Andrew White

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Canon Andrew White is the President of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East.[1]

In 1998 White became the youngest Canon in the Church of England as the Resident Canon of Coventry Cathedral and Director of the International Centre of Reconciliation (ICR).[2]

He made his first visit to Iraq in 1998 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.[3]

From 2001 to 2003 White was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s official representative to the Middle East, the first person appointed to this position since the kidnapping of Terry Waite.[4]

In 2002, White initiated the Alexandria Process, bringing together Israeli and Palestinian religious leaders.[5]

Working at the invitation of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), Canon White helped facilitate the signing of the Baghdad Religious Accord in February 2004. The follow-up to this led to the formation of the Iraqi Institute for Peace (IIP) of which White was co-ordinator and International Director.[6]


Affiliations


Connections

  • George Carey - appointed Carey his official representative to the Middle East while Archbishop of Canterbury.

External Resources

Notes

  1. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
  2. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
  3. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
  4. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
  5. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
  6. Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.