Andrew Green (diplomat)

Sir Andrew Green, KCMG (born 6 August 1941) is a former British diplomat and is the founding chairman of the organization MigrationWatch UK, an organisation concerned with what they view as unacceptably high levels of immigration to the United Kingdom.

Background and education

Green was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and at Magdalene, Cambridge where he read natural sciences and economics. Green then served with the Royal Green Jackets. He learnt Arabic at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Middle East Centre for Arab Studies in the Lebanon.

Diplomatic career

Green joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1965, where he worked for 35 years, spending half his career in the Arab World, where he served in six posts. The remainder of his service was divided between London, Paris, and Washington DC. He was Ambassador to Syria (1991-94) and then Director for the Middle East in the Foreign Office, before finally serving for four and a half years as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He retired in June 2000.

Other work

Since retiring, Green has devoted his time to voluntary work. He is a former Chairman of Medical Aid for Palestinians, a British charity seeking to improve health care for Palestinians both in Palestine and the diaspora in refugee camps; a member of the Advisory Board of Concordis, a charity specialising in conflict resolution; a member of the Advisory Board of the Sudan Peace...
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