Michael E. Parmly
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Micheal E. Parmly is the Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana, or USINT, a post he has held since September 10, 2005. He succeeded James Cason at this post.
According to the U.S. Department of State website:
- Michael E. Parmly is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor. From August to October, 2004, Mr. Parmly served as Senior Advisor to Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for the Afghan Presidential elections. From February to May 2003, Mr. Parmly served as the State Department representative in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- Mr. Parmly has been a Foreign Service Officer since 1977. Mr. Parmly has served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d’Affaires, a.i. at the Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he oversaw the build-up of the post-Dayton American diplomatic presence in that country. Mr. Parmly received the Department’s Superior Honor Award for his work there. He had earlier served as Political Counselor at the US Mission to the European Union (1989-1993) and as Political Counselor in Bucharest, Romania (1987-1989). Before that, he served in Morocco and Spain.
- Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Parmly was a Peace Corps volunteer from 1973 to 1975 in Bucaramanga, Colombia, working in the field of youth development. He received his Masters of Arts of Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1977, after completing an undergraduate degree in International Relations and Latin American Studies (honor graduate) at St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. He is bilingual in French and Spanish, and fluent in Romanian.
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| United States Ambassadors to Latin America |  |
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| Argentina: Lino Gutierrez • Bolivia: David N. Greenlee • Brazil: Vacant • Chile: Craig A. Kelly • Costa Rica: Mark Langdale • Cuba: Michael E. Parmly • Dominican Republic: Hans. H. Hertell (Chief of Mission) • Ecuador: Linda Jewell • El Salvador: H. Douglas Barclay • Honduras: Charles A. Ford • Mexico: Tony Garza • Nicaragua: Paul A. Trivelli • Organization of American States: John Maisto • Paraguay: James Cason • Peru: J. Curtis Struble • Uruguay: Vacant • Venezuela: William Brownfield |
