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Angela Kane was born on 29 September, 1948 in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Allied-occupied Germany, is a German diplomat (born 1948). Discover Angela Kane's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 29 September 1948
Birthday 29 September
Birthplace Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Allied-occupied Germany
Nationality Germany

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1948

Angela Kane (born September 29, 1948) is a German diplomat and was formerly the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management in the United Nations.

Kane was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany and attended the University of Munich.

She holds degrees from Bryn Mawr College and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.

1977

Before she joined the UN Secretariat in 1977, Kane worked for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and in the private sector in Europe.

1995

From 1995 to 1999, Kane held a managerial position in the Department of Public Information, where she was responsible for United Nations publications and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

In this capacity, she launched the UN website in all official UN languages and administered the putting in place of the online documentation system through the UN website.

She held a number of senior positions at the United Nations, including Principal Officer for Political Affairs in the Office of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and as political adviser to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process to end the conflict in El Salvador.

Additionally, she has worked in several UN missions including as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and had postings in Jakarta and Bangkok.

She served as Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, where she concentrated on the implementation of reform initiatives, integrated global management, the use of information technology tools and the re-positioning of the department as a proactive and efficient service provider.

She served twice in the Department of Political Affairs, as Assistant Secretary-General and previously as Director, focusing on preventing and resolving conflicts.

In the latter capacity, she was in charge of the divisions dealing with the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, as well as decolonization, and the division for Palestinian rights.

As Assistant Secretary-General, she supported several special political missions in Iraq, Nepal and the Middle East, and established the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, which was unprecedented among UN or other international efforts to promote accountability and strengthen the rule of law.

2008

Between May 2008 and 2012, she was Under-Secretary-General for Management, responsible for a $11 billion annual budget, plus $2 billion for the renovation of the New York campus, overseeing the management of over 50,000 staff worldwide.

2012

She was named as new UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 8 March 2012, replacing Sergio de Queiroz Duarte.

2013

She was responsible for negotiating and conducting the chemical weapons investigation in Syria in 2013 which led to Syria joining the Chemical Weapons Convention and the dismantlement of its declared chemical weapons stocks.

2015

and the Vice President of the International Institute for Peace in Vienna In 2015, she received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grosses Verdienstkreuz).

2016

As of 2016, Kane teaches at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs on disarmament issues.

In 2016 she also received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star High Award from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria.

Also in 2016, Kane received the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal from then Foreign Minister Steinmeier.

In April 2016, Kane was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Director-General Irina Bokova of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the governing council of the United Nations University.

2019

She teaches at Tsinghua University/Schwarzman Scholars as of 2019.

She is a Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

In 2019, she was appointed Chair of the UNU Council.

In August 2021, Kane assumed the position of Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), supporting NTI's work on global threat reduction.

In addition, Kane holds various positions, including the following:

Angela Kane was married to the Dutch diplomat Herman Knippenberg, who was attached to the Dutch embassy in Bangkok in the mid-seventies at the time when the French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was on his killing spree in Thailand and Nepal.

The couple were the first to investigate Sobhraj's crimes, eventually building up a substantial body of knowledge which was handed over to Interpol and which played a critical role in the subsequent arrest and conviction of Sobhraj and his partner Marie-Andrée Leclerc.

Kane was portrayed by the actress Ellie Bamber in the BBC serial on Sobhraj titled The Serpent which was broadcast in January 2021.

Kane has stated that she was displeased by the diminution of her role in cracking the case, as portrayed in the series.