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{{short description|British diplomat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Excellency|Her Excellency]]
| name                = NneNne Iwuji-Eme
| image               = Nnenne Iwuji-Eme.jpg
| caption             = Iwuji-Eme in 2018
| honorific-suffix    =
| office              = [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Mozambique|High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique]]
| monarch             = [[Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Charles III]]
| primeminister       = {{ubl|[[Theresa May]]|[[Boris Johnson]]||[[Liz  Truss]]}}
| term_start          = July 2018
| term_end            =
| predecessor         = [[Joanna Kuenssberg]]
| successor           =
| birth_date          =
| birth_place         = [[Truro]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| alma_mater          = [[University of Manchester]]
| father              =
| spouse              =
| children            = 1
| nationality         = British
| education           = [[Saint Felix School]]
}}
'''NneNne Iwuji-Eme''' {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-NneNne Iwuji-Em.ogg}} is a British diplomat. In March 2018, she was appointed to be the [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Mozambique|High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique]] and took up her post in July 2018 in succession to [[Joanna Kuenssberg]].<ref name="change">{{cite web|title=Change of Her Majesty's High Commissioner to Mozambique – July 2018|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-high-commissioner-to-mozambique-july-2018|website=GOV.UK|publisher=[[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]|accessdate=24 March 2018|date=22 March 2018}}</ref> She is the first black woman to represent the United Kingdom as a [[high commissioner]].<ref name="hope">{{cite web|last1=Lea|first1=Laura|title='I hope this won't be news in 10 years'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43514695|website=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=24 March 2018|date=24 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="First">{{cite news|last1=Slawson|first1=Nicola|title=First black female UK career diplomat appointed high commissioner|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/22/first-black-female-high-commissioner-appointed-by-foreign-office-nnenne-iwuji-eme|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Black">{{cite news|last1=Philp|first1=Catherine|title=Black woman to take top role in diplomatic first|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/black-woman-to-take-top-role-in-diplomatic-first-00mnbx2hf|accessdate=24 March 2018|work=[[The Times]]|date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
== Early life and career ==
Iwuji-Eme, who is of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] Nigerian heritage,<ref name="News Cable">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thenewscable.com/2018/03/igbo-born-woman-becomes-first-black.html |title=NneNne Iwuji-Eme: Biafran Woman Becomes First Black Female High Commissioner Appointed By UK |date=23 March 2018 |work=News Cable |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> was born in [[Truro]], [[Cornwall]], England, to parents who worked for the [[United Nations]].<ref name="hope" /> She was educated at [[St Felix School]], a [[boarding school]] in [[Southwold]], [[Suffolk]], from 1990 to 1995.<ref name="Old Felicians">{{Cite journal |date=June 2018 |title=News of Old Felicians |url=https://stfelix.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/74780_OF_June18_080618.pdf |journal= Old Felicians |publisher=[[St Felix School]] |publication-place= [[Southwold]], [[Suffolk]] |pages=15 |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> She studied economics at the [[University of Manchester]], and has one son.<ref name="hope" />
Iwuji-Eme joined the [[Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]] (Defra) in 1999 as an economic advisor.<ref name="change" /> 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.<ref name="change" /> Prior to her appointment to her current post as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique she was the UK's [[Diplomatic rank#Bilateral diploamacy|First Secretary]] in Brazil.<ref name="Taylor">{{Cite news |url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/nnenne-iwuji-eme-uks-first-black-female-career-diplomat-appointed-high-commissioner |title=NneNne Iwuji-Eme: UK's first black female career diplomat appointed High Commissioner |last=Taylor |first=Mildred Europa |date=2 March 2018 |work=Face2Face Africa |access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
* {{Official website|https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nnenne-iwuji-eme|name=GOV.UK biography}}
*[https://twitter.com/nnenneuk?lang=en/ Twitter page]
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[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:21st-century Black British women]]
[[Category:British women ambassadors]]
[[Category:English people of Nigerian descent]]
[[Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Mozambique]]
[[Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service]]
[[Category:People from Truro]]
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[[Category:English people of Igbo descent]]
[[Category:Igbo diplomats]]
[[Category:21st-century British diplomats]]
[[Category:21st-century British women]]
[[Category:21st-century British civil servants]]