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Samantha Power
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Irish-American academic, author and diplomat
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Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
Samantha Power is an Irish-American academic, author and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017.
Known for
- The Corridors of Power — Self2022
- The Way I See It — Self2020
- The Final Year — Self2018
- Pope Francis: A Man of His Word — Self (uncredited)2018
- The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits — Self2017
- VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray — Self2017
- America’s Diplomats2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
- Watchers of the Sky — Self2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
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Key facts
- President
- Joe Biden
- Preceded by
- Gloria Steele (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Jason Gray (acting)
- Deputy
- Rosemary DiCarlo , Michele J. Sison
- Born
- Samantha Jane Power , ( 1970-09-21 ) September 21, 1970 (age 55) , London , England , UK
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Cass Sunstein ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 )
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ), Harvard University ( JD )
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2003)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Family name
- Power
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Cass Sunstein
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- United States Ambassador to the United Nations
- Employer
- The New Republic
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Screamers
- Field of work
- diplomacy
- Official website
- samanthapower.com
- Image
- Samantha Power in 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Atlanta
- Significant event
- childbirth
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- Commons category
- Samantha Power
- date of birth
- 1970-09-21
- name in native language
- Samantha Jane Power
- social media followers
- 304548
- P10632
- Samantha Power
- affiliation string
- Carr Center for Human Rights
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Encyclopedic overview
Samantha Jane Power (born September 21, 1970) is an Irish-American journalist, diplomat, and government official. She was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from 2021 to 2025. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
Power began her career as a war correspondent covering the Yugoslav Wars before entering academic administration. In 1998, she became the Founding Executive Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, where she later served as the first Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy until 2009. She was a senior adviser to Senator Barack Obama until March 2008.
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