Yael Lempert
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Yael Lempert is an American diplomat who is the Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires of the United States to the United Kingdom. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the class of Minister-Counselor, Yair previously served as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Egypt and North Africa.[1][2][3]
Early life
Lampert earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.[2] The daughter of ophthalmologist Philip Lempert and Lesley Lempert who is on the board of the New York Civil Liberties Union, she married Italian diplomat Andrea Catalano di Melilli in 2008.[4]
Career
She was the deputy chief of mission in 2020.[5] From June 1, 2017, she was acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Egypt and North Africa and Senior Director for the Levant, Israel and Egypt at the National Security Council from 2014 to 2017.[2]
As a member of the NSC during Obama’s last two years as President, she was charged with “(heading) negotiations between the Netanyahu government and Obama administration over the military aid package, in addition to her work on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. The $38-billion deal, over 10 years, was the biggest the United States ever signed with any country.”[6]
References
- ^ "Yael Lempert Archives". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b c "Yael Lempert ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EGYPT AND THE MAGHREB BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS". Biographies. US Department of State. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Deputy Chief of Mission Yael Lempert". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2021-03-18 suggested (help) - ^ "Yael Lempert, Andrea Catalano". The New York Times. November 7, 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "US officials refuse meeting with Harry Dunn's family due to 'lawsuit'". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Ravid, Barak; Tibon, Amir (March 24, 2017). "Why Did Trump Keep Obama's Senior Israel Adviser? Depends Who You're Asking". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 March 2021.