Charles C. Adams, Jr.
| Charles Adams | |
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| United States Ambassador to Finland | |
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In office August 4, 2015 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Bruce Oreck |
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Charles C. Adams Jr. August 25, 1947 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College University of Virginia |
Charles C. Adams Jr. (born August 25, 1947) is the former United States Ambassador to Finland.
Previously, he was an American international arbitration expert and American political and social activist. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, he served as co-chair of Americans Abroad for Obama, a Democratic Party fundraising and networking organization of Americans living overseas.
He also served as a member of the National Finance Committee of the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a position he also held during the 2008 Obama campaign.
He was nominated Ambassador to Finland by President Barack Obama in July 2014 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 2015.
Adams was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, one of six children of Charles C. Adams, a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department, and the former Florence Schneider of Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in the countries of his father’s assignments, including Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal, as well as the Washington, D.C. area.
He attended Dartmouth College and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968. From 1968-70, he was a Peace Corps volunteer, serving in Kenya. Following the Peace Corps, he attended law school at University of Virginia, receiving his juris doctor degree in 1973.
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