Birthday Honours 2023
Kumar Sabapathy Iyer CMG
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Director General, Economics, Science and Technology, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Recognised in the Birthday Honours 2023 with the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
London Gazette notice
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Overseas and international list
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2023
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Kumar Sabapathy IYER
Director General, Economics, Science and Technology, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
For services to British Foreign Policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64082 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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