Shawn P. Crowley

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
July 29, 2016 – January 4, 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byAdam H. Sterling
Succeeded byPete Hoekstra
Personal details
Born
Shawn Patrick Crowley
Children2
Alma mater

Shawn Patrick Crowley is an American diplomat.

He is the current Deputy Chief of Mission to Italy. He served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Embassy Italy until the appointment of Ambassador Jack Markell on September 23, 2023.

Biography

Crowley received a

German Parliament in Bonn.[2][3]

In 1991 Crowley began his career in the

foreign service, working in Kuwait on political issues such as repatriation of American prisoners from Iraq. He would go on to hold numerous other positions throughout the Middle East and Europe. Between January and March 2012, he led the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.[2][4]

Crowley would later on serve as Chargé d'Affaires from the United States to the Netherlands from July 29, 2016, to January 4, 2018.[5][6][7]

On May 16, 2020, Crowley began working for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.[3] He has since moved up to the position of director of Western European Affairs, a position which he still holds.[1][8]

Family

Crowley and his wife Sabine have two grown children, a daughter working as a microbiologist in Arkansas and a son working in marketing in Frankfurt.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shawn Crowley: Office of Western European Affairs" (PDF). aer.org. American Enterprise Institute. March 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "New Deputy Chief of Mission: Shawn Crowley". U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the Netherlands. August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Shawn Crowley". United States Department of State. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  4. .
  5. ^ "Shawn P. Crowley". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  6. ^ "US chargé d'affaires in The Hague". Diplomat magazine. August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  7. .
  8. .