Robert Andrew Burns

Sir Andrew Burns KCMG
Andrew Burns in 2012
United Kingdom Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues
In office 10 June 2010 – September 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Eric Pickles
British High Commissioner to Canada
In office 2000–2003
Preceded by	Anthony Goodenough
Succeeded by	David Reddaway
British Consuls-General to Hong Kong
In office November 1997 – June 2000
Preceded by	Francis Cornish
Succeeded by	James Hodge
British Ambassador to Israel
In office 1992–1995
Preceded by	Mark Elliott
Succeeded by	Sir David Manning
Personal details
Born	Robert Andrew Burns (1943-07-21) 21 July 1943 (age 81) England
Education	Highgate School
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge (MA)

Sir Robert Andrew Burns KCMG (born 21 July 1943) is a British former diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.