Dame Anne Fyfe Pringle (born 13 January 1955) is a

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diplomat and the former HM Ambassador of the

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to the

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. From 2001 to 2004, Pringle was the British ambassador to the Czech Republic. Pringle presented her

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Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

on 16 January 2009. Dame Anne was succeeded by

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(now Sir Tim Barrow, KCMG) in November 2011. Already a

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(CMG), she was advanced to become a

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(DCMG) in the

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. Pringle received an Honorary Doctorate from

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in 2010.Honorary Graduates 2010
, hw.ac.uk; retrieved 13 April 2016. In August 2016 Dame Anne was appointed as Senior Governor on the Court of the University of St Andrews, and as such is the ''working'' chairperson of the University Court, and presides over meetings of the Court in the absence of the

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