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词条 John Whitehead (diplomat)
释义

  1. Career

  2. Honours

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}Sir John Stainton Whitehead {{post-nominals|GCMG|CVO}} (20 September 1932 – 8 November 2013) [1] was a British diplomat and businessman.[2]

Career

Whitehead was educated at Christ's Hospital and Hertford College, Oxford and joined the British Foreign Service in 1955 after a period of National Service.[3]

He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan from 1986 until 1992.[3]

After his retirement from the diplomatic service, he was a senior advisor to Deutsche Bank, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and other international companies.[4]

He became Chairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan).[4]

Honours

  • Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG)
  • Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)[3]
  • Royal Victorian Order, Commander (CVO)[3]
  • Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, 2006[3]
  • Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford [5]

References

1. ^WHITEHEAD
2. ^"Whitehead, Sir John Stainton, GCMG., CVO., MA; BA," International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who including Who's Who in Public International Law; retrieved 2013-1-7.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/japanUK/decoration/060508_whitehead.html |title=The Japanese Government honours Sir John Whitehead |publisher=Embassy of Japan in the UK |date=2006-05-01 |accessdate=2016-10-04}}
4. ^Japaninvest Group, John Whitehead; retrieved 2013-1-7.
5. ^ 

External links

  • "(Nearly) meeting the Emperor" at Daiwa Foundation
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