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Arturo Valenzuela

[State Department logo] State Department
Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Confirmed: Nov. 5, 2009
Nominated: June 8, 2009
Announced: May 12, 2009

Bio

Most recently a professor of government at Georgetown University, Valenzuela served at the White House National Security Council during the Clinton administration.

Last Job

  • Georgetown University, professor of government and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Other Jobs

  • Duke University, professor of political science and director of Council on Latin American Studies
  • State Department, deputy assistant secretary for Inter-American Affairs
  • White House, special assistant to the president and senior director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council

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