P. Michael McKinley

Michael McKinley
United States Ambassador to Brazil
Taking office December 2016
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	DAndrew Bowen[1]
Succeeding	Liliana Ayalde
United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	David Lindwall[2]
Preceded by	James Cunningham
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office September 14, 2010 – September 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William Brownfield
Succeeded by	Kevin Whitaker
United States Ambassador to Peru
In office August 27, 2007 – July 14, 2010
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Curtis Struble
Succeeded by	Rose Likins
Personal details
Born	Peter Michael McKinley January 1954 (age 62) Venezuela
Spouse(s)	Fatima Salces Arce
Alma mater	University of Southampton University of Oxford

Peter Michael McKinley (born January 1954) is an American diplomat who has been confirmed to be the United States Ambassador to Brazil and is currently serving as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. The United States Senate confirmed him to the post on December 9, 2014.

Career

McKinley joined the Foreign Service in 1982. He was based in Bolivia from 1983 until 1985 and had three tours of duty in Washington from 1983 until 1985. He then served in the U.S. Embassy in London from 1990 until 1994 and as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d' Affaires at U.S. Embassies in Mozambique, Uganda, and Belgium from 1994 until 2001.^[3]

From 2001 until 2004, McKinley served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.^[4] He then was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels from 2004–07.

He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Colombia, based in Bogotá, Colombia after the Senate confirmed him to that post on August 5, 2010. McKinley served as the U.S. Ambassador to Peru from 2007 to 2010.

On December 9, 2014, the United States Senate confirmed McKinley to be the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in a voice vote.

On September 8, 2016 the United States Senate confirmed McKinley to be the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil by a vote of 92–0.^[5]

Personal life

McKinley was born in Venezuela and grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United States. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in the United Kingdom, and has a doctorate from Oxford University. His history of colonial Venezuela was published by Cambridge University Press as part of its Latin America series, and has also appeared in a Spanish edition.

He and his wife, the former Fatima Salces Arce, have three children.

See also

• List of current ambassadors of the United States

References

1. "Deputy Chief of Mission". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
2. "Deputy Chief of Mission". U.S. Department of State. June 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
3. US Embassy, Bogotá website
4. US Embassy, Bogotá website
5. U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 114th Congress – 2nd Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 137, September 8, 2016

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN