John Coles (diplomat)

Sir Arthur John Coles, GCMG (born 13 November 1937) is a retired British diplomat. He served as the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Head of HM Diplomatic Service) from 1994-1997.^[1]^[2]

Offices held[]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Alan Urwick	British Ambassador to Jordan 1984-1988	Succeeded by
Preceded by Sir John Leahy	British High Commissioner to Australia 1988-1991	Succeeded by Sir Brian Barder
Government offices
Preceded by Unknown	Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Asia and the Americas, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1991-1994	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Sir David Gillmore	Permanent Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1994-1997	Succeeded by Sir John Kerr

^ The Ditchley Foundation. "The Governors". Archived from the original on 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
^ Andrew Marshall (1997-02-08). "Irresistible rise of man with plan". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

Interview with Sir Arthur John Coles & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 2000

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