Alan Ewen Donald
Not to be confused with Alan McDonald (disambiguation), Allan McDonald (disambiguation), Alan MacDonald (disambiguation), or Allan MacDonald (disambiguation).
| Sir Alan Donald KCMG | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom Ambassador to China | |
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In office 1989–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1931 |
| Spouse(s) | Janet Blood |
Sir Alan Ewen Donald KCMG (born 5 May 1931) is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to Indonesia and China.
Background
Donald was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Fettes College, then Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA, LLM).
Career
- National Service with Royal Horse Artillery 1949–50.
- Joined HM Foreign Service 1954: Third Secretary, Peking, 1955–57.
- Foreign Office (FO), 1958–61: Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, FO, 1959–61.
- Second, later First Secretary, UK Delegation to NATO, Paris, 1961–64.
- First Secretary, Peking, 1964–66.
- Personnel Dept, Diplomatic Service Admin Office, later FCO, 1967–71.
- Counsellor (Commercial), Athens, 1971–73.
- Political Adviser to Governor of Hong Kong, 1974–77.
- Ambassador to Republics of Zaire, Congo Brazzaville, Burundi and Rwanda, 1977–80.[1][2][3]
- Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Asia and the Pacific), FCO, 1980–84.
- Ambassador to Republic of Indonesia, 1984–88.
- Ambassador to People’s Republic of China, 1988–91.
- Director: China Fund Inc. (NY), 1992–2003; HSBC China Fund Ltd, 1994–2004; J.P. Morgan Fleming Asian Investment Trust Ltd, 1997–2001 (Fleming Far Eastern Investment Trust, 1991–97).
- President, China Association, 2003–08.
Honours
Sources
- DONALD, Sir Alan (Ewen), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47476. p. 2598. 28 February 1978.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47596. p. 8701. 20 July 1978.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 47514. p. 4685. 17 April 1978.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51365. p. 4. 10 June 1988.
External links
- A despatch by Donald, headed "First Impressions of Indonesia", is included in The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag by Matthew Parris (Penguin, 2012, ISBN 9780241957097)
- A despatch by Donald, headed "China: Valedictory Despatch", is included in Parting Shots by Matthew Parris (Penguin, 2011, ISBN 9780670919291)
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