Anthony Vincent (diplomat)

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Anthony Vincent (November 9, 1939 – October 29, 1999) was the Canadian ambassador to Peru from 1993 to 1997. He was a key player in the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996, for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.[1] He previously served as ambassador to Myanmar and high commissioner to Bangladesh from 1985 to 1988, and later served as ambassador to Spain from 1997 to 1999. Vincent died on October 29, 1999 in Montreal at the age of 59.[2]

Vincent is the subject of the 2008 book The Ambassador's Word: Hostage Crisis in Peru 1996-97 by David J. Goldfield.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Anthony Vincent". The Governor General of Canada. May 25, 1998. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister of Canada mourns death of diplomat". CBC News. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Canda's Unsung Hero". Ottawa Citizen. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2015. Canadian ambassador Anthony Vincent is a hero in Peru and Japan but to most people in his own country he's Tony Who


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