John Willson (diplomat)

{{Short description|British diplomat}}

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John Michael Willson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (15 July 1931 –17 April 2013[https://archive.today/20130616031012/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary-preview.aspx?n=john-michael-willson&pid=164312152&referrer=2282 The Times] ) was a British diplomat.[http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/BDOHP/Willson.pdf Interview by Jimmy Jamieson in 2005]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He served as ambassador to the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger from 1983 to 1987 and high commissioner to Zambia from 1988 to 1990. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1988.