Shawn P. Crowley Explained

Shawn Patrick Crowley is an American diplomat.

He is the current Deputy Chief of Mission to Italy. He served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Embassy Italy until the appointment of Ambassador Jack Markell on September 23, 2023.

Biography

Crowley received a Bachelor's degree in international relations from Georgetown University and a Master's degree in national security strategy from the National War College.^[1] Before working for the State Department, he worked as a banker in the Cayman Islands and as a staffer in the German Parliament in Bonn.^{[2] [3]}

In 1991 Crowley began his career in the foreign service, working in Kuwait on political issues such as repatriation of American prisoners from Iraq. He would go on to hold numerous other positions throughout the Middle East and Europe. Between January and March 2012, he led the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.^[4]

Crowley would later on serve as Chargé d'Affaires from the United States to the Netherlands from July 29, 2016, to January 4, 2018.^{[5] [6] [7]}

On May 16, 2020, Crowley began working for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. He has since moved up to the position of director of Western European Affairs, a position which he still holds.^[8]

Family

Crowley and his wife Sabine have two grown children, a daughter working as a microbiologist in Arkansas and a son working in marketing in Frankfurt.

Notes and References

1. Web site: March 17, 2021. Shawn Crowley: Office of Western European Affairs. aer.org. American Enterprise Institute.
2. Web site: 2016-08-10. New Deputy Chief of Mission: Shawn Crowley. 2021-06-16. U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the Netherlands. en-US.
3. Web site: Shawn Crowley. 2021-06-16. United States Department of State. en-US.
4. Book: Shapiro, Ben. The People Vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration. 2015-04-28. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-4767-6515-0. en.
5. Web site: Shawn P. Crowley. 2021-06-16. history.state.gov. Office of the Historian.
6. Web site: 2016-08-04. US chargé d'affaires in The Hague. 2021-06-16. Diplomat magazine. en-US.
7. Book: Lansford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. 2017-03-31. CQ Press. 978-1-5063-2717-4. en.
8. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=iXznDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shawn+Crowley%22+european+affairs&pg=PA526. Washington Information Directory 2020-2021. 2020-07-21. CQ Press. 978-1-5443-8494-8. 526. en. Chapter 12: International Affairs.