Andrew White
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
- Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East - President
- Angel Foundation - Trustee
- Vote Leave - donated £10,000 to anti-EU group on 11 March 2016 [7]
Connections
- George Carey - appointed Carey his official representative to the Middle East while Archbishop of Canterbury.
External Resources
- Catherine O'Brien, The Vicar of Baghdad: Through the valley of the shadow of death, The Times, 22 May 2008.
Notes
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Canon Andrew White, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, accessed 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Electoral Commissions, Donor Search, accessed 13 May 2016
