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Dorothy Shea
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| United States Chargé d'affaires to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Linda Thomas-Greenfield |
| United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2024 |
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| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Richard M. Mills Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Lebanon | |
| In office March 11, 2020 – December 28, 2023 |
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| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth H. Richard |
| Succeeded by | Lisa A. Johnson |
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Dorothy Camille Shea
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| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Georgetown University (MS) National War College (MS) |
Dorothy Camille Shea is an American career diplomat who serves as the United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations since 2024. She previously had served as the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 2020 to 2023. On December 7, 2022, she received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. On January 3, 2023, U.S. President Joseph Biden announced his intention to nominate her as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations as well as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Education
Shea earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, a Master of Science from Georgetown University, and a Master of Science from the National War College.
Career
She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor. She had served as Deputy Principal Officer at the United States Consulate General in Jerusalem, as Director of the Office of Assistance for Asia and the Near East in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and as a Pearson Fellow with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She was also the Political/Economic Counselor at the United States Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, a Political Officer at the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, a Director for Democracy and Human Rights at the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the Special Envoy for War Crimes Issues in the United States Department of State. Prior to her appointment as Ambassador, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, from 2017 to 2020.
United States Ambassador to Lebanon
On October 11, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Shea to be the next United States Ambassador to Lebanon. On October 17, 2019, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate. On December 17, 2019, a hearing was held on her nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On January 15, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee. On February 11, 2020, her nomination was unanimously confirmed by voice vote. She presented her credentials to President Michel Aoun on March 11, 2020.
Deputy UN Representative
On January 3, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Shea to be Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations as well as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 21, 2023. Her nomination was favorably reported by the committee on July 13, 2023.
On August 1, 2024, the Senate voted 59-34 to confirm Shea's nomination.
Personal life
Shea speaks French and Arabic.
See also
- List of ambassadors of the United States
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 | Myrlie Evers-Williams |
 | Alberta Odell Jones |
