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Peter Maxey | |
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Born | 26 December 1930 |
Occupation | British diplomat |
Peter Malcolm Maxey CMG (26 December 1930 - 25 October 2014)[1] was a British diplomat.[2]
Biography
Born on 26 December 1930, Peter Maxey was educated at Bedford School and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1953 and, following diplomatic postings in Moscow, Helsinki, Colombo and at the United Nations in Geneva, he was appointed Under Secretary at the Cabinet Office in London between 1978 and 1981. He served as British Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic between 1981 and 1984,[3] and as British Ambassador to the United Nations between 1984 and 1986.[4]
References
- ^ "Mr Peter Maxey CMG, a former Ambassador to the UN 1984-86, on 25 October 2014". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Maxey, Peter Malcolm, (26 Dec. 1930–23 Oct. 2014), HM Diplomatic Service, retired 1986". Who's who & who was who. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Issue 48754" (PDF). The London Gazette. 5 October 1981. p. 12581. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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