Sir Ivan Roy Callan, KCVO, CMG (born 1942) is a retired British diplomat. Educated at

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, Callan joined the

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(FCO) in 1969"Callan, Sir Ivan"
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, December 2018). Retrieved 18 July 2019. and was appointed to

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in 1972. 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

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in the 1990 Birthday Honours. He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in September 1998.
The London Gazette
', 16 October 1998, notice L-55283-1SI.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callan, Ivan Living people 1942 births British diplomats Alumni of University College, Oxford Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George