Andrew Fleming Green, Baron Green of Deddington, KCMG (born 6 August 1941) is a former British diplomat. He is the founding president of

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, an organisation arguing for lower immigration to the

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. He has also held a number of positions with voluntary organisations.

Background and education

Lord Green was educated at Haileybury before going up to

Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

, where he read

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and

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. He then took a three-year Short Service Commission in the

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Career

Diplomatic career

On joining the

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in 1965, he studied Arabic in Lebanon. Thereafter, he spent half his career in the Middle East where he served in six posts. The remainder of his service was divided between

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, and

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. He was HM Ambassador in

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(1991–94) and then Director for the Middle East at the

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, before serving for four and a half years as ambassador in

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MigrationWatch UK

After his retirement in June 2000, Lord Green went on to co-found

together with

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, Professor of Demography at

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. He was chairman from its establishment in December 2001 until July 2021 when he became president and the chairmanship was taken up by

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Other work

He chaired

Medical Aid for Palestinians Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is a British charitable organization, charity that offers medical services in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Gaza and Lebanon, and advocates for Palestinians' rights to health and dignity. It is in List of organiza ...

(a British charity seeking to improve health care for Palestinians both in

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and in refugee camps) for three years. He was for 12 years a board member of

Christian Solidarity Worldwide Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a human rights organisation which specialises in religious freedom and works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs, persecuted for other religious belief or persecuted for lack of beli ...

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organisation which speaks for

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and others around the world who are suffering persecution for their religious beliefs). He was the co-chair of the lobbying group

British Syrian Society The British Syrian Society is an association set up to promote relations between the former Ba'athist government of Syria and the United Kingdom. It was established in 2003 by Fawaz Akhras, father-in-law of Bashar al-Assad. Its current directors i ...

, founded by President Assad's father in law

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, until his resignation in 2011. He was re-appointed as Director of the Society in 2018.

Awards

He was appointed to the

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as a Companion (CMG) in the

1991 Birthday Honours The Birthday Honours 1991 for the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, New Zealand, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, were announced on 14 June 1 ...

and was promoted as a Knight Commander (KCMG) in the

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. On 21 October 2014 it was announced that Sir Andrew Green was to be created a

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's personal recommendation for Green's "proven record of public service." He was duly raised to the peerage as Baron Green of Deddington, in the County of Oxfordshire on 28 November 2014. Lord Green sits on the cross benches in the

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References

External links

''Debrett's People of Today''MigrationWatch UK websitewww.gov.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Andrew 1941 births Living people Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Syria Immigration to the United Kingdom Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Royal Green Jackets officers Members of HM Diplomatic Service Crossbench life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II 20th-century British diplomats