Peter Burleigh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy.

Early life and education

Burleigh was born on March 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and then Colgate University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963.[1]

Career

Burleigh was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.[2] In addition to Nepali, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.[3]

He served as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1997, serving concurrently as ambassador to the Maldives.[4] In 1998–99, he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999, President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.[4] In 2009 and again in 2011, he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of Timothy Roemer and of Nancy Jo Powell as ambassador.[5][6][7][8][9]

He is a visiting professor of international affairs at the University of Miami.

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Government offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Coordinator for Counterterrorism
1991–1992 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
1996–1997 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check United States Ambassador to the United Nations
ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1998–1999 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check United States Ambassador to India
ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check United States Ambassador to India
ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2011–2012 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Template:Authority control

External links

Template:Sister project

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Peter_Burleigh&oldid=6997746"