James B. Cunningham
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| United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
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In office August 13, 2012 – December 7, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Tina Kaidanow |
| Preceded by | Ryan Crocker |
| Succeeded by | Michael McKinley |
| United States Ambassador to Israel | |
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In office September 17, 2008 – May 21, 2011 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Richard Jones |
| Succeeded by | Daniel B. Shapiro |
| United States Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau | |
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In office August 4, 2005 – July 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | James R. Keith |
| Succeeded by | Joseph R. Donovan Jr. |
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting |
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In office January 20, 2001 – September 19, 2001 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Richard Holbrooke |
| Succeeded by | John Negroponte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 64–65) Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie Genier |
| Education | Syracuse University (BA) |
James Blair Cunningham (born 1952) is an American diplomat and the former United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. Cunningham has served in various diplomat positions since graduating from Syracuse University in 1974. Positions that he has previously held include 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 the United States Ambassador to Israel (2008-2011).
Cunningham was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University in 1974, with degrees in Political Science and Psychology.
He has served as the Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the United States in Rome before becoming an ambassador to the United Nations. He has spent most of his career working on European political and security issues, and in multilateral diplomacy.
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