Sean Lawler
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Sean Lawler | |
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| 32nd Chief of Protocol of the United States | |
| In office December 1, 2017 – July 9, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Peter A. Selfridge |
| Succeeded by | Cam Henderson |
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| Education | University of Maryland University College |
Sean Patrick Lawler[1] served as Chief of Protocol of the United States from December 2017 until July 2019.
Prior to assuming the role of Chief of Protocol, he was the Director for Visits, Planning, and Diplomatic Affairs at the National Security Council. On the NSC, he was actively involved in official foreign engagements with the President in the White House and abroad on behalf of the Assistant to the President for National Security Advisor (APNSA).
Before that, he led the Office of Visits and Protocol at the U.S. Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland. A veteran with more than 21 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Lawler capped his military service as the Director of Administration at the Naval Support Facility Thurmont (Camp David) in Thurmont, Maryland. Earlier, he was the Administrative Department Leading Chief Petty Officer and Ship's Secretary on the USS John C. Stennis and he was an Executive Assistant to the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe .[2][3]
