Judith Gough

Judith Mary Gough CMG (born 8 November 1972) is a British diplomat and the current Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden.[1]

Her Excellency Judith Gough
British Ambassador to Sweden
Incumbent
Assumed office August 2019
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	David Cairns
British Ambassador to Ukraine
In office September 2015 – August 2019
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Simon Smith
Succeeded by	Melinda Simmons
British Ambassador to Georgia
In office September 2010 – January 2013
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Denis Keefe
Succeeded by	David Moran
Personal details
Born	(1972-11-08) 8 November 1972
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Nottingham King's College London

Biography

Gough was educated at the University of Nottingham (BA German and Russian, 1995) and at King's College London (MA War in the Modern World, 2012).[2] She then worked as a Consultant in Emerging Markets and Financial Services at Ernst and Young.[1]

Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001.[1] Gough then served at the British embassy in South Korea.[1] Starting from mid-September 2010 she was Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Republic of Georgia, and served as such till she was released of her post early 2013.[1][3]

She then became FCO's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.[1]

In September 2015 Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine.[1]

In June 2019 Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden. She took up her appointment in August. [4]

Gough is openly lesbian and raises two children with her partner, Julia Kleiousi.[5]

References

1. New UK Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough to arrive in Kyiv in September, Interfax-Ukraine (31 March 2015)
2. ‘GOUGH, Judith Mary’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
3. "UK in Georgia, Our Embassy". British Embassy Tbilisi. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
   "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 2 May 2013.
   Judith Gough: Cohabitation has to work Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, 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)
4. Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Sweden - August 2019, gov.uk (retrieved 1 October 2019)
5. Strudwick, Patrick (19 March 2016). "This Is What It's Like Being An Ambassador To An Anti-Gay Country When You're A Lesbian". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Denis Keefe	British Ambassador to Georgia 2010–2013	Succeeded by Alexandra Hall Hall
Preceded by Simon Smith	British Ambassador to Ukraine 2015–2019	Succeeded by Melinda Simmons
Preceded by David Cairns	British Ambassador to Sweden 2019–present	Incumbent
Government offices
Preceded by Colin Roberts	Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Foreign & Commonwealth Office 2014–2015	Succeeded by Michael Tatham