16 Facts About Michael McKinley

Peter Michael McKinley was born on January 1954 and is an American diplomat.

Michael McKinley was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.

Michael McKinley was based in Bolivia from 1983 until 1985 and had three tours of duty at the State Department's headquarters in Washington from 1985 until 1990.

Michael McKinley then served in the US Embassy in London from 1990 until 1994 and as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires at US Embassies in Mozambique, Uganda, and Belgium from 1994 until 2001.

Michael McKinley was charge d'affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in Mozambique from July 1996 to December 1997.

From 2001 until 2004, Michael McKinley served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

Michael McKinley then was deputy chief of mission and charge d' affaires at the US Mission to the European Union in Brussels from 2004 to 2007.

Michael McKinley served as the US Ambassador to Peru from 2007 to 2010 and United States Ambassador to Colombia from 2010 to 2013.

Michael McKinley was US Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2013 to 2014.

On December 9,2014, the Senate confirmed Michael McKinley to be the US Ambassador to Afghanistan by voice vote.

Michael McKinley presented his credentials in Kabul on January 6,2015.

Michael McKinley served as US Ambassador to Afghanistan until December 18,2016, upon being appointed US Ambassador to Brazil.

Michael McKinley presented his credentials on January 20,2017 and served until November 3,2018, when he took up the post of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State.

On October 16,2019, Michael McKinley gave deposition testimony to the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight committees in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.

Kent provided a memo to McKinley detailing his concerns, which McKinley forwarded to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, acting legal adviser Marik String, and Deputy Secretary of State John J Sullivan, but received no response.

Michael McKinley is married to Fatima Salces Arce; they have three children.