Birthday Honours 2022
Uzoamaka Linda Iwobi CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
“For services to Racial Equality and to Championing Diversity and Inclusion.”
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
“For services to Community Relations and to the community in South Wales.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
For services to Racial Equality and to Championing Diversity and Inclusion.
View London Gazette notice ↗Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Community Relations and to the community in South Wales.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
02 June 2022
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
C.B.E.
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor Uzoamaka Linda IWOBI O.B.E.
For services to Racial Equality and to Championing Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63714 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2008- Region
- Swansea
“For services to Community Relations and to the community in South Wales.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2022- Region
- Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Racial Equality and to Championing Diversity and Inclusion.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 95 times in the Birthday Honours List 2022 — about 6% of the list.
In their area
5 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from West Glamorgan.
How widely is this recognised?
1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,958 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. See the full list →
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London, Greater London
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Claire Alleguen
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Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Diversity and Inclusion.”
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
London Gazette (official record), issue 63714, notice 4084062. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2022).
Published 1 June 2022.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2008
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2008).
Published 15 June 2008.
Location (Swansea) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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