Sir Jeremy Quentin Greenstock (born 27 July 1943) is a British retired
diplomat, active from 1969 to 2004.
Life and career
Greenstock was educated at
Harrow School and at
Worcester College
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms w ...
,
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
. He was an assistant master at
Eton College
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...
from 1966 to 1969. Greenstock joined the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1969 and served until 2004. He served in the British embassies in
Washington, D.C.
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Paris
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,
Dubai
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and
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
.
United Nations work
Greenstock was the
for five years, from 1998 to July 2003 where he attended over 150 meetings of the
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...
. From October 2001 to April 2003, he was Chairman of the Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee.
In 2003 he acted as the head of a Security Council mission to West Africa to assess the UN activities there, including the work of
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. It was created by the United Nations Security Council in October 1999 to help with the implementation of the Lomà ...
.
Iraq and aftermath
In September 2003, Greenstock was appointed the UK's Special Representative for
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
, where he worked alongside
Paul Bremer
Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is an American diplomat. He led the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004.
Early life and education
Born on ...
within the
Coalition Provisional Authority
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.
Greenstock left his position in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
in March 2004, on a timing agreed with the UK government.
Greenstock wrote a book about his role in the Iraq war that was expected to be released in autumn 2005, but was withdrawn from publication at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Greenstock appeared on the ''
Charlie Rose'' talk show on 14 May 2008 and explained some of the contents of his book. During the interview he stated categorically that British and American leaders had known since 1998 that Iraq under Saddam Hussein had no nuclear weapon capabilities or programs.
On
27 November and
15 December 2009, Greenstock gave evidence to the
Iraq Inquiry regarding his time as ambassador to the United Nations.
Post retirement
Since leaving the diplomatic service, Sir Jeremy has held numerous positions. He was the Director of the
Ditchley Foundation
The Ditchley Foundation is a foundation that holds conferences, with a primary focus on British-American relations. It is based at Ditchley Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It was established as a privately funded charity in 1958 by phil ...
until August 2010 and a Special Adviser to
BP from July 2004 to June 2010. Currently he is the Chairman of th
United Nations Association of the UK as well as the Chairman o
Gatehouse Advisory Partnersand of Lambert Energy Advisory Ltd. He is an advisor to the
International Rescue Committee-UK and to the NGO
Forward Thinking, and a non-executive director of
De La Rue. Jeremy is father to Katie, Nick, and Alexandra.
From 2007 until 2019 he was
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Kings of Arms
References
*Galloway, Peter ''The Order of St Michael and St George'' (London, Third Millennium Publishing, 2000) pp 3 ...
, the order's herald.
''Iraq: The Cost of War'' – Greenstock's diary of events leading up to, during, and after the
Iraq War
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, which was banned from publication in 2005 after an intervention by then Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary ...
– was published in 2016.
References
External links
Sir Jeremy Greenstock's Biography on the United Nations Association of the UK websiteUNA-UK websiteGreenstock statement in full BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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