Timothy Joseph Horan

Timothy Joseph Horan
Irish Ambassador to Argentina
In office 1955–1959
Preceded by	Matthew Murphy
Succeeded by	Michael Leo Skentelberry
Irish Ambassador to Switzerland
In office 1960–1962
Preceded by	Andrew O'Rourke
Succeeded by	William Warnock (1911–1986)
Irish Ambassador to Spain
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	Michael Lysaght Rynne
Succeeded by	James Wilfrid Lennon
Irish Ambassador to Sweden
In office 1967–1973
Preceded by	Valentin Iremonger
Succeeded by	Mary Tinney
Irish Permanent Representative to the United Nations at Geneva
In office 1973–1975
Preceded by	James Wilfrid Lennon
Succeeded by	Patricia O'Brien
Personal details
Born	1912 (1912) Carlow
Died	22 March 1975 (1975-03-23) (aged 62) Geneva
Alma mater	University College Cork

Timothy Joseph Horan (1912–1975) was an Irish diplomat.

Career

Horan was educated at University College Cork.

In 1938 he entered the Department of External Affairs as Third Secretary. From 1942 to 1945 he was Consul in New York City. From 1945 to 1946 he served as Acting Head of Consular Section of the Department of External Affairs. Between 1946 and 1949 he held posts in Europe, serving as First Secretary of the legation in Madrid, then in Paris. In 1949 he returned to the Department of External Affairs in Ireland, serving as Counsellor, then from 1952 as Chief of Protocol.

In 1955 he was appointed Minister in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later promoted to Assistant Secretary in 1959. The following year he returned to Europe as Minister in Bern, Switzerland, before in 1962 being made Irish Ambassador to Spain, a post he held for five years. In 1967 he was appointed Ambassador to Sweden, concurrently accredited to Finland. From 1973 until his death in 1975 he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva.