His Excellency Francis Martin O'Donnell GCMM GCEG KC*SG KM KCHS KCMCO |
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Francis Martin O'Donnell in 2012
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Chancellor/Seansailéir Order of Clans of Ireland |
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In office May 2014 – April 2015 |
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Director/Board Member Clans of Ireland |
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In office September 2012 – April 2015 |
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Ambassador of SMOM to Slovakia | |
In office 7 December 2009 – 1 March 2013 |
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Preceded by | Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz |
Succeeded by | Ottokarl Finsterwalder |
Resident Coordinator UN/UNDP, Ukraine | |
In office 1 October 2004 – 31 March 2009 |
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Preceded by | Douglas Gardner |
Succeeded by | Olivier Adam |
Resident Coordinator UN/UNDP, FRY/Serbia and Montenegro | |
In office 13 October 2000 – 30 September 2004 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nicola Harrington |
Personal details | |
Born |
Dublin, Ireland |
12 March 1954
Nationality | Irish |
Relations |
O'Donnell of Tyrconnell Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell Patrick Denis O'Donnell Denis O'Donnell Maurice Moynihan John Tyndall David P. Tyndall |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Occupation | Diplomat Director Consultant Author |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Website | www.fmodonnell.org [23] |
Francis Martin O'Donnell, GCMM, GCEG, KC*SG, KM, KCHS, KCMCO, (born in 1954) is an Irish international diplomat who served abroad in senior representative positions with the United Nations until retirement, and later with the Sovereign Order of Malta. He is a life member of the Institute of International and European Affairs (under the patronage of the President of Ireland). He currently continues to serve pro bono as an advisor to the Global Partnerships Forum [24] founded by Amir Dossal, and is a listed endorser of the NGO consortium known as Nonviolent Peaceforce [25]. He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Slovak Republic from December 2009 to March 2013. He previously served as a United Nations official for 32 years, most recently as the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Ukraine, from 30 September 2004 until 31 March 2009, and previously in the same capacity in Serbia-Montenegro. In early 2012, he was appointed to the Council of the Order of Clans of Ireland (under the patronage of the President of Ireland), and was elected its Chancellor in May 2014 [26]. He also served on the Board of Directors, completed both terms of office in April 2015.