Baroness Valerie Amos

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Baroness Valerie Amos is a British politician and diplomat who has served as a cabinet minister, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and later as Director of SOAS, University of London.

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instanceOf British politician
diplomat
human
life peer
member of the House of Lords
appointedAsLifePeer 1997
awardReceived Order of St Michael and St George
The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
countryOfBirth British Guiana
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1954-03-13
educatedAt University of Birmingham
University of Warwick
endTime 2003-10-05
2007-06-27
2015-05-29
2020-07-31
ethnicGroup Afro-Guyanese
familyName Amos
fieldOfWork humanitarian affairs
international development
public policy
gender female
givenName Valerie
honorificPrefix Baroness
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
notableAchievement first Black head of an Oxford college
first Black woman to lead a UK university
first Black woman to serve as a UK cabinet minister
officeHeldForPeriod Director of SOAS, University of London (2015-09 to 2020-07)
Leader of the House of Lords (2003-10-06 to 2007-06-27)
Master of University College, Oxford (from 2020-08)
Secretary of State for International Development
surface form: Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom (2003-05-12 to 2003-10-05)

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
surface form: UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (2010-09 to 2015-05)
placeOfBirth Georgetown, Guyana
surface form: Georgetown, British Guiana
positionHeld Director of SOAS, University of London
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord President of the Council
Master of University College, Oxford
Secretary of State for International Development
surface form: Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom

UK High Commissioner to Australia
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
residence United Kingdom
startTime 2003-05-12
2003-10-06
2010-09-01
2015-09-01
2020-08-01
title Baroness Amos of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent

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University of Warwick hasNotableAlumni Baroness Valerie Amos