Jeffrey DeLaurentis (born 1954) is an American diplomat who served as the

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of the

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from 2015 to 2017 and is currently serving as the acting U.S. ambassador for special political affairs. DeLaurentis has ambassadorial rank in the State Department because his prior position at the UN was a

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-confirmed ambassadorial position. Cuba and the United States formally restored

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on July 20, 2015, after having severed diplomatic ties in 1961 amid the Cold War.

Early life and education

DeLaurentis is a graduate of the

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and the

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. He also studied toward a doctorate in

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at Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Career

DeLaurentis began his diplomatic career as a consular officer in 1991, posted to Havana, Cuba. Later he returned to Cuba in 1999 serving as the political-economic section chief until 2002. He also served as Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota. Stateside, DeLaurentis served as executive assistant to the

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, Special Assistant to the

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, and Director of Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council. His last diplomatic assignment was at the

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as a senior diplomatic fellow with the Belfer Center Future of Diplomacy Project. Barack Obama officially nominated DeLaurentis as

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on September 27, 2016. DeLaurentis finished his 3-year cycle on July 7, 2017, and was replaced by Scott Hamilton.

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Early life and education

Career

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