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词条 Leslie Fielding
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Publications

  4. References

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Sir Leslie Fielding {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCMG}} (born 29 July 1932 in London, England) is a former British diplomat.[1] In the Diplomatic Service, he spent time in the Foreign Office in London before serving as the European Commission Ambassador to Tokyo between 1978 and 1982. He was Director-General for external relations at the European Commission from 1982 to 1987.

Early life

Fielding is the son of Percy Fielding and Margaret Calder.[1] He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he studied Persian.

Career

Fielding spent seven years in the Foreign Office in London, as well as serving political assignments in overseas embassies in Tehran, Singapore, Phnom Penh and Paris.[2] He joined the European Commission in 1973 and was the Ambassador to Tokyo between 1978 and 1982. Upon his return from Japan, he became the Director-General for external relations at the European Commission. Fielding was knighted in 1988. He was a non-executive director of IBM (Europe) and a special adviser to Panasonic. Between 1987 and 1992 he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex.[2]

He is a patron of the Society of King Charles the Martyr.

Publications

  • Europe as a global partner: the external relations of the European Community, University Association for Contemporary European Studies, London, 1989. {{ISBN|0906384303}}
  • Before the Killing Fields: Witness to Cambodia and the Vietnam War, I.B.Tauris, 2007. {{ISBN|1845114930}}
  • "Kindly call me God": the misadventures of 'Fielding of the FO', Eurocrat extraordinaire and vice-chancellor semipotentiary, Boermans Books, 2009. {{ISBN|0956216714}}
  • Twilight over the temples: the close of Cambodia's Belle Epoque, Boermans Books, 2011. {{ISBN|0956216722}}
  • The mistress of the bees: a novel, Boermans Books, 2011. {{ISBN|0956216730}}
  • Mentioned in despatches: Phnom Penh, Paris, Tokyo, Brussels: is diplomacy dead?, Boermans Books, 2012. {{ISBN|0956216749}}

References

  • FIELDING, Sir Leslie, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 {{small |(Subscription or UK public library membership required)}}
1. ^Fielding, Sir Leslie, KCMG - Brill Reference
2. ^About Sir Leslie Fielding
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