John D. Feeley
| John D. Feeley | |
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| 26th United States Ambassador to Panama | |
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Assumed office December 9, 2015 |
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Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Jonathan D. Farrar |
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| Education | Regis High School |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University School of Foreign Service |
| Profession | Diplomat |
John D. Feeley is the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama since 2016.
Feeley's father was a professor of English. He was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from Regis High School in 1979, and earned B.S. at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1983. Feeley served in the United States Marine Corps from 1983 to 1990. He flew amphibious assault helicopters in and over Lebanon in the mid-1980s following the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut. He also flew them from Navy ships in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. He earned his M.A. from the National War College in 2004. Feeley is married to Cherie Feeley, who is also a U.S. diplomat, and they have two children. He speaks fluent Spanish.
Feeley joined the U.S. State Department in 1990. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. His career includes extensive experience in Latin America affairs, either at the State Department in Washington, D.C., and on assignments overseas. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State, where he managed information flow for Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Mexico from 2009 to 2012. He has also held the positions of Director for Central American Affairs and Deputy Director for Caribbean Affairs. He served as the Summit of the Americas Coordinator, overseeing preparation for U.S. participation in the 2012 Cartagena Summit. Then as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs he had responsibility for the daily management of policy implementation and the supervision of 53 diplomatic posts. Other overseas postings have included the Dominican Republic and Colombia.
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