Peter Maxey
Peter Maxey | |
|---|---|
| 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 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Who's Who
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48754/page/12581/data.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
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Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2014 deaths
- People educated at Bedford School
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to East Germany
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Members of HM Diplomatic Service
- 20th-century British diplomats