Roger Short
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Roger Guy Short Oakridge Lynch | |
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| British Consul-General to Turkey | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1944 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 20 November 2003 (aged 58) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Roger Guy Short Consul-General in Turkey. The bombing killed at least 27 people and may have been targeted directly at Short and his consul staff because they were representatives of the United Kingdom.
Born in
British Foreign Office in the late 1960s and was widely considered to be an expert in Turkish affairs. While he had been posted in Turkey for most of his career, he also served as commercial consul in Rio de Janeiro from 1978 to 1980, Head of Chancery and consul-general in Oslo from 1986 to 1990, the British ambassador to Bulgaria from 1994 to 1998, and Chief of Staff of the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo from 1999 to 2000. He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order
in 1971.
External links
- Obituary: Roger Short. BBC News. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- Obituary: Roger Short. The Independent. 22 November 2003
- Roger Short - Diplomat with a special love of Turkey. The Times. 21 November 2003. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- Obituary: Roger Short. Career diplomat with a special love for Turkey and its Ottoman Islamic heritage The Guardian. 21 November 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.