Betty King
United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Geneva
In office
February 12, 2010 – November 2, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWarren W. Tichenor
Succeeded byPamela Hamamoto
Personal details
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Saint Vincent
EducationUniversity of Windsor (BA)
Stony Brook University (MA)

Betty Eileen King is an American diplomat born in Saint Vincent, West Indies. From 2010 to 2013 she served as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Education

King received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. Later, she received a master's degree from Stony Brook University.[1][2]

Diplomatic posting

King was confirmed as Permanent Representative (with the rank of Ambassador) to the UN in Geneva by the United States Senate on February 12, 2010, and was sworn in on February 18.[1][3] She arrived in Geneva in March 2010, thirteen months after the last ambassador left.[4] She had served in that post until late 2013.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Betty E. King Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the UN in Geneva". United States Mission to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG". The United Nations Office at Geneva. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "LIST OF CHIEFS OF MISSION as of April 6, 2010" (PDF). United States State Department. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Betty E. King, U.S. Ambassador To U.N. In Geneva, Arrives After 13 Months Without An Envoy". Huffington Post. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Betty E. King, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva". geneva.usmission.gov. Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
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