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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.[1]

Sir Michael Alexander

Personal information
Born	(1936-06-19)19 June 1936 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died	1 June 2002(2002-06-01) (aged 65) London, England
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Representing  United Kingdom Olympic Games 1960 Rome Épée, team

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.[2] He competed as a fencer for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team épée event.[3][4]

Alexander also served as Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council and Ambassador to Austria.[5]

References

External links

• Michael Alexander at Olympedia
• Michael Alexander at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Interview with Sir Michael Alexander & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1998

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Michael O'Donel Bjarne Alexander (Winchester, 19 giugno 1936 – Londra, 1º giugno 2002) è stato uno schermidore britannico, vincitore di una medaglia d'argento nella scherma ai giochi olimpici.

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