Alp Mehmet
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Alp Mehmet
Alp Mehmet (born Alper Mehmet) is a former British diplomat and one of the United Kingdom's first two ethnic minority ambassadors, along with Anwar Choudhury.
Mehmet arrived in the United Kingdom from Cyprus in 1956 when he was aged eight. He was educated at Parmiter's Grammar School in the East End of London, and at Bristol Polytechnic. On graduation from Bristol, he became an immigration officer (1970–79) and then an entry clearance officer in Lagos, Nigeria (1979–83). In 1983, he entered Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, serving in Romania, Germany and Iceland (twice) and leaving in 2008. When he was appointed as Ambassador to Iceland in 2004, he became one of the first two British ambassadors from ethnic minority backgrounds to be appointed (the other being Anwar Choudhury, who was appointed High Commissioner to Bangladesh).[1] He sits on the advisory council of MigrationWatch UK.[2]
References
- ^ "Foreign and Commonwealth Office Race Equality Scheme 2005–2008". London: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. p. 5. http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/pdf12/fco_race-equalityscheme. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
- ^ "Advisory Council: Biographical notes". MigrationWatch UK. 6 May 2008. http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/profile_council.php. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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