John Snodgrass (diplomat)

John Michael Owen Snodgrass (12 August 1928 – 4 February 2008) was a British diplomat.

He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA).

Position held

• 3rd Sec., Rome, 1953–1956
• 1st Sec., Beirut, 1960–1963
• Consul-General to Jerusalem, 1970–74.
• Counsellor British Embassy, South Africa, 1974–77.
• Head of South Pacific, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977–80.
• Ambassador to Zaire, Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, 1980–83.
• Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1983–86.

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