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	==Biography==		==Biography==

	He was educated at Selwyn College, [[Cambridge]], and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968.<ref name=TreatyofRome>http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/conferences/treatyofrome/stephenwall.aspx "Sir Stephen Wall, GCMG LVO" University of Edinburgh School of Law</ref> His early postings included the United Nations, Addis Ababa and Paris.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> On his return to London in 1974, he worked in the Foreign Office News Department and was later seconded to the press office of James Callaghan, who was then Prime Minister.<ref name=NewStatesman>http://www.newstatesman.com/200510170041 "Uncivil servants. Former special adviser Stephen Wall describes life inside the No 10 media machine" ''New Statesman'' 17 October 2005</ref> He subsequently served as Assistant Private Secretary to David Owen, the Foreign Secretary.<ref name=TreatyofRome/>		He was educated at [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]], and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968.<ref name=TreatyofRome>http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/conferences/treatyofrome/stephenwall.aspx "Sir Stephen Wall, GCMG LVO" University of Edinburgh School of Law</ref> His early postings included the United Nations, Addis Ababa and Paris.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> On his return to London in 1974, he worked in the Foreign Office News Department and was later seconded to the press office of James Callaghan, who was then Prime Minister.<ref name=NewStatesman>http://www.newstatesman.com/200510170041 "Uncivil servants. Former special adviser Stephen Wall describes life inside the No 10 media machine" ''New Statesman'' 17 October 2005</ref> He subsequently served as Assistant Private Secretary to David Owen, the Foreign Secretary.<ref name=TreatyofRome/>

	Wall spent four years at the British Embassy in Washington from 1979 to 1983, when he returned to the Foreign Office.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> He was Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries from 1988 to 1991 and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=NewStatesman/>		Wall spent four years at the British Embassy in Washington from 1979 to 1983, when he returned to the Foreign Office.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> He was Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries from 1988 to 1991 and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=NewStatesman/>

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	[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg\|thumb\|Sir Stephen Wall]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947 in Croydon, Surrey) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg\|thumb\|Sir Stephen Wall]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947 in [[Croydon]], Surrey) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg\|thumb\|Sir Stephen Wall]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg\|thumb\|Sir Stephen Wall]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947 in Croydon, Surrey) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg\|thumb\|Sir Stephen Wall]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope Trust\|Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of '' Kaleidoscope'', a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of [[Kaleidoscope]], a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

	He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968.<ref name=TreatyofRome>http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/conferences/treatyofrome/stephenwall.aspx "Sir Stephen Wall, GCMG LVO" University of Edinburgh School of Law</ref> His early postings included the United Nations, Addis Ababa and Paris.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> On his return to London in 1974, he worked in the Foreign Office News Department and was later seconded to the press office of James Callaghan, who was then Prime Minister.<ref name=NewStatesman>http://www.newstatesman.com/200510170041 "Uncivil servants. Former special adviser Stephen Wall describes life inside the No 10 media machine" ''New Statesman'' 17 October 2005</ref> He subsequently served as Assistant Private Secretary to David Owen, the Foreign Secretary.<ref name=TreatyofRome/>		He was educated at Selwyn College, [[Cambridge]], and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968.<ref name=TreatyofRome>http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/conferences/treatyofrome/stephenwall.aspx "Sir Stephen Wall, GCMG LVO" University of Edinburgh School of Law</ref> His early postings included the United Nations, Addis Ababa and Paris.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> On his return to London in 1974, he worked in the Foreign Office News Department and was later seconded to the press office of James Callaghan, who was then Prime Minister.<ref name=NewStatesman>http://www.newstatesman.com/200510170041 "Uncivil servants. Former special adviser Stephen Wall describes life inside the No 10 media machine" ''New Statesman'' 17 October 2005</ref> He subsequently served as Assistant Private Secretary to David Owen, the Foreign Secretary.<ref name=TreatyofRome/>

	Wall spent four years at the British Embassy in Washington from 1979 to 1983, when he returned to the Foreign Office.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> He was Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries from 1988 to 1991 and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=NewStatesman/>		Wall spent four years at the British Embassy in Washington from 1979 to 1983, when he returned to the Foreign Office.<ref name=TreatyofRome/> He was Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries from 1988 to 1991 and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1993.<ref name=NewStatesman/>

