Michael Burton (diplomat)

Sir Michael St Edmund Burton KCVO CMG (born 1937) is a retired British diplomat.^[1]

Biography

Born on 18 October 1937, Burton was educated at Bedford School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1960.^[2]

He was British Minister in Berlin, 1985–1992, acting as Deputy Commandant to the British Military Government, 1985–1990, and Head of the British Embassy Office, 1990–1992; Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office (Middle East), 1993; and British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, 1994–1997.^[3]

References

^ "BDOHP -British Diplomatic Oral History Programme – Churchill College". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ McBain, Malcolm (8 October 2008), BDOHP Biographical Details and Interview Index (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
^ "Burton, Sir Michael (St Edmund), (Born 18 Oct. 1937), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; independent consultant and lecturer".

External links

Interviewed on ANN TV 2016 on the Middle East; The East-West divide; and Brexit

Positions held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by David Brighty	Ambassador to the Czech Republic 1994–1997	Succeeded by David Broucher

[1] "BDOHP -British Diplomatic Oral History Programme – Churchill College". Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[2] McBain, Malcolm (8 October 2008), BDOHP Biographical Details and Interview Index (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

[3] "Burton, Sir Michael (St Edmund), (Born 18 Oct. 1937), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; independent consultant and lecturer".

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