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Samantha Power

Ambassador to the United Nations · 2013

Samantha Power, Ambassador to the United Nations. The Senate voted 87–10 on the nomination on Aug 1, 2013 (Nomination Confirmed). Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist, diplomat, and government official who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Power served as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from 2021 to 2025.

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Positions

  • Ambassador to the United Nations2013-08-05–2017-01-20

Senate confirmation votes

  • the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations
    113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    87–10 · Aug 1, 2013

Biography

Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist, diplomat, and government official who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Power served as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from 2021 to 2025.

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