Claire A. Pierangelo
Claire Pierangelo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| United States Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Succeeding | Michael Pelletier |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) National Defense University (MS) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
Claire A. Pierangelo is an American diplomat who is the nominee to serve as United States ambassador to Madagascar.
Education[]
Pierangelo earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Master of Science in National Security and Resource Strategy from the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy of the National Defense University, and a Master of Arts from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. She speaks Italian, Indonesian, Vietnamese and French.[1]
Career[]
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Pierangelo served as the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam (from 2011 to 2015)[2] in addition to other positions, including multiple assignments in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in the U.S. State Department and service as principal officer at the U.S. Consulate General, Surabaya, Indonesia. She also served as director of the office of performance evaluation in the Bureau of Human Resources. She was also an assistant professor at the National Defense University. She serves as the principal officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria.[1] She is currently the Consul General in Lagos, Nigeria.[3] During her time in Vietnam, she helped bring in US companies and aid in the eradication of Agent Orange in Vietnam, left over from the war. Along with aid in the deposing of unexploded ordinance along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
On June 24, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Pierangelo, to replace Michael Pelletier, and be the next United States Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros.[1][4] On September 30, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[5] On October 19, 2021, her nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[6] Her nomination is pending before the full United States Senate. Her nomination was confirmed via voice vote on the 2nd of March, 2022 [5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "President Biden Announces Seven Key Nominations". The White House. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Claire A. Pierangelo". Embassy of the United States, Hanoi, Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ "La politique en bref | NewsMada". NewsMADA. 2021-06-29. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "Biden Taps UC Santa Cruz Grad For Ambassadorship". Santa Cruz, CA Patch. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ a b "PN775 - Nomination of Claire A. Pierangelo for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "SFRC APPROVES 33 CRITICAL FOREIGN POLICY NOMINATIONS" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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- "Claire Pierangelo Archives". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- "Claire Pierangelo Archives". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
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