Ian C. Kelly
Ian Crawford Kelly (born 1953) is an American retired Foreign Service Officer and Ambassador (ret.) currently serving as the Ambassador in Residence at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is an American former statesman and senior foreign service officer who last served as the United States Ambassador to Georgia, from 2015 to 2018. He previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from 2010 to 2013. Prior to his ambassadorship, Kelly held a variety of high-level roles at the U.S. State Department, including serving as the department spokesman under Secretary Hillary Clinton.
Ian Kelly | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to Georgia | |
| In office September 17, 2015 – March 24, 2018 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Nicholas Berliner Elizabeth Rood |
| Preceded by | Richard Norland |
| Succeeded by | Kelly Degnan |
| United States Ambassador to the OSCE | |
| In office March 11, 2010 – September 9, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Julie Finley |
| Succeeded by | Dan Baer |
| Spokesperson for the United States Department of State | |
| In office May 11, 2009 – March 11, 2010 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Sean McCormack |
| Succeeded by | Philip J. Crowley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. Olaf College (BA) Northwestern University (MA) Columbia University (PhD) |
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