Joanna Kuenssberg

Joanna Kuenssberg

Joanna Kate Kuenssberg (born 1973)[1] is a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Mozambique from 2014 to 2018.

Life and career

Kuenssberg was born in Lima, Peru, a daughter of Nick Kuenssberg, a Scottish businessman who was working in Lima at the time, and his wife Sally Robertson. Her younger sister is Laura Kuenssberg, and they have a brother.[2] She was educated at New College, Oxford, where she gained a BA degree in Modern Languages in 1995.[1]

She joined the Department of the Environment in 1995 and worked at the European Commission as Project Manager (EU enlargement) 1996–97, after which she joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She was seconded to the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1999–2000 and to the Quai d’Orsay EU Directorate 2000–01, followed by a post at the British embassy in Paris 2001–04. She was deputy head of mission at Lisbon, Portugal, 2010–14 and chargé d'affaires there from January to May 2011. From April 2014 she was High Commissioner to Mozambique, based at Maputo.[3] She was replaced in July 2018.[4]

Personal life

Kuenssberg married in 1997 and has three sons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kuenssberg, Joanna Kate". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Business interview: Nick Kuenssberg". The Scotsman. 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Change of High Commissioner to Mozambique". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Change of Her Majesty´s High Commissioner to Mozambique". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 March 2018.
  • "Joanna Kuenssberg, British High Commissioner to Mozambique". gov.uk.


Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Shaun Cleary		 British High Commissioner to Mozambique
2014–2018		 Succeeded by
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