Judith Mary Gough CMG (born 8 November 1972) is a British diplomat and has formerly served as the British ambassador to Sweden (2019–2024), Ukraine (2015–19) and Georgia (2010–2013).New UK Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough to arrive in Kyiv in September, Interfax-Ukraine (31 March 2015)
Early life and career Gough was educated at the University of Nottingham (BA in German and Russian, 1995) and at King's College London (MA in War in the Modern World, 2012).‘GOUGH, Judith Mary’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016 She then worked as a Consultant in emerging markets and financial services at Ernst and Young.
Diplomatic career Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001. Gough then served at the British embassy in South Korea. Starting from mid-September 2010 she was the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Georgia, and served as such till she was released of her post early 2013.Judith Gough: Cohabitation has to work , Tabula (January 14, 2013)The newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia presented copies of credentials to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia , Georgian embassy in Spain (16 September 2010)Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Georgia, www.gov.uk (15 June 2010)
She then became FCO's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
In September 2015, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine.
In June 2019, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden. She took up her appointment in August.Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Sweden - August 2019, gov.uk (retrieved 1 October 2019)
Personal life Gough is openly lesbian and raises two children with her partner, Julia Kleiousi.
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