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Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born November 22, 1952) [1] [2] is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017.
She was born Linda Belle Lee to the prominent Lee family of Virginia. Her father was Louisville banker William Paca Lee and her mother Lily Lee (née Hill). Friends introduced her to Edward Russell Thomas, a son of Union Army general Samuel Thomas and owner of the New York Morning Telegraph (and who later became the first American to kill someone in a car accident) [citation needed].
Linda Thomas-Greenfield served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs from 2013 to 2017. Among African Americans who served as Executive Directors are: Joyce Barr (East Asia and Pacific Bureau), Suneta Halliburton (Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs ...
On Monday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a statement about Haiti’s escalating crisis. Her statements as president of the U.N. Security Council came ...
Referring to reports of squalid conditions in south and central Gaza, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said: "These catastrophic conditions were predicted months ago, and yet ...
During her visit to Haiti, Thomas-Greenfield will show support for the mission and U.N. operations, urge Haiti's interim leaders to make progress toward a democratic transition, including through ...
Thomas-Greenfield added that the U.S. has had direct conversations with countries who have been identified as possibly fueling the war, saying that Washington has constant engagement with those ...
Meghan and Harry with the US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the 2021 Global Citizen live event. In April 2021, the couple were announced as campaign chairs for Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, an event organized by Global Citizen to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations. [191]