Dorothy Shea | |
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| United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2024[1] Serving with Ned Price | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Richard M. Mills Jr. |
| United States Ambassador to Lebanon | |
| In office March 11, 2020 – December 28, 2023 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth H. Richard |
| Succeeded by | Lisa A. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dorothy Camille Shea |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Georgetown University (MS) National War College (MS) |
Dorothy Camille Shea[2] is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations since 2024. She previously had served as the United States Ambassador to Lebanon from 2020 to 2023.[3] On December 7, 2022, she received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. On January 3, 2023, President Biden announced his intention to nominate her as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations as well as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.