James Baxter Hunt III has been the U.S. Consul General in

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, effective October 2023. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Hunt served as Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, from January 2019 until August 10, 2020, when Richard Glenn assumed duties. Before that, he was Deputy Chief of Mission in Santiago (since August 2017) and Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State. He also served abroad at the U.S. Embassies in

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Ottawa, Canada Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau ...

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; & in the U.S. Consulate General in

Durban, South Africa Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay o ...

. Hunt was a Presidential Management Intern working in the State Department, the Department of Defense, and the National Security Council before entering the Foreign Service. He is the son of former North Carolina governor James Baxter Hunt, Jr. and

Carolyn Hunt Carolyn Joyce Hunt (''née'' Leonard; born July 3, 1937) is an American educator and politician who, as the wife of Jim Hunt, served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 and twice-served as the First Lady of North Carolina, from ...

and brother of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor

Rachel Hunt Rachel Henderson Hunt (born May 19, 1965) is an American politician who has served as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina since 2025 under Governor Josh Stein. A Democrat, Hunt previously was a member of the North Carolina State S ...

Education

*M.P.A.,

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*B.A.,

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References

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