Kelly Craft
American businesswoman and diplomat (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kelly Dawn Knight Craft (née Guilfoil; born February 24, 1962)[1] is an American diplomat. She was the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from September 2019 to January 2021. Before, she was the United States ambassador to Canada, the first woman to hold the post.[2][3][4]
In 2007, she was appointed by President George W. Bush as the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa.[5][6] Knight-Craft was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky. She is a member of the University of Kentucky's board of directors.[5] She heads Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky.
In June 2017, Craft was nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Canada by President Donald Trump.[7]
On February 22, 2019, President Trump nominated Craft to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.[8] On July 31, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a vote of 56–34.[9]
After two divorces, she is now married to a coal entrepreneur. During her first week as Ambassador to Canada she suggested that man-made climate change was just one possible theory.[10]
On September 7, 2022, Craft launched her campaign to become Governor of Kentucky in the 2023 election.[11]
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