P. Michael McKinley
Michael McKinley | |
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United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
Assumed office January 11, 2017 | |
President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Deputy | William Popp |
Preceded by | Liliana Ayalde |
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
In office January 6, 2015 – December 18, 2016 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Deputy | David Lindwall[1] |
Preceded by | James Cunningham |
Succeeded by | John R. Bass |
United States Ambassador to Colombia | |
In office September 14, 2010 – September 1, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | William Brownfield |
Succeeded by | Kevin Whitaker |
United States Ambassador to Peru | |
In office August 27, 2007 – July 14, 2010 | |
President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Curtis Struble |
Succeeded by | Rose Likins |
Personal details | |
Born |
Peter Michael McKinley January 1954 (age 64) Maracaibo, Venezuela |
Spouse(s) | Fatima Salces Arce |
Alma mater |
University of Southampton Linacre College, Oxford |
Peter Michael McKinley (born January 1954) is an American diplomat who is the current United States Ambassador to Brazil and is the former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Career
McKinley joined the Foreign Service in 1982. He was based in Bolivia from 1983 until 1985 and had three tours of duty in Washington from 1983 until 1985. He then served in the U.S. Embassy in London from 1990 until 1994 and as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d' Affaires at U.S. Embassies in Mozambique, Uganda, and Belgium from 1994 until 2001.[2]
From 2001 until 2004, McKinley served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.[2] He then was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels from 2004–07.
He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Colombia, based in Bogotá, Colombia after the Senate confirmed him to that post on August 5, 2010. McKinley served as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru from 2007 to 2010.
On December 9, 2014, the United States Senate confirmed McKinley to be the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in a voice vote. On September 8, 2016 the United States Senate confirmed McKinley to be the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil by a vote of 92–0.[3] He formally succeeded Liliana Ayalde on January 11, 2017.
Personal life
McKinley was born in Maracaibo (Venezuela) and grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom, and has a doctorate from Linacre College at Oxford University. His history of colonial Venezuela was published by Cambridge University Press as part of its Latin America series, and has also appeared in a Spanish edition.
He and his wife, the former Fatima Salces Arce, have three children.
See also
References
- ↑ "Deputy Chief of Mission". U.S. Department of State. June 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- 1 2 "US Embassy, Bogotá website". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ↑ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
External links
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Diplomatic posts | ||
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Preceded by Curtis Struble |
United States Ambassador to Peru 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Rose Likins |
Preceded by William Brownfield |
United States Ambassador to Colombia 2010–2013 |
Succeeded by Kevin Whitaker |
Preceded by James Cunningham |
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by John R. Bass |
Preceded by Liliana Ayalde |
United States Ambassador to Brazil 2017–present |
Incumbent |