Michael Burton (diplomat)

Sir Michael 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]

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Positions held

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