Michael Ratney
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Michael Ratney | |
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In office February 2017 – December 2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Succeeded by | Joel Rayburn |
United States Special Envoy for Syria | |
In office July 27, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Daniel Rubinstein |
Succeeded by | Joel Rayburn |
United States Consul General in Jerusalem | |
In office July 27, 2012 – July 2015 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Daniel Rubinstein |
Succeeded by | Donald Blome |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 (age 60–61) |
Spouse(s) | Karen Sasahara |
Alma mater | Boston University, George Washington University |
Michael Alan Ratney[1] (born 1961) is the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Israel.[2] He was most recently the Dean of the School of Language Studies at the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute. Prior to that, Ratney served as the State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Levant and Israel-Palestinian Affairs and, from 2015 to 2017, as the U.S. Special Envoy for Syria. From 2012 to 2015, Ratney was the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem. Until 2012, Ratney was Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Media and, before that, Spokesman for the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
Since joining the Foreign Service in 1990, Ratney served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar, as well as tours in Mexico City, Baghdad, Beirut, Casablanca, Bridgetown, and Washington, DC. Ratney is from Massachusetts. He earned a BS from Boston University, and an MA from the George Washington University.[3]
Raised in Massachusetts, Ratney is a 1979 graduate of Bedford High School.[4] He has a B.S. in Mass Communication from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University.[5]
References[]
- ^ "PN1794 — Foreign Service — 103rd Congress (1993-1994)". U.S. Congress. 4 October 1994. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Chargé d'Affaires Michael Ratney".
- ^ United States Department of State
- ^ Missile. Bedford High School. 1979. p. 48.
- ^ "State Dept Appoints Senior Diplomat Michael Ratney as New U.S. Special Envoy for Syria". Diplopundit. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Bedford High School (Massachusetts) alumni
- Boston University College of Communication alumni
- Elliott School of International Affairs alumni
- United States Foreign Service personnel
- United States Special Envoys
- American consuls
- American diplomat stubs