Richard James Northern MBE (born 2 November 1954) is a former British diplomat.
[1] Born on 2 November 1954, Richard Northern was educated at Bedford School and at Jesus College, Cambridge.
[2] In March 2011, A conversation purportedly between Richard Northern and a spokesman for Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the former Libyan Justice Minister who subsequently became Chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council in Benghazi, was intercepted and broadcast on Libyan state television.
[3][4][5] Since December 2011 Richard Northern has been a Consultant, advising clients on business in the Middle East and Africa.
He contributed a chapter to the book 'The 2011 Libyan Uprisings and the Struggle for the Post-Qadhafi Future' published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2013.