Reuben brigety state department biography
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Reuben E. Brigety II was confirmed as the 29th United States Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa on
July 21, 2022.
Previously, he served as the 17th Vice Chancellor of the University of the South and Mayor of Sewanee
from June 2020 until December 2021 and as the Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs of The
George Washington University from 2015 to 2020. Ambassador Brigety’s most recent diplomatic
assignment was serving as the U.S. Representative to the African Union and U.S. Permanent Representative
to the UN Economic Commission for Africa from September 2013 to September 2015. Previously,
Ambassador Brigety served as the Deputy Assistant sekreterare of State in the Bureau of African Affairs and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Ambassador Brigety also held appointments as an assistant professor of government and politics at George Mason University and at the School of
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Distinguished scholar and statesman Reuben E. Brigety II named University of the South president
Reuben E. Brigety II, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University and former U.S. ambassador to the African Union, has been elected the University of the South’s 17th vice-chancellor and president.
The University’s Board of Trustees elected Brigety Feb. 28 following a national search that began in September 2019. He will begin his term as vice-chancellor on Aug. 1. Brigety succeeds John M. McCardell Jr., who will step down July 31, 2020, after serving 10 years as vice-chancellor.
“It is my honor and privilege to serve as the next vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South, an institution that holds a truly distinctive place in American higher education,” said Brigety. “During the search process, I got a glimpse of what makes Sewanee so special—an intellectual rigor coupled with an unparalleled sense of community, and a stro
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