Richard Grenell
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American politician (born 1966)
Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Matt Floca
- Deputy
- Andrew P. Hallman , Kash Patel , Neil Wiley
- Born
- Richard Allen Grenell , ( 1966-09-18 ) September 18, 1966 (age 59) , Jenison, Michigan , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Domestic partner
- Matt Lashey
- Education
- Evangel University ( BA ), Harvard University ( MPA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jenison
- Occupation
- political pundit
- Position held
- Director of National Intelligence
- Educated at
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Image
- Richard Grenell official portrait (cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- Trumpism
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- Commons category
- Richard Grenell
- date of birth
- 1966-09-18
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- medical condition
- non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- described at URL
- www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/1383
- birth name
- Richard A. Grenell
- name in native language
- Richard Grenell
- social media followers
- 1116846
- P10632
- Richard Grenell
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is an American diplomat, public official, and former public relations consultant who has served as the special presidential envoy for special missions since 2025. Grenell additionally served as the acting director of the Kennedy Center from February 2025 to March 2026.
A member of the Republican Party, he served as acting director of national intelligence (DNI) in 2020 under President Donald Trump, for which he is often cited as the first openly gay acting Cabinet-level official in U.S. history. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020, and as the special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations from 2019 to 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richard Grenell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.