Nationality Ugandan Occupation Engineer & Diplomat Home town Mityana Known for Diplomat | Citizenship Ugandan Years active 1979 — present Residence Kampala, Uganda | |
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Born 28 December 1953 (age 63) ( 1953-12-28 ) Namutamba, Uganda Title Senior Adviser
World Bank Alma mater Peoples' Friendship University of Russia | ||
Edith Grace Sempala (née Edith Bafakulera), is a Ugandan civil engineer, civil servant, diplomat and political activist, who has served as Director and Senior Adviser at the World Bank since 2008. She previously served as Uganda's representative to the Nordic countries, the United States, the African Union, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
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Background and education
She was born in 1953 in Namutamba, in modern-day Mityana District, in the Central Region of Uganda. She attended Namutamba Demonstration School for her elementary education. She attended Gayaza High School for her O-Level studies and went to Nabumali High School for her A-Level schooling. In 1973, she entered Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, then known as Lumumba University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, completing her studies in 1979.
Career
Following her studies in the then Soviet Union, she spent next seven years (1979 to 1986), in Sweden as a refugee. In 1986, following the change of government in Kampala, she was named Uganda's ambassador to the Nordic countries, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving in that capacity for 10 years. In 1986, she was named Uganda's ambassador to the United States, based in Washington DC. She served in that capacity for another 10 years. In 2006, she was named to become Uganda's ambassador to the African Union, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She concurrently served as Uganda's representative to Ethiopia and Djibouti. She served in this capacity from 2006 until 2008. In 2008, she joined the World Bank as Director and Senior Adviser, International Affairs, Office of the World Bank's Vice-President for External Affairs. In 2015, she was named by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to serve on the Advisory Group of Experts on Review of Peacebuilding Architecture.
Personal
Edith Grace Sempala is a married mother of three children.