Carlos Pascual (diplomat)
Carlos Pascual | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Mexico | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tony Garza |
| United States Ambassador to Ukraine | |
| In office 22 October 2000 – 1 May 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Steven Karl Pifer |
| Succeeded by | John E. Herbst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 Havana, Cuba |
| Political party | Democratic |
Carlos Pascual (born 1959 in Havana, Cuba) is an Cuban-American diplomat and the current U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.[1]
Education
Pascual earned a his B.A. from Stanford University in 1980 and an M.P.P. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1982.
Career
Pascual worked for USAID from 1983 to 1995 in Sudan, South Africa and Mozambique, and as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia. From July 1998 to January 2000, Pascual served as Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and from 1995 to 1998 as Director for the same region.from October 2000 until August 2003, as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.[2]
Pascual then worked as Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution.
Selected by President Barack Obama as ambassador to Mexico, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 7, 2009.[2] He presented his credentials to the Mexican government on 9 August 2009[2] and personally to President Felipe Calderón on 21 October 2009.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/586468.html
- ^ a b c http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/eBio_AMB.html U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual
- ^ http://www.cnnexpansion.com/actualidad/2009/10/21/eu-ve-con-seriedad-problema-de-narco El narco es un problema serio: Pascual Template:Es icon
External links
- Carlos Pascual profile at WhoRunsGov.Com
- US Embassy to Mexico