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The position was vacant from January 2017 through the end of June 2019, with Reece Smyth serving as the chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ireland. [4] The prior ambassador, Kevin O'Malley, was nominated by President Barack Obama and served from October 2014 until the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Smith the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, [16] continuing a legacy of diplomacy begun by her father, who was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [17] As ambassador, Smith played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace ...
Anne Anderson (born July 1952) is a former Irish diplomat. She was the 17th Ambassador of Ireland to the United States. [1] She has also been Ambassador of Ireland to the United Nations, the European Union, France, and Monaco, the first woman to hold each of these positions.
Claire D. Cronin (born January 29, 1960) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 2022 to 2025. She previously served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 11th Plymouth district from 2013 to 2022. [1]
This is a list of Ambassadors born in or representing Ireland.. An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a highest ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to state, or to an international organization as the representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment
Richard C. Kerens – Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1909–1913; Michael Kenna – First Ward Alderman in Chicago 1897–1923; United States President John F. Kennedy laying a wreath at the Commodore John Barry Memorial in Wexford, Ireland in 1963. Caroline Kennedy – US Ambassador; Edward M. Kennedy – longtime US Senator
Anti-Defamation League President Abraham Foxman issued a press release upon her death: "She will be fondly remembered for her unwavering and valiant support of the State of Israel and her unequivocal opposition to anti-Semitism, especially during her tenure at the United Nations.
In August 2014, Nason was appointed Ireland's Ambassador to France and Monaco. [2] Alongside her Swedish counterpart, she started an informal network of women ambassadors and journalists in Paris. [6] In August 2017, Nason was appointed as Ireland's permanent representative to the UN in New York by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, replacing David ...