1985–1990, and Head of the British Embassy Office, 1990–1992; Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office (Middle East), 1993; and British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, 1994–1997. [3]

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References

  1. "BDOHP -British Diplomatic Oral History Programme – Churchill College". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. McBain, Malcolm (8 October 2008), BDOHP Biographical Details and Interview Index (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  3. "Burton, Sir Michael (St Edmund), (Born 18 Oct. 1937), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; independent consultant and lecturer".

Positions held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador to the Czech Republic
1994–1997
Succeeded by