Lois Michele Young

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Lois Michele Young
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Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations
Assumed office
19 September 2012
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Born (1951-01-19) 19 January 1951 (age 72)
Belize
Alma mater King's College London

Lois Michele Young, (born 19 January 1951) is a Belizean diplomat who currently serves as the Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations. [1]

Young graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from King's College London. She has been a member of the Bar Association of Belize since 1976, and was previously Head of Chambers at Lois Young Barrow and Co. From 1975 to 1976 she was a Public Prosecutor in the Office of Public Prosecutions, a Crown Counsel in the Ministry of the Attorney General, and a magistrate. She chaired the Belize Social Security Appeals Tribunal from 1989 to 2002 and chaired the Board of Directors of the Social Security Chamber from 2008.

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References

  1. "New Permanent Representative of Belize Presents Credentials". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.