Andrew Green, Baron Green of Deddington

Andrew Fleming Green, Baron Green of Deddington, KCMG (born 6 August 1941) is a former British diplomat. He is the founding chairman of MigrationWatch UK, an organisation concerned with immigration to the United Kingdom. He has also held a number of positions with voluntary organisations.

Lord Green was educated at Haileybury before going up to Magdalene, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences and Economics. He then took a three-year Short Service Commission in the Royal Green Jackets.

On joining the Diplomatic Service in 1965, he studied Arabic in the 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 London, Paris, and Washington DC. He was HM Ambassador in Syria (1991–94) and then Director for the Middle East at the Foreign Office, before serving for four and a half years as Ambassador in Saudi Arabia.

After his retirement in June 2000, Lord Green went on to co-found Migration Watch UK together with David Coleman, Professor of Demography at Oxford University. He has been chairman since it was established in December 2001.

A good deal of his time has been devoted to other 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 in refugee camps). He was for several years a member of the Advisory Board of Concordis, a charity specialising in conflict resolution. And he was for 12 years a board member of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (a human rights organisation which speaks for Christians and others around the world who are suffering persecution for their religious beliefs).

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