James B. Cunningham

James Cunningham
Official portrait
20th United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office August 13, 2012 – December 7, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Tina Kaidanow
Preceded by	Ryan Crocker
Succeeded by	Michael McKinley
United States Ambassador to Israel
In office September 17, 2008 – May 21, 2011
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Richard Jones
Succeeded by	Daniel B. Shapiro
United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau
In office August 4, 2005 – July 2008
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	James R. Keith
Succeeded by	Joseph R. Donovan Jr.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting
In office January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Richard Holbrooke
Succeeded by	John Negroponte
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse	Leslie Genier[1]
Alma mater	Syracuse 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).