Lucy Tamlyn

Lucy Tamlyn
United States Ambassador to Benin
Assumed office
October 23, 2015
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded by Michael A. Raynor
Personal details
Born 1955 (age 62–63)
Alma mater St. John’s College
Columbia University

Lucy Tamlyn (born 1955) is a diplomat and United States Ambassador to Benin. She was nominated by President Obama on March 24, 2015 and confirmed by the Senate October 8, 2015. Her term began October 23, 2015 and she presented her credentials on November 8, 2015.[1]

Early life and education

Tamlyn is from New York City. Her father, Thomas Tamlyn, was a cardiologist who served in 1969 on the SS Hope, a ship that brought medical support to underserved areas. Her mother, Ann Donaldson Tamlyn,[2] later ran unsuccessfully for Congress from Maryland.

Tamlyn was an undergraduate at St. John’s College Annapolis, Maryland. She graduated in 1978. Tamlyn then completed her M.A. at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs in 1980.[3]

Career

Tamlyn joined the Foreign Service in 1982. In her early career she held assignments in Austria, Colombia, and Mozambique. She served as a political officer in Brazil and represented the U.S. to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome.[4] From 2005 to 2008 Tamlyn served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in N’Djamena, Chad. She then became Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader in Erbil, Iraq from 2008 to 2009. She served in Lisbon, Portugal,as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy.[5]

Just prior to her nomination as Ambassador to Benin, Tamlyn was Director of the Office of the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan.[6] In July 2018, President Donald Trump nominated her to be the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic.[7]

Personal life

Tamlyn is married to author Jorge M. Serpa of Portugal, and they have two children. In addition to English, she speaks French and Portuguese.

See also

References

  1. ↑ PRÉSENTATION DE LETTRES DE CRÉANCES : LE NOUVEL AMBASSADEUR DES ETATS-UNIS ACCRÉDITÉ La Nation Benin, November 9, 2015
  2. ↑ Thomas T. Tamlyn M.D. The New York Times, May 1, 2009
  3. ↑ U.S. Ambassador to Benin: Who Is Lucy Tamlyn? AllGov, accessed April 10, 2016
  4. ↑ Statement of Record Lucy Tamlyn Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Benin U.S. Senate, July 30, 2015
  5. ↑ President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts the White House, March 24, 2015
  6. ↑ Sudan, Iran, the Obama Administration, and Khartoum’s political vision Sudan Tribune, October 16, 2014
  7. ↑ "PN2350 — Lucy Tamlyn — Department of State". U.S. Congress. July 31, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Michael A. Raynor		 United States Ambassador to Benin
2015–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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