Baroness Amos

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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

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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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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of State for International Development

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 2015 ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
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 ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of State for International Development

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
positionHeld British High Commissioner to Australia ⓘ
linked to: UK 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 ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of State for International Development

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

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Ladies of the Garter → hasMember → Baroness Amos ⓘ
Baroness Amos → honorificTitle → Baroness Amos ⓘ
Baroness Amos → honorificSuffix → Baroness Amos ⓘ
Baroness Amos of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent → style → Baroness Amos ⓘ
Baroness Amos → honorificTitle → Baroness Amos ⓘ
subject linked to: Baroness Amos (as Leader of the House of Lords)