Robin L. Dunnigan | |
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| United States Ambassador to Georgia | |
| Assumed office October 12, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Kelly C. Degnan |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California-Berkeley (BA) National War College,Georgetown University (MS) |
Robin L. Dunnigan is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Georgia since 2023.
Dunnigan earned a Master of Science degree with distinction from the National War College. She also received a Master of Science from Georgetown University as well as a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley. [1]
Dunnigan is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,with the rank of Minister-Counselor. She currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Before this,she served as Chargéd'Affaires,ad interim,and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Vienna,Austria. Dunnigan also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. Dunnigan has worked in a number of countries,including Vietnam,Chile,Turkey,Cuba,and El Salvador. Domestically,Dunnigan served as Director for the Office of Europe,the Western Hemisphere,and Africa within the State Department's Energy Bureau,as well as various roles in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and on the staff of the Secretary of State in the Executive Secretariat. [1]
On February 13,2023,President Joe Biden nominated Dunnigan to be the ambassador to Georgia. [1] Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 30,2023. Her nomination was favorably reported by the committee on April 27,2023. She was confirmed by the full United States Senate on July 27,2023 via voice vote. [2] She presented her credentials to Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on October 12,2023.
Dunnigan has won numerous State Department performance awards,including two Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards. [1]
Dunnigan is a native of California. She speaks Spanish and German, [1] as well as some Turkish and Vietnamese. [3]
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