Brent Hardt

D. Brent Hardt
Brent Hardt
United States Ambassador to Guyana
In office
September 15, 2011 – July 6, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byThomas C. Pierce (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.)
Succeeded byPerry L. Holloway
Personal details
Born
David Brent Hardt

1962
Wisconsin
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materTufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MA, PhD Yale University, BA

D. Brent Hardt is an American career Senior Foreign Service Officer and present Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, B.C., Canada who served in the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and in Political-Military assignments. From 2011-2014 he served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Plenipotentiary Representative of the United States to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).[1] He most recently served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France beginning in August 2017. Prior to his arrival in Paris, he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Central Command and as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. Other assignments include service as Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2009-2011,[2] and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassies in The Bahamas (2005-2008) and the Holy See in Rome (2002-2005).

  1. ^ D’Agosto, Isabella (2013-08-14). "An Interview with D. Brent Hardt, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana". thepolitic.org. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  2. ^ "D. Brent Hardt - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-12.