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The United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (officially the Special Envoy of the President and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) is the top U.S. diplomat supporting the Northern Ireland peace process. [1] The position is held by Joe Kennedy III, appointed by President Joe Biden on December 19, 2022.
President Obama sent Special Envoy for Middle East peace George Mitchell on an 8-day tour of the Middle East starting on January 26, 2009, in which Mitchell met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Israeli army chief of staff Lt. General Gabi Ashkenaz to discuss the peace process along with ...
Daniel Benjamin " Dan " Shapiro [1] (born August 1, 1969) is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29, 2011, and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. [2] [3] He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8, 2011. [4]
President Obama changed the timeline of withdrawing troops from Iraq within 16 months of his taking office as outlined in the election to 19 months after taking office. Obama appointed a Special Envoy for Middle East peace (George Mitchell) and a Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan (Richard C. Holbrooke). In 2013, Obama urged the leaders ...
As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the U.S. peace team and helped organize the 2000 Camp David Summit. He served in the National Security Council under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017.
The special envoy from November 2015 to January 2017 was the Dutch national Kito de Boer. John N. Clarke was appointed as special envoy on January 17, 2018. He previously held the position as deputy head of mission. Peace efforts and actions. Tony Blair periodically travelled to the Middle East following his appointment as Special Envoy.
Special Envoys of the Secretary-General (SESGs) active as of June 2022 include: Hans Grundberg (SWE), appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on 6 August 2021. Noeleen Heyzer (SGP), appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar on 25 October 2021. Geir Otto Pedersen (NOR), appointed Special Envoy of the ...
Amos J. Hochstein (born January 4, 1973) is an American businessman, diplomat, and former lobbyist. Currently the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Energy and Investment under U.S. President Joe Biden, he has worked in the U.S. Congress, has testified before congressional panels and has served in the Barack Obama administration under Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry.