Background
Alexander, Michael O'Donel Bjarne was born on June 19, 1936 in Winchester, England. Son of Conel Hugh O'Donel and Enid Constance (Neate) Alexander.
Alexander, Michael O'Donel Bjarne was born on June 19, 1936 in Winchester, England. Son of Conel Hugh O'Donel and Enid Constance (Neate) Alexander.
St. Paul’s School, King's College Cambridge and Yale University, United States of America (Harkness Fellow1).
Served R.N. 1956-1957. Joined H.M. Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service 1962. Served Moscow' 1963-1965, Singapore 1965-1968, London 1968-1974 (Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Alec Douglas-Home and James Callaghan 197274), Geneva 1974-1977.
Deputy Head, later Head, of Personnel Operations Department, F.C.O. 1977-1979. Private Secretary (Overseas Affairs) to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 1979-1981. Ambassador to Austria 1982-1986.
Leader of United Kingdom Delegate to Negotiations on Mutual Force Reductions in Central Europe 1985-1986, Perm. Representative on the N. Atlantic Council, Brussels since 1986.
Member of Hawks Club, All England Fencing Club, Garrick Club, Athenaeum Club.
Married Traute Anna Krohn, March 18, 1960. Children: Conel, Helen, Dermot.