Baroness Amos

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Baroness Amos is a British Labour politician and diplomat who has served as a cabinet minister, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and later became the first Black woman appointed both to the UK Cabinet and to lead an Oxford college.

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Baroness Amos canonical 5

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
United Nations official ⓘ
alumna of the University of Birmingham ⓘ
alumna of the University of Warwick ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
member of the House of Lords ⓘ
member of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
university head ⓘ
appointedAsLifePeer 1997 ⓘ
awardReceived Companion of Honour ⓘ
birthDate 1954-03-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Georgetown, British Guiana ⓘ
linked to: Georgetown, Guyana
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black British ⓘ
fieldOfWork humanitarian affairs ⓘ
international development ⓘ
public policy ⓘ
fullName Valerie Ann Amos ⓘ
linked to: Valerie Amos
gender female ⓘ
honorificSuffix Baroness Amos ⓘ
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honorificTitle Baroness Amos ⓘ
lifePeerageTitle Baroness Amos, of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
name Valerie Amos ⓘ
notableAchievement first Black woman to lead an Oxford college ⓘ
first Black woman to serve in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom ⓘ
officeEnd British High Commissioner to Australia, 2010 ⓘ
Director of Chatham House, 2020 ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords, 2007 ⓘ
Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, 2003 ⓘ
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 2015 ⓘ
officeStart British High Commissioner to Australia, 2009 ⓘ
Director of Chatham House, 2019 ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords, 2003 ⓘ
Master of University College, Oxford, 2020 ⓘ
Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom, 2003 ⓘ
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 2010 ⓘ
positionHeld British High Commissioner to Australia ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of London ⓘ
Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Lord President of the Council ⓘ
Master of University College, Oxford ⓘ
Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator ⓘ

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Baroness Amos → honorificTitle → Baroness Amos ⓘ