Lewis Lukens
Lew Lukens | |
|---|---|
United States Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau | |
| In office October 19, 2011 – June 4, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Marcia Bernicat |
| Succeeded by | James Zumwalt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1963[citation needed] Paris, France[citation needed] |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Buxton (1992–2014) Andrea Topper (2015–present)[citation needed] |
| Education | Princeton University (BA, MPP) |
Lewis Alan Lukens is a retired American diplomat who served as the
Early life and education
Lukens was born on December 25, 1963, in Paris, France. His father,
Lukens attended
Career
Lukens joined the United States Foreign Service in July 1989, serving in Southern China, Ivory Coast, Australia, Ireland, Iraq, Canada, Senegal, and the United Kingdom.[2]
From 2008 to 2011, Lukens was executive director of the
From 2011 to 2014, Lukens was
From August 2016 to January 2019, Lukens served as the
In February 2018, Lukens advised his superior,
In a pair of speeches to English universities in October 2018, Lukens used an anecdote about President
After the end of his tenure as diplomat, Lukens criticized the Trump administration for his handling of the State Department,[9] and for what he felt was a decline in the United States' international influence.[10] In a January 2021 interview with Newsweek, Lukens' stated that he felt "The last four years has put in doubt the U.S.'s reliability as a partner," and that Trump's administration had damaged both the relationship between the US and the UK, and the United States' international reputation.[11]
References
- ^ a b Diplomats quiet revolt against Trump NYTimes, Retrieved June 6, 2017
- ^ a b c d "Deputy Chief of Mission Lewis Lukens". U.S. Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016.
- ^ Hsu, Spencer S. (May 26, 2016). "State Dept. offered 'standalone' PC for Clinton's email". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Lewis Lukens". LinkedIn. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Trump's Request of an Ambassador: Get the British Open for Me". The New York Times. July 21, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-22. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Walsh, Christopher. "Allegations That Ambassador Tried to Line the President's Pockets | The East Hampton Star". www.easthamptonstar.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ Ryan, Chris (2020-08-06). "Former U.S. official details Jets' Woody Johnson's request to have U.K. move British Open to Trump's resort". nj.com. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ Ioffe, Julia (3 December 2019). "Trump Is Waging War on America's Diplomats". GQ. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Garcia-Navarro, Lulu (October 25, 2020). "How Trump's Presidency Has Affected Diplomacy". NPR.
- ^ "Trump presidency 'an aberration' – Lewis Lukens, former US deputy chief of mission to UK". Channel 4 News. 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ EST, Brendan Cole On 1/19/21 at 10:18 AM (2021-01-19). "Ex-U.S envoy says world leaders fear another Donald Trump in four years". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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Further reading
- Lukens, Lew (November 14, 2016). "The Future of the Special Relationship". U.S. Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom.
- Lukens, Lew (November 13, 2016). "Remembrance Sunday 2016". U.S.Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017.
External links
- Lewis A. Lukens (1963–) Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State.
