Carey Cavanaugh
Carey Cavanaugh | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador and Special Negotiator for Eurasian Conflicts | |
| In office 1999 – 2001 Also, OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair | |
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Donald Keyser |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf V. Perina |
| Special Cyprus Coordinator, Acting | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | James Williams |
| Succeeded by | Thomas J. Miller |
| United States Chief of Mission to Georgia | |
| In office 1992 – 1992 Charge d'affaires ad interim | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | US established relations with Georgia in April 1992 |
| Succeeded by | Kent N. Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 69–70) Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
| Residence | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Education | Russian (B.A.) Government and International Studies (M.A.) (ABD) |
| Alma mater | University of Florida Notre Dame |
| Profession | |
| Website | www |
Carey Edward Cavanaugh (born January 1955) is a former U.S. Ambassador, peace mediator and chairman of International Alert, a London-based independent peacebuilding organization. He is currently professor of diplomacy at the University of Kentucky.
Cavanaugh had a twenty-two year Foreign Service career focused on conflict resolution, arms control, and humanitarian issues. This included diplomatic postings in Berlin, Moscow, Tbilisi, Rome, and Bern, as well as Washington assignments in the State Department, the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Upon leaving government service, he took a full professorship at the University of Kentucky and became director of its Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. He remains active in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, working with several leading British and European non-governmental organizations on civil society initiatives and track-two diplomatic efforts.