Obama: Peter Michael McKinley as Next Afghanistan Ambassador

KABUL: (Middle East Press) The US President Barack Obama has announced to nominate Peter Michael McKinley as the next US ambassador to Afghanistan, the White House said following a statement.

McKinely is currently serving as US Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan and assumed his current position on September 28, 2013.

He has previously served as US Ambassador to Colombia from August, 2010 – August, 2013 and U.S. Ambassador to Peru from 2007-2010.

McKinley was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels between 2004 and 2007, according to his biography published online by the US Embassy in Kabul.

From 2001-2004, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

Between 1994 and 2001, Ambassador McKinley was Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’ Affaires at U.S. Embassies in Mozambique, Uganda, and Belgium.

Earlier assignments include U.S. Embassy London (1990-94), three tours in Washington (1985-90), and Bolivia (1983-85). Ambassador McKinley joined the Foreign Service in 1982.

Born in Venezuela and grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United States, McKinley did his scholar and graduate studies in the United Kingdom, and has a doctorate from Oxford University.