Kelly Craft

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Kelly Dawn Knight Craft (* 24. February 1962 in Lexington as Kelly Dawn Guilfoil ) is an American businesswoman and diplomat . She has been the US Ambassador to Canada since 2017 and was confirmed by the US Senate as US Ambassador to the United Nations on July 31, 2019 .

life and career

Kelly Craft is the daughter of Bobby and Sherry Guilfoil. Craft grew up in Glasgow , Kentucky , and attended high school there. She graduated from the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1984.

Craft ran the business consultancy Kelly G. Knight, LCC. in Lexington and served in various local charities.

Kelly Craft was married to David Moross, the owner of an investment company, and has a daughter with him, according to press research. She later married the orthodontist Judd Knight, and the couple also had a daughter. Craft has been married to Joe Craft, President of Alliance Resource Partners , a major producer of coal in the USA, since 2016 .

Craft and her husband donated more than $ 2 million to campaigning and the inauguration fund for Republican candidate Donald Trump in 2016, while Kelly Craft was more likely to support Democratic Party candidates in local elections within their state.

Official offices

In 2004 Craft worked as a fundraiser for the re-election of President George W. Bush and was nominated by him as a US delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in 2007.

After his election, US President Donald Trump nominated Craft as US Ambassador to Canada in June 2017.

After Nikki Haley left , President Trump nominated Craft as the future UN Ambassador to the United States in late February 2019. It was upheld by the United States Senate on July 31, 2019, with a 56-34 vote. She was sworn in in her new office on September 10, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Kelly Craft  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b President Trump nominates Kelly Knight Craft, Kentucky native, as next UN Ambassador. foxlexington.com on February 23, 2019
  2. a b Kelly Knight Craft is Trump's pick to serve as US Ambassador to Canada. kentuckytoday.com of June 14, 2017
  3. a b c Joe Craft, Kelly Craft's Husband: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. heavy.com on February 22, 2019
  4. ^ A b "Trump's ambassador pick sends GOP power couple to Ottawa" theglobeandmail.com of June 15, 2017
  5. ^ Ronnie Ellis: Bush nominates Knight for UN. September 13, 2007 Archived from archive.org
  6. The USA has a UN ambassador again. SZ from August 1, 2019, accessed on August 1, 2019
  7. https://usun.usmission.gov/our-leaders/our-ambassador/