James B. Cunningham

James Cunningham
Official portrait
20th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office
August 13, 2012 – December 7, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
DeputyTina Kaidanow
Preceded byRyan Crocker
Succeeded byMichael McKinley
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office
September 17, 2008 – May 21, 2011
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRichard Jones
Succeeded byDaniel B. Shapiro
United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau
In office
August 4, 2005 – July 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames R. Keith
Succeeded byJoseph R. Donovan Jr.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Acting
In office
January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRichard Holbrooke
Succeeded byJohn Negroponte
Personal details
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
SpouseLeslie Genier[1]
Alma materSyracuse University (BA)

James Blair Cunningham (born 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan.[2]

Cunningham previously served in various diplomatic positions, including chief of staff to NATO Secretary General Manfred Woerner (1989–1990), Deputy Advisor for Political Affairs at the United States Mission to the United Nations (1990–1992), Director of the State Department's Office of European Security and Political Affairs (1993-1995), Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States in Rome (1996–2001), acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2001), Consul General of the United States to Hong Kong and Macau (2005-2008), and United States Ambassador to Israel (2008–2011).

  1. ^ "James B. Cunningham To be Sworn-In as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, December 15, 1999". Archived from the original on November 12, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
  2. ^ "Deputy Ambassador". United States Department of State, U.S. Embassy Kabul. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-07-11.