Heide B. Fulton

Heide B. Fulton
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 22, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byKenn George
United States Chargé d’Affaires of Honduras
In office
June 11, 2017 – July 12, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJames D. Nealon
Succeeded byLaura Farnsworth Dogu
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationBoston College (BA)
Troy State University (MA)

Heide Bronke Fulton is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Uruguay since March 2023. She previously served as the Chargé d'affaires ad interim to Honduras from June 11, 2017 to July 12, 2019.[1]

Early life and education

Fulton was born in Buffalo, New York. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Troy State University.[2]

Career

She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Her assignments in Washington, D.C., include serving as the director of the main press office, Pearson Fellow in the Office of Senator Robert Menendez, press advisor for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs. She also served as director of the Office of Mexican Affairs.[2] She has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs since August 10, 2020.[3]

In May 2019, the day after Fulton issued a statement urging Hondurans against acts of violence, demonstrators set a fire outside the entrance to the United States Embassy.[4]

U.S. ambassador to Uruguay

On May 13, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Fulton to be the next United States ambassador to Uruguay.[2] On May 17, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] On July 28, 2022, hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On August 3, 2022, the committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate. On December 13, 2022, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[6] She was sworn in by Under Secretary Uzra Zeya on January 27, 2023,[7] Fulton arrived in the country on February 13, 2023.[8] She presented her credentials to the President Luis Lacalle Pou on March 22, 2023.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Heide B. Fulton". Office of the Historian. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "President Biden Announces Key Nominees" (Press release). The White House. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Heide Fulton". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Haltiwanger, John (May 31, 2019). "Demonstrators set a fire outside of the entrance to the US embassy in Honduras during nationwide protests". Business Insider. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate". The White House. May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "PN2134 - Nomination of Heide B. Fulton for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  7. ^ Zeya, Uzra [@UnderSecStateJ] (January 27, 2023). "Congrats to my friend & colleague Heide Fulton on being sworn in as @StateDept's Amb. to Uruguay" (Tweet). Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "U.S. Ambassador-designate Heide B. Fulton arrived in Uruguay" (Press release). U.S. Embassy Montevideo. February 27, 2023.
  9. ^ U.S. Embassy Uruguay [@usembassyMVD] (March 22, 2023). "La Embajadora de los Estados Unidos de América en Uruguay, Heide B. Fulton, presentó hoy sus cartas credenciales al Presidente de Uruguay, @LuisLacallePou y asumió formalmente su rol al frente de la misión diplomática de los Estados Unidos en Uruguay" (Tweet). Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Twitter.
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Preceded by United States Ambassador to Uruguay
2023–present 		Incumbent


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