Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
Thomas Shannon | |
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| United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
| Assumed office December 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Clifford Sobel |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs | |
| In office 17 October 2005 – 5 November 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush, Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Roger Noriega |
| Succeeded by | Arturo Valenzuela |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary University of Oxford |
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. (born 1958) is a Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service and the current U.S. ambassador to Brazil. President Barack Obama nominated him to the post, and he was confirmed by the Senate on December 24, 2009. Previously he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, leading the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department of State from 2005 through 2009.[1]
Career
Shannon holds an M.Phil (1982) and D.Phil. (1982), both in politics, from Oxford University, and a B.A. with high honors in government and philosophy from the College of William & Mary (1980).[1]
During his career as a Foreign Service Officer he has served as Special Assistant to the Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Brasília, Brazil from 1989 to 1992; as Country Officer for Cameroon, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe from 1987 to 1989; and as the Consular/Political Rotational Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 1984 to 1986.[1]
Shannon served as Director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council from 1999 to 2000; as Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela from 1996 to 1999; and as Regional Labor Attaché at the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1992 to 1996.[1]
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Shannon served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council from 2003 to 2005. From 2002 to 2003, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State, where he was Director of Andean Affairs from 2001 to 2002. He was U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) from 2000 to 2001.[1]
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