Angela King (United Nations)
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, appointed Ms. Angela E.V. King, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. The appointment, at the level of Assistant Secretary-General, took effect on 1 March 1997. Ms. King chairs the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender and Equality and is supported by the Division for the Advancement of Women.

On February 1, 1996. Angela E. V. King was named Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) of the Department for Economic and Social Affairs, which is responsible for the follow-up to the Beijing Conference and for managing the central United Nations program for the advancement of women. She brought to this post her wide experience in the economic, social and political work of the United Nations, in administration and in advancement of women.

Ms. King joined the United Nations Secretariat in 1966 from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica, where she was one of the first two women foreign service officers posted after Jamaica joined the United Nations. Ms. King has a BA (Hons) in History from the University College of the West Indies and a MA in Educational Sociology and Administration from London University, as well as further graduate studies in educational sociology at New York University. In 1997 she was made a Commander of the Order of Distinction of Jamaica.