Kevin K. Sullivan (born 1964) is an American diplomat and he was the
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua.
Education
Sullivan received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Georgetown University and a
Master of Arts from
Princeton University.
Career
Sullivan is a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service. He has been working for the
State Department
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for over thirty years. He has served at multiple capacities including being the
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in
Malawi,
and
Chargé d’Affaires
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at the U.S. Embassy in
Argentina,
Interim Permanent Representative for the US Mission to the Organization of American States and has worked in U.S. embassies in Chile, Gambia and Ethiopia.
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua
On July 11, 2018, President
Donald Trump nominated Sullivan to be the next
United States Ambassador to Nicaragua.
On October 11, 2018, the
Senate
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confirmed his nomination by
voice vote.
He presented his credentials to the President of
Nicaragua on November 14, 2018.
Personal life
Sullivan is married to Mariangeles Quinto and has a daughter and a son.
He speaks fluent
Spanish and basic
French
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.
See also
*
List of ambassadors of the United States
*
List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump
References
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Living people
1964 births
Ambassadors of the United States to Nicaragua
Georgetown University alumni
Princeton University alumni
21st-century American diplomats