John Shaw Rennie
Sir John Shaw Rennie Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides | |
|---|---|
| In office 1955–1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Hubert Flaxman |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Mair Wilkie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1917 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 12 August 2002 (aged 85)[1] |
Sir John Shaw Rennie United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.[2]
Early life
John Rennie was born in
From 1962 to 1968, he was
Chagos Islands from Mauritian territory.[5]
From 1968 to 1971, Rennie was UNRWA deputy Commissioner-General under Laurence Michelmore, who persuaded then-U.N. Secretary-General U Thant to appoint Rennie as his successor.[6]
References
- ^ Sir John Rennie, The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2002
- ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
- Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2010
- ^ "Vanuatu". Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4746-1812-0
- ^ Around the World Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2002
