Victoria Jane Bowman (née Robinson; born 12 June 1966) is a former British diplomat who served as
UK Ambassador to Myanmar between 2002 and 2006.
She has been Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) since July 2013.
She was educated at
The Dragon School
("Reach for the Sun")
, established = 1877
, closed =
, type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school
, religion = Church of England
, president =
, head_label = Head
, head = Emma Goldsm ...
,
Oxford High School,
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...
and the
University of Chicago.
Bowman first served as a junior diplomat in what was then called Burma in 1990.
On 24 August 2022, she was reportedly detained at her home in
Yangon along with her husband
Htein Lin
Htein Lin ( my, ထိန်လင်း, ; born 31 December 1966) is a Burmese painter, performance artist, and activist.[Cu ...](_blank)
, a prominent artist and former political prisoner, and charged with immigration offences. In September 2022 she was sentenced to one year in prison for staying at an address different to the one she had registered under.
On November 17 2022, the Myanmar military released Bowman along with 6,000 prisoners to mark Myanmar National Day, she was subsequently deported.
She was made a 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) in the
2023 Birthday Honours
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.
References
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1966 births
Living people
People educated at Oxford High School, England
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Myanmar
British women ambassadors
21st-century British diplomats
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George