Her Excellency
Judith Gough
CMG
British Ambassador to Sweden
Assumed office
August 2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byDavid Cairns
British Ambassador to Ukraine
In office
September 2015 – August 2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded bySimon Smith
Succeeded byMelinda Simmons
British Ambassador to Georgia
In office
September 2010 – January 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byDenis Keefe
Succeeded byDavid Moran
Personal details
Born (1972-11-08) 8 November 1972 (age 51)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
King's College London

Judith Mary Gough CMG (born 8 November 1972) is a British diplomat and the current Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden.[1]

Early life and career

Gough was educated at the University of Nottingham (BA in German and Russian, 1995) and at King's College London (MA in War in the Modern World, 2012).[2] She then worked as a Consultant in emerging markets and financial services at Ernst and Young.[1]

Diplomatic career

Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001.[1] Gough then served at the British embassy in South Korea.[1] Starting from mid-September 2010 she was the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Georgia, and served as such till she was released of her post early 2013.[1][3]

She then became FCO's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.[1]

In September 2015, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine.[1]

In June 2019, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden. She took up her appointment in August.[4]

Personal life

Gough is openly lesbian and raises two children with her partner, Julia Kleiousi.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g New UK Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough to arrive in Kyiv in September, Interfax-Ukraine (31 March 2015)
  2. ^ ‘GOUGH, Judith Mary’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  3. ^ "UK in Georgia, Our Embassy". British Embassy Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
    "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 2 May 2013.
    Judith Gough: Cohabitation has to work Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, Tabula (January 14, 2013)
    The newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia presented copies of credentials to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Georgian embassy in Spain (16 September 2010)
    Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Georgia, www.gov.uk (15 June 2010)
  4. ^ Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Sweden - August 2019, gov.uk (retrieved 1 October 2019)
  5. ^ Strudwick, Patrick (19 March 2016). "This Is What It's Like Being An Ambassador To An Anti-Gay Country When You're A Lesbian". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
Diplomatic posts Preceded byDenis Keefe British Ambassador to Georgia 2010–2013 Succeeded byAlexandra Hall Hall Preceded bySimon Smith British Ambassador to Ukraine 2015–2019 Succeeded byMelinda Simmons Preceded byDavid Cairns [sv] British Ambassador to Sweden 2019–present Incumbent Government offices Preceded byColin Roberts Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office 2014–2015 Succeeded byMichael Tatham
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