David McKean (diplomat)

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David McKean
22nd United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
In office
April 14, 2016 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRobert A. Mandell
Succeeded byRandy Evans
27th Director of Policy Planning
In office
February 19, 2013 – March 4, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJake Sullivan
Succeeded byJonathan Finer
Personal details
Born1956 (age 68–69)
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesKatherine Winthrop McKean (Mother)
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Tufts University (MA)
Duke University (JD)

David McKean (born 1956)[1] is an American attorney, author, political advisor, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2016 to 2017. He was confirmed to the position in 2016 and sworn in on March 14, 2016.[2] He previously held the position of Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2016 under John Kerry.[3]

Education

During high school, McKean spent his junior year in Rennes, France, studying with School Year Abroad (SYA). McKean is a graduate of Harvard College, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Duke University School of Law.[4]

Career

Before joining the Department of State, McKean was a public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2011 and 2012. He previously worked as CEO of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, staff director for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2009–2010), and chief of staff to Senator John Kerry (1999–2008). McKean also served as minority staff director of the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (1997–1998), deputy chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Campaign Finance Investigation (1997), and Special Counsel to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1995–1997). Prior to that, he served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II (1994–1995) and Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John Kerry (1987–1992). McKean taught at the Waterford Kamhlaba in Eswatini (1981–1982). Since 2006, he has served as a board member for the National Archives Foundation.[5]

Publications

McKean has authored or co-authored five books on political history:

  • Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler (2021)[6]
  • Suspected of Independence: The Life of Thomas McKean, America's First Power Broker (2016)[7]
  • with Cliff Sloan: The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court (2009)
  • Tommy the Cork: Washington's Ultimate Insider from Roosevelt to Reagan (2003)
  • with Douglas Frantz: Friends in High Places: The Rise and Fall of Clark Clifford (1995)

In 2012, he received the Distinguished Honor Award from the Department of State.[8]

References

  1. ^ "David McKean - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ "McKean, David". Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  3. ^ "David McKean – Foreign Policy". 30 June 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  4. ^ State Department profile
  5. ^ "Ambassador | Luxembourg - Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  6. ^ McKean, David (9 November 2021). Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 978-1250206961.
  7. ^ "Suspected of Independence". www.publicaffairsbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.
  8. ^ "Ambassador | Luxembourg - Embassy of the United States". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.


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