Michael Burton (diplomat)


Sir Michael St Edmund Burton KCVO CMG is a retired British diplomat.

Biography

Born on 18 October 1937, Burton was educated at Bedford School and Magdalen College, Oxford, and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1960.
He was British Minister in Berlin, 1985-1992, acting as Deputy Commandant to the British Military Government, 1985-1990, and Head of the British Embassy Office, 1990-1992; Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, 1993; and British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, 1994-1997.

Positions held