Samantha Power

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Samantha Power is an Irish-American diplomat, academic, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, renowned for her work on human rights and genocide.

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instanceOf academic
author
diplomat
government official
human
journalist
university professor
appointedBy Barack Obama
awardReceived J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
birthName Samantha Jane Power
child Declan Power Sunstein
Rían Power Sunstein
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1970-09-21
degree Bachelor of Arts from Yale University
Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School
educatedAt Harvard Law School
Yale University
employer Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard University
ethnicOrigin Irish
fieldOfWork foreign policy
genocide studies
human rights
international relations
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
name Samantha Power
nominatedBy Joe Biden
notableFor advocacy on human rights
work on genocide prevention
notableWork A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
occupation academic
author
diplomat
journalist
officeEndTime 2017-01-20
officeStartTime 2013-08-05
officeStartTime (USAID Administrator) 2021-05-03
placeOfBirth London, England, United Kingdom
positionHeld Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council
Special Assistant to the President
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
residence United States of America
spouse Cass Sunstein


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