Winnie Kiap

Her Excellency
Winnie Kiap
Kiap in 2013
Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
August 2011 – August 2022
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Preceded byJean Kekedo
Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus
In office
2012 – August 2022[1]
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Papua New Guinea Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
In office
August 2011 – August 2022
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Papua New Guinea Ambassador to the State of Israel
In office
August 2011 – August 2022
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa
In office
2012 – August 2022
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Papua New Guinea Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe
In office
August 2011 – August 2022
Prime MinisterMichael Somare
Peter O'Neill
James Marape
Personal details
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Baluan Island, Manus
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Alma materUniversity of Queensland

Winnie Anna Kiap CBE (born 1948) is a Papua New Guinean former diplomat who served as the Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to the United Kingdom with accreditation to Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, South Africa, and Zimbabwe from 2011 to 2022. In 2022, she was a nominated as a candidate for Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.[2]

In 2018, she was the recipient of the Diplomat of the Year Award for outstanding contribution to the Commonwealth.[3]

  1. ^ "New heads of diplomatic missions announced". Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG ATTITUDE. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Race for head of state". postcourier.com.pg. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ "PNG High Commissioner named diplomat of the year - Post Courier". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Retrieved 7 May 2018.