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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
British diplomat
Gender:
Male
Places:
Birth:
19 June 1936(Winchester)
Death:
1 June 2002(City of London)
Family:
Father:
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
The details
Biography
Sir Michael O'Donel Bjarne Alexander, GCMG (19 June 1936 – 1 June 2002), was a British diplomat. He was the foreign policy secretary to Margaret Thatcher and the UK ambassador to NATO.
Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish mathematician famed for his work at Bletchley Park. Michael spent much of his youth in his father's native Ireland. He was educated at Foyle College in Derry and, later, at St Paul's School, London, and King's College, Cambridge. He competed as a fencer for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team épée event.
Alexander also served as Ambassador to Austria.