Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel

Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel
3rd United States Ambassador to Slovenia
In office
September 2, 1998 – September 27, 2001
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Victor Jackovich
Succeeded by Johnny Young
Personal details
Born Nancy Halliday
1937 (age 78–79)
Political party Nonpartisan[1]
Spouse(s) Robert A. Duff (first husband; divorced)
John Hart Ely (second husband; divorced)
Arnold Lewis Raphel (third husband; 1987-1988; his death)[2]
Children With Robert A. Duff:[3]
John D. Ely
Robert D. Ely
Alma mater Syracuse University
University of San Diego School of Law
Profession Diplomat

Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel is an American diplomat. She was the United States Ambassador to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.[4][5][6]

Biography

Ely-Raphel was born in 1937 to Margaret Merritt Halliday and Thomas Clarkson Halliday.[7][8] She has one brother, Thomas Clarkson Halliday III.[9] She graduated from Syracuse University in New York and attended the University of Wurzburg in Würzburg, Germany. In 1968, she graduated from University of San Diego School of Law with a juris doctor.[10]

Prior to joining the United States Foreign Service, she was a lawyer and Associate Dean of Boston University School of Law.[11][12] From 2001 to 2003 she was the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. State Department. On June 29, 1998, she was appointed by President Clinton to be the United States Ambassador to Slovenia.[13]

She was presented her credentials on September 2, 1998, and left the post on September 27, 2001.

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[14] and is a resident of the District of Columbia.[15]

She was previously known as Nancy Ely.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Candidate - Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel". Our Campaigns. 1998-06-29. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  2. ↑ http://www.jta.org/1988/08/24/archive/diplomat-killed-in-air-crash-is-mourned-as-friend-of-israel
  3. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/style/weddings-mary-jean-bonadonna-robert-ely.html
  4. ↑ "Nancy H. Ely-Raphel". NNDB. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Office of the Historian - Department History - People - Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel". History.state.gov. 2001-09-27. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  6. ↑ "Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel named as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia". M2.com. 2001-08-01. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  7. ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "Index to Politicians: Ely-raphel to Emerlinda". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  8. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1998-06-23/pdf/CREC-1998-06-23-pt1-PgS6883.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1998-06-23/pdf/CREC-1998-06-23-pt1-PgS6883.pdf
  10. ↑ http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1267&context=bjil
  11. ↑ http://1997-2001.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/ely_raphel_nancy.html
  12. ↑ http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-ely-raphel-named-ambassador-to-slovenia.html
  13. ↑ http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=040298-president-names-ely-raphel-ambassador-to-slovenia.htm
  14. ↑ Eric Samuelson. "Council on Foreign Relations Membership List". Biblebelievers.org.au. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  15. ↑ http://clinton6.nara.gov/1998/04/1998-04-02-ely-raphel-named-ambassador-to-slovenia.html
  16. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/18/world/arnold-l-raphel-an-envoy-of-deep-commitment.html

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