Andrew David Forbes Henderson (born 12 July 1952) was the British Ambassador to Algeria from 2006 to 2010.
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Henderson joined the
Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1971 and worked in the West African Department. In 1972, he moved to the Defence Department, moving once more to the Latin American Department on temporary duty in 1975.
Between 1977 and 1980 he was Vice Consul in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, and between 1980 and 1984 he was Second Secretary in
Oslo, Norway.
He returned to the
FCO in
London in 1985 to become Assistant Private Secretary to the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
Sir Geoffrey Howe. Henderson then moved to
New York City, United States, as a Consul between 1987 and 1989.
Between 1988 and 1991, he was First Secretary in
Washington D.C., United States, moving to become Deputy Head of Mission at the
British Embassy
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in
Luanda,
Angola, between 1992 and 1993. Henderson was then appointed First Secretary of the Economic and Aid Department in
Cairo,
Egypt, in 1994, later becoming Head of the Commercial and Aid Section.
In 1998, he returned to
London once more as Head of the Parliamentary Relations Department; a post he held until 1999. He was then Consul General in
Jeddah
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Saudi Arabia between 2000 and 2003.
Between 2003 and 2006, Henderson was Consul General and Director of British Trade and Investment in
Sao Paulo,
Brazil, before becoming Ambassador to Algeria in 2006.
Henderson is married to Julia, with whom he has two children born in 1988 and 1990 respectively.
References
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1952 births
2017 deaths
People educated at The Crypt School, Gloucester
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria