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Joanna Louise Roper, (born 20 February 1969) is a British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Having worked in the Home Office from 1992 to 2000, she joined the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...
(FCO) in 2001. Since 2017, she has been the FCO's Special Envoy for Gender Equality. Her former post include serving as deputy head and then interim head of the FCO's Counter-Terrorism Department (2008–2010), head of the FCO's China Department (2012–2014), and director of the United Kingdom's worldwide
consular services Consular assistance is help and advice provided by the diplomatic agents of a country to citizens of that country who are living or traveling overseas. The diplomats may be honorary consuls, or members of the country's diplomatic service. Such ...
. As a diplomat, she has been posted to Japan, Pakistan, and China. In the
2016 Queen's Birthday Honours The 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as pa ...
, she was appointed
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...
(CMG) "for services to British foreign policy and the protection of British nationals overseas".


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Joanna 1969 births Living people British civil servants Civil servants in the Foreign Office Civil servants in the Home Office 20th-century British civil servants 21st-century British civil servants Women civil servants Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Alumni of the University of Kent Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands