Ivan Callan

Sir Ivan Roy Callan, KCVO, CMG (born 1942) is a retired British diplomat.

Educated at University College, Oxford, Callan joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1969[1] and was appointed to HM Diplomatic Service in 1972.[2] He was appointed Consul-General at the British Embassy in Baghdad in 1983 and then moved to Jerusalem where he was Consul-General from 1987 to 1990. After returning to the FCO, he was appointed High Commissioner of Brunei (1994–98) and then Ambassador to Oman, serving from 1999 until retirement in 2002.[1]

Callan was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1990 Birthday Honours.[3] He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in September 1998.[4]

References
  1. "Callan, Sir Ivan", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. The London Gazette, 8 August 1972 (issue 45747), p. 9449.
  3. The London Gazette, 15 June 1990 (issue 52173), p. 3.
  4. The London Gazette, 16 October 1998, notice L-55283-1SI.
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