Keith Elliott Hedley Morris

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Sir Keith Elliott Hedley Morris KBE CMG (* 1934 ) is a former British diplomat .

Life

Keith Morris studied at Cambridge University and Amherst College , Massachusetts. He joined the foreign service in 1959 and was accredited in Dakar, Algiers and Bogotá from 1967 to 1971. From 1967 to 1971 he was accredited in Warsaw, Milan and 1983 in Mexico. Keith Morris graduated from the Royal College of Defense Studies in 1986.

In 1996 Sir Keith Morris was involved in the founding of the British Colombian Chamber of Commerce, chaired it and was director of this institution from 1999. From 1995 to 200, Morris researched as a fellow at the Institute for Latin American Studies, London. He sits on the boards of the Parra, Rodriguez, Cavelier law firm and the International Council on Security and Development . Keith Morris is married to María del Carmen Morris. He is well known for his departure from the position of combating the narcotics trafficking with military means and his commitment to the legalization of drugs .

"The drug war is unwinnable, costly, and counterproductive ... Colombia saw a dramatic increase in violence and corruption as prohibition made cocaine a profitable commodity."

- Keith Morris

During his stays in Colombia, he was able to experience how the cultivation of the coca plant for local consumption developed into Colombia's top-selling export industry.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.publicsecurity.icosgroup.net/modules/scientific_council/Morris_eng.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.publicsecurity.icosgroup.net  
  2. ^ Judith Anderson, Dealing with Crime
  3. ↑ Recientemente, Keith Morris, ex embajador del Reino Unido en Colombia, consideró que la guerra contra las drogas está condenada al fracaso y que, a su juicio, lo más conveniente sería la legalización de la droga. Asociación de Colombianistas - 2000 Revista de estudios colombianos: Issues 21–28
predecessor Office successor
Richard Alvin Neilson British ambassador to Colombia from
1990 to 1994 		Arthur Leycester Scott Coltman
personal data
SURNAME Morris, Keith Elliott Hedley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Sir Keith Elliott Hedley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH 1934