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Howard Drake

Howard Drake

British former diplomat

Howard Ronald Drake CMG OBE (born 13 August 1956)[1][2] is a British former diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada from 2013 to 2017.[3] He retired from the Diplomatic Service in August 2017.[4]

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Education

Drake was educated at Churcher's College.

Career

On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the 2014 Crimean crisis, he wrote an op-ed in The Globe and Mail on why his Government thought the Crimean referendum should be cancelled.[5]

Drake was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Howard Ronald DRAKE". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "DRAKE, Howard Ronald". Who's Who 2017 (online ed.). A & C Black. 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Howard Drake OBE". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 February 2017). "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    Drake, Howard (14 March 2014). "This Crimea vote is no way to determine independence. It should not go ahead". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. [6]
    "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B3.
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