Peter Burleigh
American diplomat (born 1942)
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Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy.
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Peter Burleigh | |
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Official portrait, 2009 | |
| United States Ambassador to India | |
Acting | |
| In office July 1, 2011 – April 24, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tim Roemer |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Jo Powell |
| In office January 15, 2009 – August 11, 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Mulford |
| Succeeded by | Tim Roemer |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting | |
| In office August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bill Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Richard Holbrooke |
| United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
| In office January 19, 1996 – August 1, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Teresita Schaffer |
| Succeeded by | Shaun Donnelly |
| 8th Coordinator for Counterterrorism | |
| In office November 22, 1991 – November 23, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Morris D. Busby |
| Succeeded by | Philip C. Wilcox Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1942 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) |
Early life and education
Burleigh was born on March 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and then Colgate University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963.[1]
Career
Burleigh was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.[2] In addition to Nepali, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.[3]
He served as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1997, serving concurrently as ambassador to the Maldives.[4] In 1998–99, he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999, President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.[4] In 2009 and again in 2011, he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of Timothy Roemer and of Nancy Jo Powell as ambassador.[5][6][7][8]
He is a visiting professor of international affairs at the University of Miami.
