Noah Mamet

Noah Bryson Mamet
United States Ambassador to Argentina
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 10, 2014
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Vilma Socorro Martínez
Personal details
Born April 1969 (age 45–46)
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles B.A.
Occupation Political Consultant

Noah Bryson Mamet (born April 1969) (pronounced muh-MET) is the United States Ambassador to Argentina.

Early life and education

Mamet was born in Manhattan Beach, California. In 1992, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1]

Professional career

At age 21, Mamet entered politics by working as a driver and a bodyguard during the 1992 U.S. Senate primary bid by onetime U.S. Rep. Mel Levine;[2] he also worked for the California Democratic Party helping with Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign in Santa Barbara County.[1] From 1995 until 2003, Mamet worked for onetime U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt while he was House Democratic leader as a senior advisor and national finance director.[2][3] Mamet also worked on Gephardt's 2004 presidential bid.[2]

In 2004, he founded Noah Mamet and Associates, a Los Angeles-based political consulting firm with offices in San Francisco and New York City.[2]

In 2007, Mamet served on the international delegation for the National Democratic Institute to monitor elections in Sierra Leone.[1][3] He also has served as an adviser to the Wasserman Family Foundation in Los Angeles.[1]

Mamet raised $3,200,000 for Obama's reelection campaign in 2012.[4] He is a member of the National Jewish Democratic Council.[5]

Ambassador service

On July 30, 2013, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Mamet to be the U.S. ambassador to Argentina.[1][3] On July 31, 2013, Obama formally nominated Mamet to the post.[6] Mamet's nomination languished for months after his United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. He speaks conversational Spanish.[4][7]

On June 24, 2014, the Senate's foreign relations committee voted to forward Mamet's nomination to the full Senate.[8] On November 20, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Mamet's nomination.

On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Senate voted 50-36 for cloture on Mamet's nomination, thereby ending a Republican-led filibuster of his nomination.[9][10] On December 2, 2014, the Senate confirmed Mamet in a 50-43 vote and he was sworn in on December 10, 2014.[11][12] He arrived to Argentina on January 16, 2015 and presented his credentials that same day.[13]

Personal

Mamet has been a resident of Marina del Rey, California.[2] He is not married and has no children.[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Haaretz: "Obama fundraiser Noah Mamet appointed U.S. envoy to Argentina - Mamet, a fundraiser for Democratic causes, has been confirmed to the Argentinian envoy post, despite having never visited the country" December 3, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/137388/noah-mamet-nominated-as-us-ambassador
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/30/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/5-FY2014/F-2013-12853/DOC_0C05521180/C05521180.pdf
  5. ↑ Jewish Telegraph: "Dems fundraiser Noah Mamet confirmed as U.S. envoy to Argentina" December 3, 2014
  6. ↑ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/31/presidential-nominations-sent-senate
  7. ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/02/5-most-cringe-worthy-blunders-from-obamas-ambassador-nominees/
  8. ↑ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/z?nomis:113PN0113300:
  9. ↑ http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/225642-senate-advances-nominations-of-obama-bundlers
  10. ↑ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00291
  11. ↑ http://www.periodicalpress.senate.gov/
  12. ↑ "Ambassador Mamet sworn in by VP Biden" Embassy of the United States in Argentina, December 10, 2014
  13. ↑ "Timerman recibió al nuevo embajador de Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Télam. January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2014-06-24/html/CREC-2014-06-24-pt1-PgS3935-2.htm