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Francis Martin O'Donnell | |
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 Francis Martin O'Donnell in 2012 | |
| President Genealogical Society of Ireland | |
| Assumed office March 2024 | |
| President Clan O'Donnell of Tyrconnell | |
| Assumed office June 2024 | |
| Director/Trustee School of Civic Education | |
| Assumed office October 2019 | |
| Chancellor/Seansailéir Order of Clans of Ireland | |
| In office May 2014 – April 2015 | |
| Director/Board Member Clans of Ireland | |
| In office September 2012 – April 2015 | |
| Ambassador of SMOM to Slovakia | |
| In office 7 December 2009 – 1 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz |
| Succeeded by | Ottokarl Finsterwalder |
| Seneschal of Tyrconnell | |
| Assumed office January 2005 | |
| Resident Coordinator UN/UNDP, Ukraine | |
| In office 1 October 2004 – 31 March 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas Gardner |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Adam |
| Resident Coordinator UN/UNDP, FRY/Serbia and Montenegro | |
| In office 13 October 2000 – 30 September 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Harrington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 March 1954 Dublin, Ireland |
| Relations | O'Donnell of Tyrconnell Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell Patrick Denis O'Donnell Denis O'Donnell Maurice Moynihan John Tyndall David P. Tyndall Mona Tyndall |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Diplomat Director Consultant Author |
| Website | www |
Francis Martin O'Donnell[1] GCMM, GCEG, KC*SG, KM, KCHS, KCMCO (born in 1954)[2] is an Irish citizen who has served abroad as an international diplomat in senior representative positions with the United Nations until retirement, and later with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was elected President of the Genealogical Society of Ireland effective March 2024,[3][4] and President of the O'Donnell Clan Association in June 2024[5] He is a life member of the Institute of International and European Affairs (under the patronage of the President of Ireland).[6] He currently continues to serve pro bono as an advisor to the Global Partnerships Forum[7] and is a listed endorser of the NGO consortium known as Nonviolent Peaceforce.[8] He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Slovak Republic from December 2009 to March 2013.[9][10][11][12] He previously served as a United Nations official for 32 years, most recently as the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Ukraine, from 30 September 2004 until 31 March 2009, and previously in the same capacity in Serbia-Montenegro.[13] In early 2012, he was appointed to the Council of the Order of Clans of Ireland, and was elected its Chancellor in May 2014.[14] He also served on the Board of Directors, and completed both terms of office in April 2015. Since then, he has participated in Globsec, the InterAction Council, and is a regular participant, panellist or moderator in the annual Global Baku Forum. He is also a speaker and panellist on global policy issues at seminars and forums of the Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe,[15] and is a director of the Board of Trustees of its School of Civic Education[16][17] in London. He is a member of the Peacemaking Reflection Group of former senior UN officials under the auspices of the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability.[18] He is an occasional guest speaker on Irish history and genealogy in Dublin, Madrid, Vienna, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He is also a published author of a book and articles on global policy challenges, historical works and a first volume of poetry.
- ^ "Lord O'Donnell of Fingal". The London Gazette.
- ^ "Francis Martin O'Donnell - Academia.edu". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Ireland's Genealogical Gazette, Volume 19, number 1, January 2024 ISSN 1649-7937, published by the Genealogical Society of Ireland, Dublin. [1]
- ^ Ireland's Genealogical Gazette, Volume 17, number 9, September 2022, ISSN 1649-7937, published by the Genealogical Society of Ireland, Dublin. [2]
- ^ Tyrconnell Clans Revived - The O'Donnell Clan gathering 8–9 June 2024[3][4].
- ^ IIEA Annual Report 2022, Life Members (page 63), Institute of International and European Affairs, Dublin, October 2023
- ^ "Global Partnerships Forum: GPF Advisors". partnerships.org.
- ^ "Home". Nonviolent Peaceforce.
- ^ "Minister M.Lajčák received the ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Maltese Knights". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Slovakia: Foreign Affairs State Secretary at the Grand Magistry, 29 April 2010". Grand Magistry, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Rome. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ "First Lady Met Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 7 June 2010". President of the Slovak Republic – Office of the First Lady, Bratislava. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
- ^ "Order of Malta Ambassador O'Donnell and Minister Lajčák exchange farewells". 23 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Biographical notes" (PDF). Mexicodiplomatico.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Order of Merit | Clans of Ireland". Clansofireland.ie. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Schools of Political Studies". Schools of Political Studies.
- ^ "SCHOOL OF CIVIC EDUCATION people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
- ^ "SCHOOL OF CIVIC EDUCATION - Charity 1173608". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk.
- ^ Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability