Cynthia Kierscht
Cynthia Kierscht | |
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| United States Ambassador to Mauritania | |
| Assumed office June 22, 2021 | |
| Nominated by | Donald Trump |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Michael Dodman |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Carleton College (BA) John F. Kennedy School of Government (MPP) |
Cynthia Kierscht is an official at the United States Department of State who serves as the United States Ambassador to Mauritania since June 22, 2021.[1]
Education[]
Kierscht is a 1983 graduate of Fargo North High School.[2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College and her Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.[3]
Career[]
Kierscht is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor. She served as the Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Canadian Affairs for the State Department. She currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Canada, Haiti and the Caribbean in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.[4] She has served in different capacities at United States Embassies; From 2013 to 2016, while in Bogotá, Colombia she served as the Cultural Affairs Officer and as the Deputy Management Counselor from 2011 to 2013. Other assignments include Rabat, Morocco, and Cairo, Egypt, as well as serving in the United States Consulate in Marseille, France, and at the United States Interests Section in Tripoli, Libya. Among her other assignments at the State Department, Kierscht worked in the Executive Secretariat and the Operations Center, in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and in the Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism.[3]
Ambassadorial nomination[]
On June 15, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Kiersch to be the next United States Ambassador to Mauritania. On June 18, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] She appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 2 and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate in the early morning hours of December 22, 2020.[6] She was sworn in on January 27, 2021.[1] She presented her credentials to President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani on June 22, 2021.[7]
Personal life[]
Kierscht speaks Arabic, French, and Spanish.[3]
See also[]
- List of ambassadors of the United States
References[]
- ^ a b "Ambassador Cynthia Kierscht". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Hall of Fame / 2008 Inductees". Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts" White House, June 15, 2020
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- ^ "Cynthia Kierscht". United States Department of State. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Eight Nominations Sent to the Senate – The White House". trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "PN2024 — Cynthia Kierscht — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Ambassador Cynthia Kierscht after Presentation of her Credentials" (Press release). U.S. Embassy in Mauritania. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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