Peter Laurence O'Keeffe

Background

O'Keeffe, Peter Laurence was born on July 9, 1931 in Liverpool, England. Son of Richard and Alice Gertrude (Chase) O'Keeffe.

Education

Bachelor, Oxford University, 1953.

Career

With British Department Customs and Excise, 1953—1961, British Foreign Office, 1962. 2nd secretary British Embassy, Bangkok, 1962—1965. 1st secretary Foreign Office, 1965—1968.

Head chancery Athens, 1968—1972. Economic and commercial counselor Jakarta, 1972—1974. Head Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign Commonwealth Office, 1975—1976.

Director general British Information Service, New York City, 1976—1978. Counsellor British High Commission, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1978—1981. Research associate Institute Study Diplomacy, Georgetown University, Washington, 1981—1982.

United Kingdom ambassador to Senegal Dakar, 1982—1985. Diplomatic service chairman Civil Service Selection Board, London, 1986. Leader United Kingdom Delaware Helsinki Review Meeting (CSLE), Vienna, 1986—1989.

United Kingdom ambassador to Czechoslovakia, since 1989.

Achievements

• Peter Laurence O"Keeffe has been listed as a noteworthy ambassador by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Dutch Treat Club (New York City), United Oxford and Cambridge University Club (London).

Interests

• Photography, music.

Connections

Married Suzanne Marie Jousse, August 2, 1954. Children: Catherine, Isabel, Juliet.

Father:

Richard O'Keeffe

Mother:

Alice Gertrude (Chase) O'Keeffe

Spouse:

Suzanne Marie Jousse

child:

Catherine O'Keeffe

child:

Isabel O'Keeffe

child:

Juliet O'Keeffe