Pádraig Murphy is a former Irish diplomat.

Murphy was born in Cork. He received a BA from UCC and an MA from Sheffield University.[1]

In the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade he served as Ambassador to the USSR and Finland (1981-85), as Political Director of the department, (1985-91), Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1991-98), to Spain (1998-2001) and to Japan (2001-2005). He retired in 2005.[1]

In 2012 he served as the OSCE Chairmanship's Special Representative for the South Caucasus.[2]

Murphy chairs the Foreign Policy Group of the IIEA and is a member of its Germany Group.[3]

He is a regular contributor to the Dublin Review of Books.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Macgill Summer School 2020 biography". www.macgillsummerschool.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "State of Peace". www.thebusinessyear.com.
  3. ↑ "Germany's Place in the World by Padraig Murphy 2013 Free to Download". www.historyiiea.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Pádraig Murphy". drb.ie.


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