Francis Martin O'Donnell
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 GCMM, GCEG, KC*SG, KM, KCHS, KCMCO (born in 1954) 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, and President of the O'Donnell Clan Association in June 2024 He is a life member of the Institute of International and European Affairs (under the patronage of the president of Ireland). He currently continues to serve pro bono as an advisor to the Global Partnerships Forum and is a listed endorser of the NGO consortium known as Nonviolent Peaceforce. He served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Slovak Republic from December 2009 to March 2013. 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. In early 2012, he was appointed to the council of the Order of Clans of Ireland, and was elected its chancellor in May 2014. 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, and is a director of the board of trustees of its School of Civic Education 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. 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.