	Wall was sent as Ambassador to Portugal in 1993, and he remained there until 1995, when he was named as Britain's Permanent Representative to the European Union.<ref name=bnegroup>http://www.bnegroup.org/about/people/sir-stephen-wall/ "Sir Stephen Wall" Business for New Europe</ref> He returned to London in 2000 to ~~takes~~ charge of the Cabinet Office's European Secretariat. He remained in that post until 2004, and during that period he was EU adviser to Tony Blair.<ref name=bnegroup/>		Wall was sent as Ambassador to Portugal in 1993, and he remained there until 1995, when he was named as Britain's Permanent Representative to the European Union.<ref name=bnegroup>http://www.bnegroup.org/about/people/sir-stephen-wall/ "Sir Stephen Wall" Business for New Europe</ref> He returned to London in 2000 to take charge of the Cabinet Office's European Secretariat. He remained in that post until 2004, and during that period he was EU adviser to Tony Blair.<ref name=bnegroup/>

	He was principal adviser to Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster from June 2004 to June 2005.<ref>http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2007/11/spinning-against-vatican.html "Spinning against the Vatican" ''The hermeneutic of continuity'' 1 December 2007</ref> He has since been very critical of the Church's leadership, saying that the “fundamentalist” character of today's Vatican is out of step with the secularism and social liberalism of modern Britain (indeed of many British Catholics).<ref>http://www.economist.com/node/17039111 "Mary Who?" ''The Economist'' 16 September 2010</ref>		He was principal adviser to Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster from June 2004 to June 2005.<ref>http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2007/11/spinning-against-vatican.html "Spinning against the Vatican" ''The hermeneutic of continuity'' 1 December 2007</ref> He has since been very critical of the Church's leadership, saying that the “fundamentalist” character of today's Vatican is out of step with the secularism and social liberalism of modern Britain (indeed of many British Catholics).<ref>http://www.economist.com/node/17039111 "Mary Who?" ''The Economist'' 16 September 2010</ref>
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	==Sexuality==		==Sexuality==

	For most Sir Stephen's 35 years at the Foreign Office, being openly gay was a sackable offence. He has described how he denied his sexuality to himself for 20 years. It then took him another 20 years to do something about what he called the “cork in the bottle”. He finally came out to his family in 2009 and later came out publicly.<ref>		For most of Sir Stephen's 35 years at the Foreign Office, being openly gay was a sackable offence. He has described how he denied his sexuality to himself for 20 years. It then took him another 20 years to do something about what he called the “cork in the bottle”. He finally came out to his family in 2009 and later came out publicly.<ref>
	http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/events/2012/05/21/have-we-won-the-fight-against-homophobia/ "Have we won the fight against homophobia?" UCL [[IDAHO]] event, 2012.</ref>		http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/events/2012/05/21/have-we-won-the-fight-against-homophobia/ "Have we won the fight against homophobia?" UCL [[IDAHO]] event, 2012.</ref>

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
	*''A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair'' (2008)<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/26/politics2 "'Are Eu ready?' No, we're not" Denis MacShane, ''The Guardian''26 April 2008</ref>		*''A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair'' (2008)<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/apr/26/politics2 "'Are Eu ready?' No, we're not" Denis MacShane, ''The Guardian''26 April 2008</ref>
	* '' The Official History of Britain and the European Community, 1963-1975 '' (2012)		* ''The Official History of Britain and the European Community, 1963-1975 '' (2012)

	==References==		==References==

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	~~[[File:Wiki.png.]]~~'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of '' Kaleidoscope'', a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of '' Kaleidoscope'', a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	[[File:~~Stephen-Wall~~.~~jpg~~]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of Kaleidoscope, a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		[[File:Wiki.png.]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of '' Kaleidoscope'', a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

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	[[~~Jsw_1~~.jpg]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of Kaleidoscope, a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].		[[File:Stephen-Wall.jpg]]'''Sir Stephen Wall''' GCMG, LVO (born 1947) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of Kaleidoscope, a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at [[University College London]].

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