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John Drysdale

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John Drysdale

British-born army officer, diplomat and historian

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About John Drysdale

John Gordon Stewart Drysdale, also known as Abbas Idriss, was a British-born army officer, diplomat, writer, historian, and businessman. He spent much of his life in Somalia, Somaliland and Singapore. Drysdale served as an advisor to three successive Somali prime ministers in the 1960s and later for three successive United Nations special envoys during the international intervention in the Somali Civil War.

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Occupation: military officer, historian, writer, diplomat
Position held: military officer
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: May 21, 1925

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Died

July 10, 2016

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