{"id":71066,"date":"2019-12-24T20:20:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71066"},"modified":"2019-12-24T20:20:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:20:54","slug":"u-s-names-mary-beth-leonard-as-united-states-ambassador-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/u-s-names-mary-beth-leonard-as-united-states-ambassador-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S Names\u00a0Mary Beth Leonard As United States Ambassador to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m919\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump of the United States of America has approved the posting of Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard as the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Leonard is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor.\u00a0 From 2016-2019, Ambassador Leonard was the Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, serving concurrently as U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).<\/p>\n<p>She was previously the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mali from 2011-2014.\u00a0 Her service in Mali was recognized with the Department\u2019s Diplomacy for Human Rights Award in 2013, an honor that annually recognizes a U.S. Chief of Mission who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to defending human rights and advancing democratic principles in his or her host country.<\/p>\n<p>She served as the State Department\u2019s Senior Faculty Advisor at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, following a year as the Department\u2019s Diplomat in Residence for New England, based at Tufts University.\u00a0 Ambassador Leonard was the Director for West African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 2009-2011, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Bamako, Mali from 2006-2009.<\/p>\n<p>After joining the State Department in 1988, Ambassador Leonard served overseas as an economic and consular officer in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon; Windhoek, Namibia; and Lom\u00e9, Togo.\u00a0 She also worked in the Department\u2019s Operations Center and in its Office of Central African Affairs.\u00a0 She served as political and economic officer in Cape Town, South Africa and thereafter as Deputy Chief of Mission in Paramaribo, Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Leonard, a native of Massachusetts, graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Boston University, with a major in economics and a minor in French.\u00a0 In 1988, she earned a master\u2019s degree in international relations, with an emphasis on African studies, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.\u00a0 In 2004, she received a Master of Security and Strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, with distinction.\u00a0 She speaks French, Spanish, Afrikaans, and Dutch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; President Donald Trump of the United States of America has approved the posting of Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard as the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria. 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