Michael Shipster

Michael Shipster
Shipster in 2011
Born (1951-03-17) 17 March 1951
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
University of East Anglia
OccupationDiplomat
Awards CMG
OBE
Espionage activity
Allegiance United Kingdom

Michael David Shipster CMG OBE (born 17 March 1951) is a former British diplomat.

He was educated at Ratcliffe College, St Edmund Hall, Oxford (MA 1972) and the University of East Anglia (MA, Development Studies, 1977). He was an Overseas Development Institute Nuffield Fellow in Botswana between 1972 and 1974, and joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1977, serving in Moscow, New Delhi, Lusaka, Johannesburg and Washington. He was awarded an OBE in 1990 and a CMG in 2003.

His wife Jackie was an actor, pianist and music teacher.

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