Stephen Barrett (diplomat)

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Sir Stephen Jeremy Barrett KCMG (born 4 December 1931) is a British retired diplomat who was ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Poland.

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Career

Barrett was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO) in 1955 [1] and served in Cyprus, Berlin, Helsinki, Prague and Ankara. He was briefly Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary in 1975. He was head of the British Interests Section at the Swedish Embassy in Tehran in 1981, Assistant Under-Secretary at the FCO 1981–84, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia 1985–88 and Ambassador to Poland 1988–91.

Barrett was appointed CMG in the New Year Honours of 1982 [2] and knighted KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1991. [3]

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References

  1. "No. 41637". The London Gazette . 17 February 1959. p. 1164.
  2. "No. 48837". The London Gazette . 31 December 1981. p. 4.
  3. "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 3.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Antony Acland
Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1975
Succeeded by
Ewen Fergusson
Preceded by
John Rich
Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
1985–1988
Succeeded by
Laurence O'Keeffe
Preceded by
Sir Brian Barder
Ambassador to Poland
1988–1991
Succeeded by
Michael Llewellyn-Smith