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Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

1954–

United Kingdom

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Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos (born 13 March 1954) is a Guyanese-British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to the UN, she served as British High Commissioner to Australia. She was created a life peer in 1997, serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council from 2003 to 2007.

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