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Thomas A. Shannon Jr.

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Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
22nd Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
February 12, 2016 – June 4, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byWendy Sherman
Succeeded byStephen D. Mull (acting)
Acting
July 28, 2011 – September 21, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byWilliam J. Burns
Succeeded byWendy Sherman
United States Deputy Secretary of State
Acting
In office
February 1, 2017 – May 24, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byAntony Blinken
Succeeded byJohn J. Sullivan
United States Secretary of State
Ad interim
In office
January 20, 2017 – February 1, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohn Kerry
Succeeded byRex Tillerson
31st Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
December 24, 2013 – February 12, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byHeather Higginbottom
Succeeded byKristie Kenney
United States Ambassador to Brazil
In office
February 4, 2010 – September 6, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byClifford M. Sobel
Succeeded byLiliana Ayalde
30th Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
In office
October 17, 2005 – November 10, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRoger Noriega
Succeeded byArturo Valenzuela
Personal details
Born
Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr.

1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationCollege of William and Mary (BA)
University College, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)

Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. (born 1958) is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2016 to 2018. In early 2017, Shannon served as acting United States Secretary of State until President Donald Trump's nominee, Rex Tillerson, was confirmed. He was also acting Deputy Secretary of State of the United States until the Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee, John J. Sullivan.

Since 1984, Shannon has worked in the United States Foreign Service, and he has served in embassies around the world. From 2005 to 2009, he was Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and from 2010 to 2013 he was United States Ambassador to Brazil. From 2013 to 2016, he was Counselor of the United States Department of State, and was also acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in 2011. On February 2, 2016, the Senate confirmed Shannon as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.[2] Just under two years later, the Associated Press reported that Shannon would be stepping down from the post pending the naming of a successor.[3]

After retirement, Shannon joined law firm Arnold & Porter as Senior International Policy Advisor.

Shannon is currently the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he is also a Co-Director of the Program in History and the Practice of Diplomacy.[4][5]

Shannon currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Inter-American Dialogue's Board of Directors and is on the Board of Directors for the Global Americans think tank.[6]

  1. ^ "Thomas Alfred Shannon Jr. (1958–)". Office of the Historian. December 24, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Shannon, Thomas A., Jr". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Top diplomat stepping down, dealing blow to State Dept". Newsday. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Thomas Shannon". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. July 26, 2019. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  5. ^ "People | History and the Practice of Diplomacy". hpd.princeton.edu. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Board of Directors". Global Americans. July 28, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

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