Ivan Callan Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Ivan Callan
Honorific Suffix:KCVO CMG
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Office1:8th British Ambassador to Oman
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2002
Predecessor1:Richard Muir
Successor1:Stuart Laing
Office2:10th British High Commissioner to Brunei
Term Start2:1986
Term End2:1991
Predecessor2:Adrian Sindall
Successor2:Stuart Laing
Occupation:Diplomat
Alma Mater:University College

Sir Ivan Roy Callan (born 1942) is a retired British diplomat.

Educated at University College, Oxford, Callan joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1969[1] and was appointed to HM Diplomatic Service in 1972.[2] He was appointed Consul-General at the British Embassy in Baghdad in 1983 and then moved to Jerusalem where he was Consul-General from 1987 to 1990. After returning to the FCO, he was appointed High Commissioner of Brunei (1994–98) and then Ambassador to Oman, serving from 1999 until retirement in 2002.

Callan was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1990 Birthday Honours.[3] He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in September 1998.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-9902 "Callan, Sir Ivan"
  2. The London Gazette, 8 August 1972 (issue 45747), p. 9449.
  3. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52173/page/3 The London Gazette
  4. The London Gazette, 16 October 1998, notice L-55283-1SI.