Francisco O. Mora

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Francisco O. Mora
Francisco Mora, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.jpg
United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingCarlos Trujillo
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for the Western Hemisphere
In office
2009–2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
University of Miami (MA, PhD)

Francisco O. Mora is an American academic who is Joe Biden's nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States.

Education[]

Mora earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs at the George Washington University. He received his Master of Arts. in Inter-American Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy in International Affairs from the University of Miami.[1] He also studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 1984 and participated in a program on Central American studies in 1988 in Costa Rica.[2]

Career[]

Mora served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for the Western Hemisphere from 2009 to 2013.[3][2] He held several teaching positions, including Professor of National Security Strategy and Latin American Studies at the National War College at the National Defense University from 2004 to 2009, and associate professor and chair in the department of international studies at Rhodes College from 2000 to 2004.[3] He previously served as director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at FIU’s Green School of International and Public Affairs. He is a professor of politics and international relations, and senior researcher, at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University.[1] He is the author of five books, including Neighborly Adversaries: U.S.-Latin American Relations (2015); Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies (2008) and Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy (2003);[3] and numerous articles and other publications.

Ambassadorship nomination[]

On July 29, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Mora to be the next United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States.[1][4] On August 2, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] His nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Awards and recognition[]

Mora is a recipient of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service, Department of Defense.[1]

Personal life[]

Mora is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks Portuguese.[1]


References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "President Biden Announces Six Key Nominations" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "Biden elige al académico Francisco O. Mora como embajador ante la OEA". elsiglodedurango.com.mx (in Spanish). July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Frank O. Mora". Cuban Research Institute. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Mazzei, Patricia (July 29, 2021). "Biden plans to nominate a Cuban American Democrat to be the U.S. ambassador to O.A.S." The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 2, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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