Michael Alexander

British diplomat (1936-2002)

迈克尔·亚历山大 · サー・マイケル・オドネル・ビャーネ・アレグザンダー

Born

19 June 1936, Winchester

Died

1 June 2002, Millfield Lane

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer, diplomat, civil servant

Height

188 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

74 kg (163 lb)

Sir Michael O'Donel Bjarne Alexander (19 June 1936 – 1 June 2002) was a British diplomat. He was the foreign policy secretary to Margaret Thatcher and the UK ambassador to NATO.

Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish mathematician famed for his work at Bletchley Park. Michael spent much of his youth in his father's native Ireland. He was educated at Foyle College in Derry and, later, at St Paul's School, London, and King's College, Cambridge. He competed as a fencer for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team épée event.

Alexander also served as Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council and Ambassador to Austria.

Competitions

Awards and honours

• Olympic silver medal 1960
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 1982
• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George 1988
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George 1992

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.