Armand Cucciniello

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Armand Cucciniello III (born December 7, 1979) is a former American diplomat,[1] news reporter and military advisor.[2]

Education[]

Cucciniello is a graduate of Boston University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002. He later earned an M.A. from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.[2]

Career[]

In 2006 Cucciniello moved to Baghdad, Iraq to work for Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I). Shortly after, he was hired by the U.S. Department of State to work in the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. embassy, located in the former Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري al-Qaṣr al-Ǧumhūriy) of Saddam Hussein.[2] As such Cucciniello was made a non-career U.S. diplomat.[2] Cucciniello was a spokesperson for the U.S. embassy in Baghdad[3] from 2006 until 2010.

He subsequently served in Islamabad, Pakistan, and later worked for the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea in South Korea.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Kowarski, Ilana (February 4, 2021). "How to Become a U.S. Diplomat". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 15, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Rothman, Evan. "Our Man in Iraq". New Jersey Monthly. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Iraqi Lawmaker Faces Prosecution For Visiting Israel, Advocating Peace". The Huffington Post. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ^ "Reaction to Al-Maliki". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
Retrieved from ""