The former congressman and member of America’s most famous political dynasty will be the first to hold the seat since Mick Mulvaney left the position in 2021 following his tenure as chief of staff in Donald Trump’s White House.
Kennedy will be the first to hold the seat since Mick Mulvaney left the position in 2021 following his tenure as chief of staff in Donald Trump’s White House.
The U.S. official said Kennedy’s position is expected to focus specifically on Northern Ireland’s economic development and not on ongoing negotiations around the Northern Ireland Protocol. The 2019 protocol was established to maintain the peace deal struck under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which was meant to maintain an open, peaceful border between Northern Ireland and Ireland — a peace that has been threatened by Britain’s exit from the European Union.
, an organization he founded that helps communities across the country “build sustainable political infrastructure, engage and educate voters, and build power for the underrepresented and disenfranchised,” per the group’s mission statement.He is not the only Kennedy to be named to an ambassadorship in the Biden administration. Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former president John F.
Biden also was close to Edward M. Kennedy, John’s brother, with whom he served in the Senate and shared a long friendship and partnership. Ted Kennedy not only showed Biden the ropes — regularly trekking to Biden’s office in Dirksen Senate Office Building — but embodied for Biden the way the Senate should run.
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