John Carwile

John Leslie Carwile is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Latvia from 2019 to 2023.

John Carwile
United States Ambassador to Latvia
In office
November 5, 2019 – January 27, 2023
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byNancy Pettit
Succeeded byChristopher T. Robinson
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
EducationCollege of Wooster (BA)
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (MA)

Early life and education

Carwile earned a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Wooster and a Master of Arts from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[1]

Career

Early in his career, Carwile worked to advance the Northern Ireland peace process at the U.S. Consulate General in Belfast.[2] He has twice served as Deputy Chief of Mission, first at the United States Embassy in Brunei and more recently at the United States Embassy in Nepal. He has also served as Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at the United States Embassy in Italy, as well as Counselor for Economic Affairs at both the United States Embassy in Iraq and the United States Embassy in Canada. Prior to his ambassadorship, he served as Deputy Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments in the State Department.[1] During his foreign service career he also was assigned as a Consular Officer at the United States Embassy in Peru.[2]

On May 8, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Carwile to be the next United States Ambassador to Latvia.[3] On September 26, 2019, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[4] He presented his credentials to President Egils Levits on November 5, 2019.[5][6]

Personal

Carwile speaks Italian and Spanish.[2]

See also

References
  1. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individual to a Key Administration Post" White House, May 8, 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Carwile John Leslie - Republic of Latvia - May 2019". United States Department of State. May 23, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  3. "Ambassador chosen by Trump might have a positive impact on US-Latvia relations - diplomat". baltictimes.com. May 16, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. "PN771 - Nomination of John Leslie Carwile for Department of State, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. September 26, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. "New U.S. ambassador to Latvia presents his credentials". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. "Foreign ambassadors present their credentials to the President of Latvia". www.president.lv. November 5, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
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