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Michele Jeanne Sison (born May 27, 1959, in Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Virginia) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously served in various other diplomatic posts around the world on behalf of the United States, including United States Ambassador to Haiti, ambassador to Haiti. Sison holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador, career ambassador.
Sison's overseas assignments have included service as deputy chief of mission and Chargé d'Affaires, chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (1999–2002) and as consul general at the Consulate General of the United States, Chennai, U.S. consulate general in Chennai, India (1996–1999). She also served at the U.S. missions in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (1993–1996); Douala, Cameroon (1991–1993); Cotonou, Benin (1988–1991); Lomé, Togo (1984–1988); and Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1982–1984), as well as in Washington. Ambassador Sison is the recipient of numerous U.S. Department of State awards for exceptional service.
She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates on May 6, 2004, and sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell on July 12, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the UAE, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, charged with providing broad policy oversight of U.S. relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
She also had a short stint as the U.S. chargé d'affaires#Types of chargés, Chargés d'affaires a.i. in Lebanon, before her Senate confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon on August 1, 2008. Sison's assignment in Lebanon ended in August 2010.
She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29, 2012, as List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
On July 8, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Sison as List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations#List of Deputy Ambassadors, Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Deputy Representative of the United States in the United Nations Security Council, Security Council of the United Nations. She was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on November 19, 2014.
Michele J. Sison Biography at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti
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Early life and education
Sison earned her Bachelor of Arts, bachelor of arts in political science from Wellesley College, and also studied at the London School of Economics.Career
Sison's overseas assignments have included service as deputy chief of mission and Chargé d'Affaires, chargé d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (1999–2002) and as consul general at the Consulate General of the United States, Chennai, U.S. consulate general in Chennai, India (1996–1999). She also served at the U.S. missions in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (1993–1996); Douala, Cameroon (1991–1993); Cotonou, Benin (1988–1991); Lomé, Togo (1984–1988); and Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1982–1984), as well as in Washington. Ambassador Sison is the recipient of numerous U.S. Department of State awards for exceptional service.
She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates on May 6, 2004, and sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell on July 12, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the UAE, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, charged with providing broad policy oversight of U.S. relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
She also had a short stint as the U.S. chargé d'affaires#Types of chargés, Chargés d'affaires a.i. in Lebanon, before her Senate confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon on August 1, 2008. Sison's assignment in Lebanon ended in August 2010.
She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29, 2012, as List of ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
On July 8, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Sison as List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations#List of Deputy Ambassadors, Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Deputy Representative of the United States in the United Nations Security Council, Security Council of the United Nations. She was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote on November 19, 2014.
Ambassador to Haiti
On November 2, 2017, she was confirmed by the United States Senate, Senate to serve as the United States Ambassador to Haiti, having been nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump. Among the major issues facing her in her role were navigating a response by the United Nations to victims of a 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak, cholera epidemic the organization started in October 2010. She was also confronted with the U.S. government's decision on whether or not to extend Temporary Protected Status to Haitian immigrants who were in the U.S. at the time of the massive 2010 Haiti earthquake, earthquake in Port-au-Prince in January 2010. In 2018, Sison was promoted to the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest personal rank in the Senior Foreign Service, given for exceptionally distinguished service over a prolonged period of time. Sison left the post on October 9, 2021, and was succeeded by Chargé d'affaires, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Kenneth H. Merten.Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
On April 15, 2021, Sison was nominated by Joe Biden, President Biden to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. Sison's nomination was reported favorably on June 24, 2021, by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. She was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate, Senate on December 18, 2021, by voice vote, and she was sworn in on December 21, 2021.Personal life
Sison speaks fluent French language, French and basic Haitian Creole and Arabic. She has two daughters. Her father is originally from the Philippines.References
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Michele J. Sison Biography at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti
* , - , - , - , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Sison, Michele J. 1959 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon Ambassadors of the United States to the United Arab Emirates Ambassadors of the United States to Haiti American people of Filipino descent People from Arlington County, Virginia Permanent Representatives of the United States to the United Nations Trump administration cabinet members Wellesley College alumni United States Foreign Service personnel United States Career Ambassadors 21st-century American diplomats American women ambassadors 21st-century American women American women diplomats Biden administration personnel