Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of Belize Presents Credentials

 

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service)

The new Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations, Lois Michele Young, today presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Until her appointment, Ms. Young chaired the Board of Directors of the Social Security Chamber from 2008, having previously chaired the Belize Social Security Appeals Tribunal between 1989 and 2002.

Self-employed in private practice as an attorney-at-law and Head of Chambers at Lois Young Barrow and Co. since 1976, Ms. Young has been a member of the Bar Association of Belize since 1976.  From 1975 to 1976 she was a Public Prosecutor in the Office of Public Prosecutions, a Crown Counsel in the Ministry of the Attorney General, as well as a magistrate.

Ms. Young holds a bachelor’s degree in law from King’s College, University of London.

Born in Belize City on 19 January 1951, she is single.

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