Peter Burleigh

Peter Burleigh
Peter Burleigh
United States Ambassador to India
	Acting
	In office; July 1, 2011 – April 24, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Tim Roemer
Succeeded by	Nancy Jo Powell
	In office; January 15, 2009 – August 11, 2009
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David Mulford
Succeeded by	Tim Roemer
United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Acting
	In office; August 18, 1998 – September 7, 1999
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Bill Richardson
Succeeded by	Richard Holbrooke
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
	In office; January 19, 1996 – August 1, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Teresita Schaffer
Succeeded by	Shaun Donnelly
8th Coordinator for Counterterrorism
	In office; November 22, 1991 – November 23, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Morris D. Busby
Succeeded by	Philip C. Wilcox Jr.
Personal details
Born	March 7, 1942 (age 82); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Colgate University (BA)

Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy.

Early life and education

Burleigh was born March 7, 1942, in Los Angeles. He graduated from Hollywood High School and then Colgate University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963.^[1]

He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language.^[2] In addition to Nepali, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese.^[3]

He served as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1997, serving concurrently as ambassador to the Maldives.^[4] In 1998–99, he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999, President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn.^[4] In 2009 and again in 2011, he was appointed chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, pending appointments first of Timothy Roemer and of Nancy Jo Powell as ambassador.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

He is a visiting professor of international affairs at the University of Miami.

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Government offices
Preceded by Morris D. Busby	Coordinator for Counterterrorism 1991–1992	Succeeded by Thomas E. McNamara Acting
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Teresita Schaffer	United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives 1996–1997	Succeeded by Shaun Donnelly
Preceded by Bill Richardson	United States Ambassador to the United Nations Acting 1998–1999	Succeeded by Richard Holbrooke
Preceded by David Mulford	United States Ambassador to India Acting 2009	Succeeded by Tim Roemer
Preceded by Tim Roemer	United States Ambassador to India Acting 2011–2012	Succeeded by Nancy Jo Powell