Barbara Woodward
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Dame Barbara Janet Woodward DCMG OBE (born 29 May 1961) is a British diplomat and China expert.[1] She is the current Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, having previously served as British Ambassador to China from 2015 to 2020, the first woman to hold that position.
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Dame Barbara Woodward | |
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Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
Assumed office 6 August 2020 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Dame Karen Pierce |
British Ambassador to China | |
In office 19 February 2015 ā 6 August 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
President | Xi Jinping |
Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Sir Sebastian Wood |
Succeeded by | Caroline Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Barbara Janet Woodward (1961-05-29) 29 May 1961 (age 62) Gipping, Suffolk, England |
Residence(s) | New York, United States |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews Yale University |
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Woodward undertook her undergraduate degree at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, before going on to study international relations at Yale University. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994 and has worked in China, Russia, the European Union and at the United Nations.[2]