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Karen Pierce

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Karen Pierce

Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce (born 23 September 1959) is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from March 2020 to February 2025. She was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 2018 to 2020 and the British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2015 to 2016. She was the first woman appointed to the United States and United Nations roles, and the second in the Afghanistan role.

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Monarchs
mw- Elizabeth IICharles III
President
Donald Trump (2020–2021)Joe Biden (2021–2025)Donald Trump (2025)
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Peter Gooderham
Succeeded by
Julian Braithwaite
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Born
(1959-09-23) 23 September 1959 (age 66)Preston, Lancashire, England
Spouse
Sir Charles Roxburgh
Children
2
Education
Girton College, Cambridge (BA) London School of Economics (MSc)

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Preceded byPeter Gooderham
Preceded byPeter Gooderham
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byPeter Gooderham
Diplomatic posts
British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva 2012–2015
Diplomatic posts
Succeeded byJulian Braithwaite
Preceded bySir Richard Stagg
Preceded bySir Richard Stagg
Diplomatic posts
Preceded bySir Richard Stagg
Diplomatic posts
British Ambassador to Afghanistan 2015–2016
Diplomatic posts
Succeeded byDominic Jermey
Preceded byMatthew Rycroft
Preceded byMatthew Rycroft
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byMatthew Rycroft
Diplomatic posts
British Permanent Representative to the United Nations 2018–2020
Diplomatic posts
Succeeded byDame Barbara Woodward
Preceded byKim Darroch
Preceded byKim Darroch
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byKim Darroch
Diplomatic posts
British Ambassador to the United States 2020–2025
Diplomatic posts
Succeeded byPeter Mandelson
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byPeter Gooderham
British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva 2012–2015
Succeeded byJulian Braithwaite
Preceded bySir Richard Stagg
British Ambassador to Afghanistan 2015–2016
Succeeded byDominic Jermey
Preceded byMatthew Rycroft
British Permanent Representative to the United Nations 2018–2020
Succeeded byDame Barbara Woodward
Preceded byKim Darroch
British Ambassador to the United States 2020–2025
Succeeded byPeter Mandelson

References

  1. "UK Names First Woman US Ambassador"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51413307
  2. The Guardian
  3. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/27/karen-pierce-first-female-uk-ambassador-to-un
  4. inews.co.uk
    https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/karen-pierce-who-is-explained-uk-ambassador-us-international-relations-395478
  5. Daily Telegraph, "Meet Karen Pierce: Britain's fiercely intelligent, flamboyant first female Ambassador to the United St
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/meet-karen-pierce-britains-fiercely-intelligent-flamboyant-first/
  6. "Call Me Dame Karen: UK's Ambassador Dashes Style With Diplomacy"
    https://www.passblue.com/2019/06/12/call-me-dame-karen-uks-ambassador-dashes-style-with-diplomacy/
  7. "LSE alumna to be UK's first female US Ambassador"
    https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2020/b-Feb-20/Dame-Karen-Pierce-new-UK-Ambassador-to-US
  8. "Change of UK's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and World Trade Organisation in Geneva"
    http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=640193382
  9. Karen Pierce CMG, gov.uk.
    https://www.gov.uk/government/people/karen-pierce
  10. "New UK Ambassador to Afghanistan Presents Letter of Credence to President Ghani"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150715175845/https://president.gov.af/en/news/46954
  11. www.un.org
    https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/bio5076.doc.htm
  12. Elizabeth Piper (27 November 2017), Britain appoints first woman as permanent secretary to U.N. Reuters.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-un-appointment/britain-appoints-first-woman-as-permanent-secretary-to-u-n-idUSKBN1DR1UB
  13. Michelle Nichols (24 October 2018), China fails to stop U.N. Security Council Myanmar briefing Reuters.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-un/china-fails-to-stop-u-n-security-council-myanmar-briefing-idUSKCN1MY2QU
  14. "UK names first woman US ambassador"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51413307
  15. The Guardian, "UK will ask US ambassador Karen Pierce to stay in post for Trump transition", 7 November 2024. Retrieved
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/07/uk-us-ambassador-karen-pierce-stay-in-post-trump-transition
  16. "Trump campaign adviser calls Lord Mandelson 'an absolute moron'"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyx9kplge8o
  17. "After an historic ceremony in DC, Peter Mandelson is officially His Majesty's Ambassador to the US!"
    https://x.com/UKinUSA/status/1889078275000910050
  18. GOV.UK
    https://www.gov.uk/government/people/karen-pierce
  19. www.gov.uk
    https://www.gov.uk/government/people/charles-roxburgh
  20. PIERCE, Karen Elizabeth, (Mrs C. F. Roxburgh), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2
    http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U43012
  21. The London Gazette
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63714/supplement/B3
  22. "Formal investiture of Dame Karen Pierce today at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has bestowed the honour of Dame Commander of St Michael and St George upon @KarenPierceUN in recognition of her long-term outstanding contribution to British foreign policy"
    https://x.com/UKUN_NewYork/status/1095720812051685376
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