Kelley Eckels Currie
Kelley Eckels Currie is an American lawyer and government official who currently serves as the Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[1] She served as the Acting Deputy Representative of the U.S. to the U.N., after it was vacated by Michele Sison.[2] Prior to assuming her current role, she was a senior fellow with the Project 2049 Institute, a think tank focused on security issues and public policy in Central-Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. She previously held senior public policy positions with the United States Department of State and several international and non-governmental human rights and humanitarian organizations. Currie also served as foreign operations appropriations associate and staff director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus for Representative John Porter.[3]
Kelley Eckels Currie | |
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Acting United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office February 21, 2018 – June 8, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Leader | Nikki Haley |
Preceded by | Michele J. Sison |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Cohen |
Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council | |
In office August 2017 – February 18, 2019 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Peter Currie |
Children | 2 children |
Education | University of Georgia Georgetown Law |
In March 2019, it was announced that Currie would be nominated by the Trump administration as the next Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and representative of the United States on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.[4] This nomination was submitted in June 2019 and approved by voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 19, 2019.[5] She joined the Office in January, 2020.
References
- "PN689 — Kelley Eckels Currie — Department of State". Congress.gov. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- United States Department of State. "Ambassador Kelley E. Currie". Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. June 21, 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the White House. - "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post". The White House. March 8, 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the White House. - "PN834 — Kelley Eckels Currie — Department of State". U.S. Congress. December 19, 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.