Elizabeth Moore Aubin

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Elizabeth Moore Aubin
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United States Ambassador to Algeria
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingGautam Rana
Chargé d'Affaires
Personal details
EducationBarnard College (BA)

Elizabeth Moore Aubin is an American diplomat and State Department official who is the designate to serve as the United States Ambassador to Algeria. She has been the acting principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for Regional Multilateral Affairs since January 20, 2021.[1]

Early life and education[]

Aubin earned her Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1987 and did graduate work at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University.[2][3]

Career[]

Aubin, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, is the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State. Other senior leadership roles held by Aubin during her three decades of service are Executive Director of the Joint Executive Office of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in 2017; from 2014 to 2016 she was the executive director of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algiers, Algeria.[2] Additional roles in her career include when she also served as the management counselor for embassy in Tel Aviv; international resource management officer for USNATO in Brussels; management officer at the Consulate General in Toronto; and as a general services officer at the Consulate General in Hong Kong. Her two entry-level tours were at the embassy in Rome and at the Consulate General in Curaçao.[1]

On April 15, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Aubin to be the next United States Ambassador to Algeria. On April 19, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[4] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported her favorably in June 2021. On December 18, 2021, the United States Senate confirmed her by voice vote.


References[]

  1. ^ a b "Elizabeth Moore Aubin". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-04-16. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Barnard Alumnae Nominated to White House Roles". Barnard College. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, April 19, 2021
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