
New Year Honours 2020
Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to International peacebuilding and Women’s Rights.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
For services to International peacebuilding and Women’s Rights.
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Order of the British Empire
Civil Division Diplomatic service and overseas list
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Sanam NARAGHI ANDERLINI
Co-Founder and Executive Director, International Civil Society Action Network
For services to International peacebuilding and Women’s Rights.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455489. View the official notice ↗
Published 27 December 2019.
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