Victoria Jane Bowman (née Robinson; born 12 June 1966) is a British former diplomat who served as UK Ambassador to Myanmar between 2002 and 2006. She has been Director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) since July 2013. She was educated at The Dragon School, Oxford High School,

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and the

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. "Bowman " is the family name of her first husband. Bowman first served as a junior diplomat in what was then called Burma in 1990. On 24 August 2022, she was detained at her home in

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along with her second husband

Htein Lin Htein Lin (, ; born 31 December 1966) is a Burmese painter, performance artist, and activist.Curriculum Vitae

, a prominent artist and former political prisoner, and charged with immigration offences. In September 2022, she was sentenced to one year in prison for staying at an address different to the one she had registered under. On 17 November 2022, the Myanmar military released Bowman along with 6,000 prisoners to mark Myanmar National Day, she was subsequently deported. She was made a Companion of the

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(CMG) in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowman, Vicky 1966 births Living people People educated at Oxford High School, England Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Myanmar British women ambassadors 21st-century British diplomats Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George