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Head
  
Education
  
Upper Canada College

Name
  
Arnold Smith


Nationality
  
Canadian

Preceded by
  
position established

Succeeded by
  
Shridath Ramphal

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Born
  
18 January 1915 (
1915-01-18
)

Died
  
February 7, 1994, Toronto, Canada

Arnold Cantwell Smith OC CH (January 18, 1915 – February 7, 1994) was a Canadian diplomat. He was the first Commonwealth Secretary-General, serving from 1965–1975.

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A talented student, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford.

From 1958 to 1961, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Egypt. From 1961 to 1963, he was the Canadian Ambassador to the USSR. During his time at the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth flag was designed on his and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's initiative.

In 1975 he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour. In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for "a long and distinguished diplomatic career".

Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

His published work includes Stitches In Time; the Commonwealth in World Politics.

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References

Arnold Smith Wikipedia


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