Samantha Power
Samantha Power (born September 21, 1970) is an Irish-born American academic and diplomat. Power was the 19th Administrator to the United States Agency for International Development from April 2021 until January 2025 under the Joe Biden administration. She was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 until 2017 under the Barack Obama administration.
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| 19th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development | |
| In office May 3, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Mark Green |
| Succeeded by | Marco Rubio (acting) |
| 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office August 5, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Rosemary DiCarlo Michele J. Sison |
| Preceded by | Susan Rice |
| Succeeded by | Nikki Haley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samantha Jane Power 21 September 1970 (aged 55) London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Power is listed as the 63rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[1]
Power was born in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to Pittsburgh when she was nine. She graduated from Yale University in 1992.[2]
Her book, A Problem From Hell, which won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction, examines the role and responses of the United States government in the genocides and ethnic conflicts of the 20th Century.
In January 2021, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Power to be the head of the United States Agency for International Development.[3] In April 2021, her nominated was confirmed by the United States Senate with a 68 to 28 vote.[4]
Samantha Power Media
Power's first portrait as US Ambassador
Power with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on June 5, 2013
Power with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem, February 15, 2016
Power with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., August 6, 2014
Power with Secretary of State John Kerry at a UN ministerial, October 2, 2015
Power with John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, September 29, 2015
Power, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Representative Tom Malinowski at the funeral of John McCain, September 1, 2018
Power meeting with Denys Shmyhal in Ukraine, 2023
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References
- ↑ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Samantha Power Takes on the Job of a Lifetime as Ambassador to the U.N." Vogue. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Biden nominates Samantha Power to lead USAID
- ↑ Chalfant, Morgan (January 13, 2021). "Biden nominates Samantha Power to lead USAID". The Hill.
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