She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. Her assignments in Washington, D.C. include serving as the director of the main press office, Pearson Fellow in the Office of Senator Robert Menendez, press advisor for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs. She also served as director of the Office of Mexican Affairs.[2] She has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs since August 10, 2020.[3]
In May 2019, the day after Fulton issued a statement urging Hondurans against acts of violence, demonstrators set a fire outside the entrance to the United States Embassy.[4]
U.S. ambassador to Uruguayedit
On May 13, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Fulton to be the next United States ambassador to Uruguay.[2] On May 17, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] On July 28, 2022, hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. On August 3, 2022, the committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate. On December 13, 2022, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[6] She was sworn in by Under Secretary Uzra Zeya on January 27, 2023,[7] Fulton arrived in the country on February 13, 2023.[8] She presented her credentials to the President Luis Lacalle Pou on March 22, 2023.[9]
Referencesedit
^"Heide B. Fulton". Office of the Historian. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ abc"President Biden Announces Key Nominees" (Press release). The White House. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^"Heide Fulton". United States Department of State. from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
^Haltiwanger, John (May 31, 2019). "Demonstrators set a fire outside of the entrance to the US embassy in Honduras during nationwide protests". Business Insider. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^"Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate". The White House. May 17, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
^"PN2134 - Nomination of Heide B. Fulton for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^Zeya, Uzra [@UnderSecStateJ] (January 27, 2023). "Congrats to my friend & colleague Heide Fulton on being sworn in as @StateDept's Amb. to Uruguay" (Tweet). Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Twitter.
^"U.S. Ambassador-designate Heide B. Fulton arrived in Uruguay" (Press release). U.S. Embassy Montevideo. February 27, 2023.
^U.S. Embassy Uruguay [@usembassyMVD] (March 22, 2023). "La Embajadora de los Estados Unidos de América en Uruguay, Heide B. Fulton, presentó hoy sus cartas credenciales al Presidente de Uruguay, @LuisLacallePou y asumió formalmente su rol al frente de la misión diplomática de los Estados Unidos en Uruguay" (Tweet). Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Twitter.
heide, fulton, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, tal. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Heide B Fulton news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Heide Bronke Fulton is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Uruguay since March 2023 She previously served as the Charge d affaires ad interim to Honduras from June 11 2017 to July 12 2019 1 Heide B FultonUnited States Ambassador to UruguayIncumbentAssumed office March 22 2023PresidentJoe BidenPreceded byKenn GeorgeUnited States Charge d Affaires of HondurasIn office June 11 2017 July 12 2019PresidentDonald TrumpPreceded byJames D NealonSucceeded byLaura Farnsworth DoguPersonal detailsNationalityAmericanEducationBoston College BA Troy State University MA Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 U S ambassador to Uruguay 3 ReferencesEarly life and education editFulton was born in Buffalo New York She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston College and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Troy State University 2 Career editShe is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor Her assignments in Washington D C include serving as the director of the main press office Pearson Fellow in the Office of Senator Robert Menendez press advisor for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs and special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs She also served as director of the Office of Mexican Affairs 2 She has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs since August 10 2020 3 In May 2019 the day after Fulton issued a statement urging Hondurans against acts of violence demonstrators set a fire outside the entrance to the United States Embassy 4 U S ambassador to Uruguay edit On May 13 2022 President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Fulton to be the next United States ambassador to Uruguay 2 On May 17 2022 her nomination was sent to the Senate 5 On July 28 2022 hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee On August 3 2022 the committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate On December 13 2022 the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote 6 She was sworn in by Under Secretary Uzra Zeya on January 27 2023 7 Fulton arrived in the country on February 13 2023 8 She presented her credentials to the President Luis Lacalle Pou on March 22 2023 9 References edit Heide B Fulton Office of the Historian Retrieved February 25 2020 a b c President Biden Announces Key Nominees Press release The White House May 13 2022 Retrieved May 13 2022 Heide Fulton United States Department of State Archived from the original on May 11 2022 Retrieved May 13 2022 Haltiwanger John May 31 2019 Demonstrators set a fire outside of the entrance to the US embassy in Honduras during nationwide protests Business Insider Retrieved February 25 2020 Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate The White House May 17 2022 Retrieved June 29 2022 PN2134 Nomination of Heide B Fulton for Department of State 117th Congress 2021 2022 www congress gov December 13 2022 Retrieved December 13 2022 Zeya Uzra UnderSecStateJ January 27 2023 Congrats to my friend amp colleague Heide Fulton on being sworn in as StateDept s Amb to Uruguay Tweet Retrieved February 8 2023 via Twitter U S Ambassador designate Heide B Fulton arrived in Uruguay Press release U S Embassy Montevideo February 27 2023 U S Embassy Uruguay usembassyMVD March 22 2023 La Embajadora de los Estados Unidos de America en Uruguay Heide B Fulton presento hoy sus cartas credenciales al Presidente de Uruguay LuisLacallePou y asumio formalmente su rol al frente de la mision diplomatica de los Estados Unidos en Uruguay Tweet Retrieved March 22 2023 via Twitter Diplomatic postsPreceded byKarl RiosCharge d Affaires United States Ambassador to Uruguay2023 present Incumbent nbsp nbsp This American diplomat related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heide B Fulton amp oldid 1181433871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
