15 Facts About Angela Kane

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

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

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

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

Angela Kane 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.

Angela Kane 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.

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

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

Angela Kane 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.

Since 2019, Angela Kane has been teaching Leading in International Organizations at Tsinghua University Schwarzman College as part of the Schwarzman Scholars program.

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

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

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.

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

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