Sharon Day

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Sharon Day
Sharon Day official photo.jpg
United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
In office
September 25, 2017 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byS. Fitzgerald Haney
Succeeded byGloria Berbena (acting)
Personal details
Born1950/1951 (age 70–71)
Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Sharon Day is the former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica. She previously served as the co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.[1][2][3] She resigned on January 20, 2021.

Career[]

Day owned an insurance company in Indianapolis with her husband. They sold the company, which had 156 employees, in the early 1990s and retired to South Florida.[4]

Day has served on different Republican Party committees on the local, state, and national level since the 1990s. Day became a precinct committeeman in 1994, state Republican committeeman for Broward County in 1996, national committeewoman representing Florida in 2004, and national party secretary in 2009. She lost a bid for national party chair in 2010 when Jim Greer resigned.[4] She has served as national party co-chair since 2011 and has been re-elected into 2015.[1]

Personal life[]

Day resided in the Galt Mile neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[4] She has been a lifelong Republican.[4] She was married to Larry Day, whom she built the insurance company with. They have two children.[5] Larry died in 2012.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Alanez, Tonya (June 14, 2017). "Trump taps Broward GOP leader for Costa Rica ambassadorship". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Daugherty, Alex; Ordoñez, Franco (June 14, 2017). "Trump to nominate South Florida's Sharon Day as Costa Rica ambassador". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "PN604 — Sharon Day — Department of State". U.S. Congress. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Man, Anthony (August 24, 2012). "South Florida's Sharon Day, her party's No. 2, is 'Mrs. Republican'". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Lyons, David. "Sharon Day, U.S. envoy to Costa Rica, lists L'Hermitage penthouse in Fort Lauderdale for $5.225 million". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Man, Anthony. "South Florida Republican leader is Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Costa Rica". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

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Preceded by United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
2017–2021 		Succeeded by
Gloria Berbena
Chargé d’Affaires


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