John Rennie (UN)

Sir John Shaw Rennie (12 January 1917, Glasgow - 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant, UNRWA's Commissioner-General from 1971 to 1977.[1]

John Rennie was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1951 Rennie was appointed Britain's deputy colonial secretary for Mauritius.[2] From 1962 to 1968 he was Governor of Mauritius, overseeing Mauritius' transition to independence. 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.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
  2. ^ RENNIE, Sir John Shaw, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 19 Dec 2010
  3. ^ Around the World, 3 October 2002
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Laurence Michelmore (U.S.)		 Commissioner-General for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
May 1971–March 1977		 Succeeded by
Thomas McElhiney (U.S.)