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D. Brent Hardt | |
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United States Ambassador to Guyana | |
In office September 15, 2011 –July 6, 2014 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Thomas C. Pierce (Chargéd'Affaires a.i.) |
Succeeded by | Perry L. Holloway |
Personal details | |
Born | David Brent Hardt 1962 Wisconsin |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Tufts University,Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy,MA,PhD Yale University,BA |
D. Brent Hardt is an American career Senior Foreign Service Officer and present Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver,B.C.,Canada who served in the Western Hemisphere,Europe,and in Political-Military assignments. From 2011-2014 he served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Plenipotentiary Representative of the United States to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). [1] He most recently served as Chargéd'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Paris,France beginning in August 2017. Prior to his arrival in Paris,he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Central Command and as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. Other assignments include service as Chargéd’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2009-2011, [2] and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargéd’Affaires at U.S. Embassies in The Bahamas (2005-2008) and the Holy See in Rome (2002-2005).
D. Brent Hardt joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1988,serving in Berlin,The Hague,and the Caribbean. In the Netherlands he participated as an exchange diplomat within the Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense. In Washington,he served as team leader for NATO Policy in the State Department's Office of European Political and Security Affairs,where he was responsible for issues of NATO enlargement,NATO-Russia,NATO-Ukraine and European Security and Defense Policy issues. He was confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 11,2011 and was sworn in as Ambassador to Guyana on August 19,2011. [3] [4]
Hardt has received various Department of State awards,including Senior Performance Awards,the Director General's Award for Reporting,five Superior Honor Awards,and three Meritorious Honor Awards. He also received the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award and the U.S. Special Operations Command Distinguished Civilian Service Award. [5]
Hardt earned a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University,and master's and doctorate degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has published numerous articles on U.S. foreign policy,and has studied Italian,Dutch,German and French. He is married and has three sons.
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