Jeffrey DeLaurentis

Jeffrey DeLaurentis (born 1954) is an American diplomat who served as the Chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States, Havana from 2015 to 2017 and is currently serving as the acting U.S. ambassador for special political affairs.

Jeffrey DeLaurentis
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
Acting
In office
January 26, 2021  2023
PresidentJoe Biden
United States Ambassador to Cuba
Acting
In office
July 20, 2015  July 7, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPhilip W. Bonsal (1960)
Daniel M. Braddock (Acting)
Succeeded byScott Hamilton (Acting)
Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba
In office
August 2014  July 20, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJohn Caulfield
Succeeded byPosition abolished
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
In office
August 10, 2011  August 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDavid Dunn
Succeeded byDavid Pressman
Personal details
Born1954 (age 6970)
Alma materGeorgetown University
Columbia University

DeLaurentis has ambassadorial rank in the State Department because his prior position at the UN was a US Senate-confirmed ambassadorial position. Cuba and the United States formally restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, after having severed diplomatic ties in 1961 amid the Cold War.

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