New Year Honours 2023
Melinda Veronica Simmons DCMG
Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG)
H.M. Ambassador Kyiv, Ukraine
Recognised in the New Year Honours 2023 with the Dame Commander 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
31 December 2022
The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George:
D.C.M.G.
To be Ordinary Members of the Second Class, or Dames Commander, of the said Most Distinguished Order:
Melinda Veronica SIMMONS
H.M. Ambassador Kyiv, Ukraine
For services to British foreign policy.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63918 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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