John Hubert Kelly
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| Alma mater | Emory University |
John Hubert Kelly (July 20, 1939 – September 15, 2011) was a United States diplomat.[1][2]
Biography
John Hubert Kelly was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on July 20, 1939. He attended Emory University, receiving a B.A. in 1961. He spent 1962 through 1965 working as a teacher, first in Danville, Virginia, then in Niles, Michigan.[3]
Kelly entered the
Armed Forces Staff College. He spent 1972–73 working on political-military affairs in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1973, he was detailed to the United States Department of Defense as an expert on Thailand, and then spent 1974 working in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He spent 1975–76 as Special Assistant to Counselor of the United States Department of State Helmut Sonnenfeldt. He returned to the field in 1976 and spent the next four years as a political-military officer in Paris. In 1981–82 he was the Una Chapman Cox Fellow and Diplomatic Associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and worked on French defense and international terrorism.[3][4]
Returning to the State Department, Kelly spent 1982–83 as Senior Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. From 1985 to 1986, he was Short Terms Project Specialist in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management.[3]
On July 17, 1986,
United States Ambassador to Lebanon, a post he held for the next two years.[3][5] During this time Kelly played a minor role in the Iran-Contra scandal, where he interacted with key figures such as George Shultz, John Poindexter, and Oliver North.[6] He returned to Washington, D.C. in 1988 to become Deputy Director of Policy Planning
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President
United States Ambassador to Finland; he presented his credentials on December 20, 1991, and held this position until July 5, 1994.[2][5]
Kelly later founded John Kelly Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm that provided its American clients with strategic, marketing and business advice for their overseas operations.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b Bernstein, Adam (September 30, 2011). "John H. Kelly, ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ a b "John Kelly Obituary: View John Kelly's Obituary by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ^ a b c d "Nomination of John Hubert Kelly To Be United States Ambassador to Lebanon". US Department of State (Through the Reagan Library). July 17, 1986. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ a b "Faculty & Staff John H. Kelly". Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgetown University. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c "John Hubert Kelly". US Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
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