Geoffrey de Freitas

Geoffrey De Freitas

Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas, KCMG (7 April 1913–10 August 1982) was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe.

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