Coleen A. Hoey is an American diplomat who served as the

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from August 2019. She is expected to be replaced by Laura Farnsworth Dogu.

Education

Hoey has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from

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and a Master’s Degree in Government from

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. She also has a Master’s Degree in National Security and Resource Management from the

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Political career

In 2019, Hoey met with

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. She seeks to strengthen Honduras–United States relations by fighting

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References

Living people 21st-century American diplomats American women ambassadors Ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States to Honduras Year of birth missing (living people) Santa Clara University alumni Georgetown University alumni Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni 21st-century American women {{US-diplomat-stub