Jeffrey DeLaurentis

Jeffrey DeLaurentis
United States Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Cuba
Acting
Assumed office
July 20, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Position reestablished
Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba
In office
August 2014 – July 20, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by John Caulfield
Succeeded by Position abolished
United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
In office
August 10, 2011 – August 2014
President Barack Obama
Preceded by David Dunn
Succeeded by David Pressman
Personal details
Alma mater Georgetown University
Columbia University

Jeffrey DeLaurentis is an American diplomat and current Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States, Havana.[1] DeLaurentis has ambassadorial rank in the State Department because his prior position at the UN was a US Senate-confirmed ambassadorial position.[2] Cuba and the United States formally restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015,[3] after having severed diplomatic ties in 1961 amid the Cold War.

Biography

DeLaurentis is a graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.[4] He also studied toward a doctorate in political science at Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[5]

Barack Obama officially nominated DeLaurentis as United States Ambassador to Cuba on September 27, 2016.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Watson, Katy (July 20, 2015). "Jeffery DeLaurentis: The US State Department's 'Man in Havana'". BBC News. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ojogho, Dennis O. (February 12, 2015). "7 Q's With Jeffrey DeLaurentis". Harvard Crimson.
  3. ↑ "Cuba and US formally restore diplomatic relations". BBC News. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ US State Department, Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, archived from the original on September 11, 2016
  5. ↑ "Jennifer Marina Lee to Be Wed in June". January 14, 1982. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ Toosi, Nahal (September 27, 2016). "Obama nominates ambassador to Cuba in long-shot move". politico.com. Politico. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Obama Appoints Veteran Diplomat as Cuba Ambassador". VOA. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on September 29, 2016.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
David Dunn		 United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
2011–2014 		Succeeded by
David Pressman
Preceded by
John Caulfield		 Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba
2014–2015 		Position abolished
Position reestablished1
Title last held by
Philip Bonsal		 United States Ambassador to Cuba
Acting
2015–present 		Incumbent
Notes and references
1. The U.S. and Cuba did not have bilateral diplomatic relations between 1961 and 2015. Philip Bonsal was DeLaurentis's predecessor in the position, leaving office on October 28, 1960.


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