Birthday Honours 2017
Dr Mehtabunisa CURREY OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Global International Development”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Global International Development
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Dr. Mehtabunisa CURREY
For services to Global International Development.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 16% of the list.
In their area
189 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Oxfordshire.
How widely is this recognised?
1,010 people have been recognised for International & Diplomatic.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804254. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 14 June 2017.
Location (Oxfordshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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