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Albert Burleigh graduated from [[Colgate University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1963.<ref name="GHWBlibrary1">http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=3378&year=1991&month=9</ref> He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/587/000119230</ref> In addition to that language, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052044/http://www.pcfraz.org/announcements/ambassador-peter-burleigh</ref> | Albert Burleigh graduated from [[Colgate University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1963.<ref name="GHWBlibrary1">http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=3378&year=1991&month=9</ref> He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/587/000119230</ref> In addition to that language, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052044/http://www.pcfraz.org/announcements/ambassador-peter-burleigh</ref> | ||
− | He | + | He was [[United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka]] 1995–97, serving concurrently as [[United States Ambassador to the Maldives|Ambassador to the Maldives]].<ref name="PeterAlbertBurleigh1">https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/burleigh-albert-peter</ref> In 1998–99 he was [[Diplomatic rank#Charg.C3.A9 d.27affaires|chargé d'affaires]] of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999 President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of [[United States Ambassador to the Philippines]] and [[United States Ambassador to Palau|Palau]], but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.<ref name="PeterAlbertBurleigh1" /> In 2009 and again in 2011 he was appointed [[Diplomatic rank#Charg.C3.A9 d.27affaires|chargé d'affaires]] of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of [[Timothy Roemer]] and of [[Nancy Jo Powell]] as ambassador.<ref name="IndiaServer1">https://web.archive.org/web/20090408094149/http://www.india-server.com/news/new-us-mission-head-to-new-delhi-takes-6815.html</ref><ref name="GayPolitics">https://web.archive.org/web/20110510203946/http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/04/06/obama-appoints-gay-man-interim-ambassador-to-india/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200626/http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/burleighbio.html</ref><ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/burleigh-is-us-charg-daffaires/article2152008.ece</ref> |
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US diplomat specializing in South-East Asia
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Albert Peter Burleigh is an American diplomat, who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy.
Biography
Burleigh was born March 7, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
Albert Burleigh graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1963.[1] He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.[2] In addition to that language, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.[3]
He was United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka 1995–97, serving concurrently as Ambassador to the Maldives.[4] In 1998–99 he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999 President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of United States Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.[4] In 2009 and again in 2011 he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of Timothy Roemer and of Nancy Jo Powell as ambassador.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=3378&year=1991&month=9
- ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/587/000119230
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140605052044/http://www.pcfraz.org/announcements/ambassador-peter-burleigh
- ↑ a b https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/burleigh-albert-peter
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090408094149/http://www.india-server.com/news/new-us-mission-head-to-new-delhi-takes-6815.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110510203946/http://www.gaypolitics.com/2009/04/06/obama-appoints-gay-man-interim-ambassador-to-india/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200626/http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/burleighbio.html
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/burleigh-is-us-charg-daffaires/article2152008.ece