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John Snodgrass’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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IntroBritish diplomat
A.K.A.John Snodgrass
WasDiplomat 
FromUnited Kingdom 
Republic of the Congo 
TypePolitics 
Gendermale
Birth12 August 1928
Death4 February 2008
(aged 79 years)
Star signLeo
Education
Trinity Hall
Marlborough College
Awards
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 

John Michael Owen Snodgrass CMG (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.