Robert S. Gilchrist | |
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Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
Assumed office September 11, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
United States Ambassador to Lithuania | |
In office February 4,2020 –August 12,2023 | |
President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Anne Hall |
Succeeded by | Tamir Waser Chargéd'Affairs ad interim |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Stuart Gilchrist [1] 1964 (age 59–60) Leesburg,Florida [2] |
Nationality | American |
Education | Wake Forest University (BA) University of Virginia (MA) |
Robert Stuart Gilchrist [3] (born 1964) is an American diplomat who has served as the assistant secretary of state for democracy,human rights,and labor since September 2023. He served as the United States ambassador to Lithuania from February 2020 to August 2023. He is a career Foreign Service Officer with the rank of minister counselor. [4] He was appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20,2019. [5] Gilchrist was the fifth US ambassador from the LGBT community nominated to serve by the Trump administration. [6] [7]
Gilchrist earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University and a Master of Arts from the University of Virginia. [8]
Gilchrist was director of the United States Department of State Operations Center,deputy chief of mission of the United States embassy in Sweden,deputy chief of mission of the United States embassy in Estonia,and the director of Nordic and Baltic Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Among his earlier assignments,he was deputy political counselor at the United States embassy in Iraq,chief of the political section of the United States embassy in Romania,and a special assistant in the Office of the deputy secretary of state. [8]
On July 22,2019,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Gilchrist to be the United States ambassador to Lithuania. [8] His nomination was sent to the Senate on August 1,2019. [9] Russian hostility was a central topic during his confirmation hearings. [10] On December 19,2019,his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. [11] Gilchrist was the fifth LGBT ambassador confirmed under the Trump administration. [12] [13] He presented his credentials to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on February 4,2020. [14] He left office in August 12,2023.
Since September 2023,Gilchrist has served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor. [15]
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