Jeffrey DeLaurentis

Jeffrey DeLaurentis
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United States Ambassador to Cuba Acting
Incumbent
Assumed office July 20, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position reestablished
Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba
In office August 2014 – July 20, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	John Caulfield
Succeeded by	Position abolished
United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs
In office August 10, 2011 – August 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David Dunn
Succeeded by	David Pressman
Personal details
Alma mater	Georgetown University Columbia University

Jeffrey DeLaurentis is an American diplomat and current chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the United States, Havana. 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 US formally restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, after having severed diplomatic ties in 1961 amid the Cold War and the actions of Fidel Castro.

DeLaurentis is a graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He also studied toward a doctorate in political science at Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

See also

• United States–Cuban Thaw

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by David Dunn	United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs 2011–2014	Succeeded by David Pressman
Preceded by John Caulfield	Chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba 2014–2015	Position abolished
Position reestablished1 Title last held by Philip Bonsal	United States Ambassador to Cuba Acting 2015–present	Incumbent
Notes and references
1. The U.S. and Cuba did not have bilateral diplomatic relations between 1961 and 2015. Philip Bonsal was DeLaurentis's predecessor in the position, leaving office on October 28, 1960.