Michael Alexander (diplomat)
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| Born | 19 June 1936 Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Sir Michael O'Donel Bjarne Alexander, GCMG (19 June 1936 – 1 June 2002), was a British diplomat. He was the foreign policy secretary to Margaret Thatcher and the UK ambassador to NATO.[1]
Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish mathematician famed for his work at Bletchley Park. Michael spent much of his youth in his father's native Ireland. He was educated at Foyle College in Derry and, later, at St Paul's School, London, and King's College, Cambridge.[2] He competed as a fencer for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team épée event.[3][4]
Alexander also served as Ambassador to Austria.[5]
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- 1936 births
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- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Sportspeople from London
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to NATO
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria
- People educated at St Paul's School, London
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- People from Winchester
- People educated at Foyle College
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- British male fencers
