Diplomacy & Public Service
Distinguished
Valerie Amos
born 1954
The first black woman to serve in the British cabinet
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Guyana Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A Guyana-born public servant who became the first black woman cabinet minister in Britain and later led the United Nations' humanitarian work.
Amos served as Leader of the House of Lords and as UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2010 to 2015, and later became Master of University College, Oxford.
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