Joseph Macmanus

Not to be confused with the member of the Provisional IRA Joseph MacManus.

Joseph Estey Macmanus^[1] (born 1953) is an American diplomat who served as Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State from 2014 to 2017.^[2] Prior to that, he served as the U.S. ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna from 2012 to 2014,^[3] as well as interim coordinator for efforts to implement President Barack Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015.^[4]

Joseph Macmanus
25th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office August 4, 2014 – June 15, 2017
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	John Bass
Succeeded by	Lisa D. Kenna
Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation Acting
In office July 21, 2015 – September 25, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Stephen Mull
8th United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna
In office September 27, 2012 – August 4, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Glyn Davies
Succeeded by	Laura Kennedy (Acting)
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Acting
In office January 20, 2017 – December 20, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Julia Frifield
Succeeded by	Mary Kirtley Waters
In office March 14, 2011 – August 4, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Richard Verma
Succeeded by	David Adams
Personal details
Born	1953 (age 71–72)
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame University at Buffalo

Macmanus was President Donald Trump's nominee to become United States Ambassador to Colombia.^[5] This nomination was reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in May 2018, but was returned to the President at the close of the 115th Congress without consideration by the full Senate.^[6] In 2019, Philip Goldberg replaced Macmanus as nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Colombia.^[7]

Career

Macmanus is a career foreign service officer, having entered the Foreign Service Institute in 1986. In his time at the State Department, he served as top aides to former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs from 2005 to 2008, and again from 2011 to 2012.^[8]

President Barack Obama appointed Macmanus to serve as U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, as well as its representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in December 2011.^[9] He came to international attention in 2013 when he accused Iran of deception at a meeting of the IAEA,^[10] and then, with the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand envoys,^[11] stormed out of the meeting after Iran criticised Israel.^[12][13]

On November 29, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Macmanus to serve as the United States Ambassador to Colombia.^[14][15] In May 2019, it was announced that Philip Goldberg would replace Macmanus as nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Colombia.^[7]