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John Peter Bell is a former Canadian diplomat. He was concurrently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mali and Niger then to Upper Volta and to the Ivory Coast. He later became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil then the High Commissioner to Malaysia.

Diplomatic posts Preceded byErnest Hébert Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mali 1982- Succeeded byJean-Guy Joseph Bernard Saint-Martin Preceded byErnest Hébert Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Niger 1982- Succeeded byJean-Guy Joseph Bernard Saint-Martin Preceded byErnest Hébert Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Burkina Faso[1] 1983- Succeeded byJean-Guy Joseph Bernard Saint-Martin Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ivory Coast 1983- Succeeded by Preceded byAnthony Tudor Eyton Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil 1987-1990 Succeeded byWilliam L. Clarke Preceded byGeorge Wesley Seymour High Commissioner to Malaysia 1993- Succeeded byAndré S. Simard

Notes

  1. ^ During Mr. Bell's mission, Upper Volta became known as Burkina-Faso in 1984.