Gene A. Cretz

Gene Cretz
United States Ambassador to Ghana
In office October 8, 2012 – June 26, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Donald Teitelbaum
Succeeded by	Patricia Alsup (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Libya
In office January 11, 2009 – May 15, 2012*
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Joseph Palmer II
Succeeded by	J. Christopher Stevens
Personal details
Born	Gene Allan Cretz (1950-04-20) April 20, 1950 (age 74) Albany, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Rochester Buffalo State College Stony Brook University
Joan Polaschik served as Chargé d’Affaires while the Tripoli embassy suspended operations from February 25, 2011 – September 22, 2011.

Gene Allan Cretz (born April 20, 1950)^[1] is a career diplomat who retired from the Senior Foreign Service in 2015. Before retiring, he was the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana.