NneNne Iwuji-Eme explained

Honorific-Prefix:Her Excellency
NneNne Iwuji-Eme
Office:High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique
Term Start:July 2018
Predecessor:Joanna Kuenssberg
Birth Place:Truro, Cornwall, England
Alma Mater:University of Manchester
Children:1
Nationality:British
Education:Saint Felix School

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. 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.

Iwuji-Eme joined the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in 1999 as an economic advisor. 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. 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]

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Notes and References

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