Richard Dales

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Sir Richard Nigel Dales, KCVO, CMG (born 1942) is a retired British diplomat.

After attending St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Dales entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1964 [1] and was appointed to HM Diplomatic Service in 1972. [2] He was First Secretary at the United Kingdom's Embassy in Bulgaria from 1977 to 1981, then Counsellor at the Embassy in Denmark from 1982 to 1986, when he became Deputy High Commissioner in Zimbabwe. He returned to the FCO in 1989 as Head of the Southern Africa Department, serving until 1991. From 1992 to 1995, he was High Commissioner to Zimbabwe; then, after three years as an Assistant Under-Secretary at the FCO, he served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Norway from 1998 to 2002. [1]

Dales was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1993 New Year Honours, [3] and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in May 2001, [4] during Elizabeth II's state visit to Norway. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dales, Sir Richard (Nigel)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette , 1 February 1972 (issue 45588), p. 1283.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette , 31 December 1992 (issue 53153), p. 3.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette , 12 June 2001 (notice L-56231-1001).
  5. ↑ "Queen begins state visit to Norway", BBC News , 30 May 2001. Retrieved 4 July 2019.


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