Peter Burleigh
Peter Burleigh | |
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| United States Ambassador to India | |
Acting | |
| In office July 1, 2011 – April 24, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tim Roemer |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Jo Powell |
| In office January 15, 2009 – August 11, 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Mulford |
| Succeeded by | Tim Roemer |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting | |
| In office August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bill Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Richard Holbrooke |
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
| In office January 19, 1996 – August 1, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | |
| Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
| In office November 22, 1991 – November 23, 1992 | |
| President | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Morris D. Busby |
| Succeeded by | Thomas E. McNamara (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) |
Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat, who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy.
Biography[]
Burleigh was born March 7, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
Albert Burleigh graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1963.[1] He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.[2] In addition to that language, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.[3]
He served as United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka 1995–97, serving concurrently as Ambassador to the Maldives.[4] In 1998–99 he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999 President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of United States Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.[4] In 2009 and again in 2011 he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of Timothy Roemer and of Nancy Jo Powell as ambassador.[5][6][7][8]
References[]
- ^ "Nomination of Albert Peter Burleigh for the Rank of Ambassador While Serving as Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism". George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "Peter Burleigh". NNDB.
- ^ "Ambassador Peter Burleigh". Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Albert Peter Burleigh". U. S. Department of State. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "New US Mission Head To New Delhi Takes Charge". IndiaServer.com. April 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "Obama appoints gay man interim ambassador to India". GayPolitics.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES A. PETER BURLEIGH". U.S. Embassy, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Burleigh is U.S. Chargé d'Affaires". The Hindu. July 2, 2011.
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- 1942 births
- Ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka
- Ambassadors of the United States to the Maldives
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles
- Permanent Representatives of the United States to the United Nations
- University of Miami faculty
- United States Foreign Service personnel