Nathan Sales | |
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Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | |
In office November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Jim Jeffrey |
Succeeded by | vacant |
18th Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
In office August 10, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Tina Kaidanow |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth H. Richard |
Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights | |
In office September 29, 2017 – December 21, 2020 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Sarah Sewall |
Succeeded by | Eric Ueland |
Personal details | |
Born | Nathan Alexander Sales Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
Spouse | Margaret Tretter |
Children | 2 |
Education | Miami University (BA) Duke University (JD) |
Awards | Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award |
Nathan Alexander Sales is an American lawyer, academic, and government official who served as the coordinator for counterterrorism and special envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS within the U.S. Department of State from 2017 to 2021. Prior to public service he was an associate professor at Syracuse University College of Law, where his fields of research included national security law, counterterrorism law, administrative law, and constitutional law. Sales was also of counsel at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis.[1]
Sales was also delegated the duties of under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy, and human rights between September 2017 and December 2020.[2]