Wendy Sherman
American diplomat (born 1949)
Wendy Ruth Sherman (born June 7, 1949)[1] is an American professor and diplomat.[2][3] Sherman has been the United States Deputy Secretary of State since April 14, 2021. She is a professor of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.[4] She was also the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.[5]
Wendy Sherman | |
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| 21st United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
| Assumed office April 14, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Leader | Antony Blinken |
| Preceded by | Stephen Biegun |
| Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
| In office September 21, 2011 – October 2, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tom Shannon (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Tom Shannon |
| Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
| In office August 6, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Tim Wirth |
| Succeeded by | Philip D. Zelikow |
| Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs | |
| In office May 12, 1993 – March 29, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Janet G. Mullins Grissom |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Larkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1949 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Smith College Boston University (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (MSW) |
On January 5, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden nominated Sherman to be United States Deputy Secretary of State under Antony Blinken.[6] She was confirmed to the United States Senate on April 13, 2021.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Wendy R. Sherman". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. September 21, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ↑ Pazzanese, Christina (2020-01-06). "Wendy Sherman on where we are as Iran shrugs off nuclear deal". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ↑ Carter, Cathy (2020-02-17). "In Sarasota, Obama Official Talks Foreign Policy, Calls Killing Of Iranian General 'A Risk'". WUSF News. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ↑ "Amb. Wendy R. Sherman". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ↑ Wickenden, Dorothy (2018-05-18). "An Architect of the Iran Deal Sees Her Work Crumbling". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ↑ "Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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