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British diplomat Valerie Amos to be new UN aid chief

UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday made British envoy to Australia Valerie Amos his new aid chief, replacing fellow Briton John Holmes, who coordinated relief efforts after Haiti's earthquake in January.

Baroness Amos, Britain's first black cabinet minister, became High Commissioner (ambassador) to Australia after holding a variety of government posts. She served under former prime minister Tony Blair from 2003-2007.

As the world body's new head of the high-profile Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), she will manage fund-raising and delivery of emergency food and supplies to disaster-stricken areas.

The departure of Holmes, a former British ambassador to France, had been public knowledge for months. He will join England's Ditchley Foundation in September as its director, the conference center near Oxford announced in February.

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