Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón

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Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón
United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra
Assumed office
February 2, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDuke Buchan
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 7, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byStephanie Grisham
Co-Chair of the White House Gender Policy Council
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 7, 2022
Serving with Jennifer Klein
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byPosition Established
United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
May 9, 2012 – December 10, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDavid D. Nelson
Succeeded byKelly Keiderling
Personal details
Born (1975-01-02) January 2, 1975 (age 49)
Salcedo, Dominican Republic
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MPhil)
Columbia University (JD)

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón (born January 2, 1975) is a Dominican-American lawyer and politician. She is the United States Ambassador to Spain since 2022. She was the chief of staff to First Lady Jill Biden from 2021 until 2022. From March 2012 until December 2014, she was United States ambassador to Uruguay from 2012 until 2014.

She is a former deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State.

President Biden nominated her to be the next United States Ambassador to Spain on July 27, 2021, being confirmed on December 18, 2021.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "PN938 — Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon — Department of State 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. Retrieved 20 December 2021.