Arnold Smith

Arnold Cantwell Smith, OC, CH (January 18, 1915 – February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965–1975.

A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.

From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR. During his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth flag was designed on his and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative.

In 1975 he was made a member of the British Order of the Companions of Honour. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for a "a long and distinguished diplomatic career".^[1]

Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith.^[2]

His published work includes Stitches In Time; the Commonwealth in World Politics.^[3]

References

^ Order of Canada citation
^ "Wilfred Cantwell Smith". http://www.ageofsignificance.org/people/wcsmith/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
^ Smith, Arnold, and Clyde Sanger. Stitches in Time : The Commonwealth in World Politics. Don Mills, Ont.: General Publishing, 1981.

External links

Arnold Cantwell Smith at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Political offices
Preceded by None	Commonwealth Secretaries-General 1965-1975	Succeeded by Sir Shridath Ramphal

Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth of Nations

Arnold Smith · Sir Shridath Ramphal · Chief Emeka Anyaoku · Don McKinnon · Kamalesh Sharma

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Name	Smith, Arnold
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Date of birth	January 18, 1915
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Date of death	February 7, 1994
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