Derek Andrews
English civil servant
About Derek Andrews
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 82–83).
Sir Derek Henry Andrews, KCB, CBE (17 February 1933 – 13 March 2016) was an English civil servant. Educated at the London School of Economics, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1957 after completing National Service, and spent much of his career working on the Common Agricultural Policy. He was the ministry's Permanent Secretary from 1987 to 1993, leading it during the BSE and Salmonelli crises of the late 1980s. He was chairman of the Residuary Milk Marketing Board from 1994 to 2002.
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English civil servant
When was Derek Andrews born?
Derek Andrews was born on 17 February 1933.
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Derek Andrews died in 2016.
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