Her Excellency
NneNne Iwuji-Eme
Iwuji-Eme in 2018
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique
Assumed office
July 2018
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Prime Minister
Preceded byJoanna Kuenssberg
Personal details
BornTruro, Cornwall, England
Children1
EducationSaint Felix School
Alma materUniversity of Manchester

NneNne Iwuji-Eme // ⓘ is a British diplomat. In March 2018, she was appointed to be the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique and took up her post in July 2018 in succession to Joanna Kuenssberg.[1] She is the first black woman to represent the United Kingdom as a high commissioner.[2][3][4]

Early life and career

Iwuji-Eme, who is of Igbo Nigerian heritage,[5] was born in Truro, Cornwall, England, to parents who worked for the United Nations.[2] She was educated at St Felix School, a boarding school in Southwold, Suffolk, from 1990 to 1995.[6] She studied economics at the University of Manchester, and has one son.[2]

Iwuji-Eme joined the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in 1999 as an economic advisor.[1] In 2002, she moved to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as Head of Africa, Middle East and Transition Economies in its Economic Policy Department.[1] Prior to her appointment to her current post as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique she was the UK's First Secretary in Brazil.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Change of Her Majesty's High Commissioner to Mozambique – July 2018". GOV.UK. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Lea, Laura (24 March 2018). "'I hope this won't be news in 10 years'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ Slawson, Nicola (22 March 2018). "First black female UK career diplomat appointed high commissioner". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ Philp, Catherine (23 March 2018). "Black woman to take top role in diplomatic first". The Times. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ^ "NneNne Iwuji-Eme: Biafran Woman Becomes First Black Female High Commissioner Appointed By UK". News Cable. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "News of Old Felicians" (PDF). Old Felicians. Southwold, Suffolk: St Felix School: 15. June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  7. ^ Taylor, Mildred Europa (2 March 2018). "NneNne Iwuji-Eme: UK's first black female career diplomat appointed High Commissioner". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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