Roger Noriega
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| Roger Noriega | |
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| Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
| In office July 31, 2003 – October 6, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Otto Reich |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. |
Roger Francisco Noriega (born 1959, Wichita, Kansas) is currently a visiting fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. He has previously served as a U.S. diplomat and policy maker, specializing in Western Hemisphere Affairs.
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[edit] Background
Originally from Wichita, Kansas, he attended Washburn University in Topeka where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981.
[edit] Career
Noriega served as the Senior Policy Advisor and Alternate U.S. Representative at the U.S. Mission to the OAS from 1990 through 1993, and as Senior Advisor for Public Information at the OAS from 1993 to 1994.
From 1994 to 1997, Noriega returned to Capitol Hill as a senior staff member New York Congressman Benjamin Gilman for the House Committee on International Relations. Subsequently, he became a senior staff member of Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In 1996, Noriega co-authored the Helms-Burton law which tightened the 40-year-old embargo on Cuba.
Other tours of duty in the Department of State have been with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bureaus for Inter-American Affairs and Public Affairs, where he was a Program Officer from 1987 through 1990 and a Senior Writer/Editor from 1986 until 1987. Prior to that, he served as Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant for Congressman Bob Whittaker (R-Kan.), U.S. House of Representatives, from 1983 until 1986. President Bush also appointed Noriega to the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation.
Noriega served as U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS)[1] from 2001 to 2003.
As Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs under President George W. Bush,[2] Ambassador Noriega was responsible for managing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in the region.
[edit] References
- ^ David Gonzales (5 September 2002). "Western Hemisphere's States Support Unblocking of Aid to Haiti". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/05/world/western-hemisphere-s-states-support-unblocking-of-aid-to-haiti.html.
- ^ Tom Barry (5 January 2007). "Hawk for Hire". Counterpunch. http://www.counterpunch.org/barry01052007.html. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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| Preceded by Otto Reich |
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs July 31, 2003 – October 6, 2005 |
Succeeded by Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. |
