Declan Kelly (diplomat)

Declan Kelly in 2007

Declan Kelly was the Irish Ambassador to Malaysia and Thailand from 2010 to 2015.[1][2] Prior to that appointment he was the Irish Ambassador to Canada, succeeding Martin Burke.[3]

He was schooled at St. Vincent's C.B.S., Glasnevin, and is married to Anne Bernadette Kelly. He gave the 2007 convocation address at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick[4]

Prior to his placement as ambassador at the Irish embassy in Ottawa, Kelly was the ambassador to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.[1][5] Earlier, Kelly had been posted to Ottawa from 1985 to 1990 as the First Secretary and Charge d’Affairs at the Irish Embassy.[3]

Kelly was Republic of Ireland Consul General in San Francisco from 1992 to 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kelly, Declan (November 2010). "Our New Ambassador" (PDF). AGM. St Patrick's Society, Selangor Malaysia. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ireland in Malaysia". Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 Devoy, Desmond. "Ambassador Declan Kelly - 2010’s Irish Person of the Year" (PDF). Ireland - Canada Chambers of Commerce. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. ↑ St. Thomas University - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ http://www.thegaelichour.ca/20060728.m3u


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