Linda Thomas-Greenfield Biography, Career, Education, Age, Height, Family, and Net Worth.

Who Is Linda Thomas-Greenfield?

Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat currently serving as the United States ambassador to the United Nation. She is serving under President Joe Biden.

In addition, from 2013 until 2017, she was serving as the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. After that, Linda worked as a senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C.

Linds was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. After that, she was approved by the United States Senate on February 23, 2021. Moreover, after confirmation, she took office on February 25th, 2021.

Career

Linda started her career as a lecturer, where she was teaching at Bucknell University taking political science. After that, she joined the foreign services in 1982.

In 2004, she became Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration she held the position until 2006. In 2006 she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs until 2008. After that, she was nominated to serve as the Ambassador to Liberia from 2008 to 2012. In addition, in 2012 she became the Director-General of the Foreign Service until 2013.

Moreover, Linda has also held foreign offices in Switzerland (in the United States mission to the United Nations), Pakistan, Kenya, Gambia, Nigeria, and Jamaica. In 2013, she became Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Office of Africa of the State Department a position she held until 2017.

However, in 2017, she was sacked by the Trump administration as part of a “purge of senior State Department officials and career professionals for nearly four years,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

In addition, Linda is a non-resident of Georgetown University, who was a prominent resident of African Studies from autumn 2017 to spring 2019. Moreover, in November 2020, she was appointed as a member to Volunteer the composition of the newly elected review team of President Joe Biden’s agency to support the transition efforts related to the US State Department.

In addition, in November 2020, she went on leave as senior vice president of the Albright Stonebridge Group. Furthermore, on November 24, Biden confirmed his intentions to nominate her as the next US ambassador to the United Nations. Moreover, Biden also had plans to include her in his cabinet and the National Security Council. Linda then appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 27, 2021.

How Old Is Linda Thomas-Greenfield?

She was born in 1952 and currently, she is aged 68 or 69, Linda has not yet disclosed her actual birth date.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Family

Who are Linda’s Parents?

She was born in Baker, Lousiana,  but due to her secretive nature, she has managed to keep information about her family background private.

Does She Have Siblings?

She doesn’t have any known siblings, in case of any information regarding her siblings, we will update it as soon as possible.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Education

She attended Louisiana State University, where she graduated in 1974 with a bachelor of art degree.  After that, she enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she graduated with Masters of Public Administration in 1975.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Husband

She is happily married to Lafayette Greenfield, Lafayette has also committed to civil services. Both of them have been working for the State Department as Foreigner Service Officers.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Kids

The couple has been blessed with two kids a son Lafayette Greenfield II and Linsay Greenfield.

Serving as Ambassador to the United Nations

During her confirmation hearing after being appointed as UN ambassador. Linda stated that she regretted delivering a speech to a Beijing-endorsed Confucius Institute in 2019. She delivered the speech when she was still working in a private consulting firm.

Moreover, regarding international policy, she highly agreed with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. However, she outlined her worries about China’s “malign influence” and “debt traps and tactics” in Africa and elsewhere. In addition, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was reported to be delaying a committee vote on her nomination in February 2021, due to her 2019 speech on China.

As an ambassador she has promised to fight “unfair targeting of Israel” for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, claiming that the campaign “borders on antisemitism.”

In addition, the United States Senate confirmed her on February 23, 2021, by a vote of 78–20. After that, she took office On February 25, 2021, after submitting her credentials. Furthermore, she was successful. Kelly Craft, U.S. Ambassador.

As of March 1, 2021, the United States became president of the United Nations Security Council. After the move Linda chair of the board as head of the United States delegation. However, her term expired on March 31, 2021.

In addition, she accused China of committing genocide against Uighurs and detaining more than one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang internment camps.

Moreover, she went ahead and said the United States “will continue to stand and talk until the Chinese government ends its crimes against humanity and the genocide of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang. Furthermore, Linda expressed her worry over reports of rising ethnic tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Height

Her height, weight, and body measurement are not available at the moment, but they will be updated as soon as possible.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield Net Worth

Being in service for a long time, her net worth is estimated to be more than $5 million.

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