Stephen Barrett (diplomat)


Sir Stephen Jeremy Barrett is a British retired diplomat who was ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Career

Barrett was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1955 and served in Cyprus, Berlin, Helsinki, Prague and Ankara. He was briefly Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary in 1975. He was head of the British Interests Section at the Swedish Embassy in Tehran in 1981, Assistant Under-Secretary at the FCO 1981–84, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia 1985–88 and Ambassador to Poland 1988–91.
Barrett was appointed CMG in the New Year Honours of 1982 and knighted KCMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1991.

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