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Thomas-Greenfield – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1-%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93" title="לינדה תומאס-גרינפילד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לינדה תומאס-גרינפילד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF" title="ليندا توماس جرينفيلد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليندا توماس جرينفيلد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield" title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Linda Thomas-Greenfield" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />February 25, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Mills_Jr." title="Richard M. Mills Jr.">Richard M. Mills Jr.</a> (2021-2024)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Shea" title="Dorothy Shea">Dorothy Shea</a> (2024-present)<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Deputy Ambassador)</span><br /><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Prescott" title="Jeffrey Prescott">Jeffrey Prescott</a> (2021-2024)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ned_Price" title="Ned Price">Ned Price</a><br />(2024-present)<br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Deputy to the Ambassador)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">18th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_African_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs">United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 6, 2013 – March 10, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_P._Jackson" title="Robert P. Jackson">Robert P. Jackson</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Carson" title="Johnnie Carson">Johnnie Carson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tibor_P._Nagy" title="Tibor P. Nagy">Tibor P. 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codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_speaks_at_UN_Security_Council_Emergency_Meeting_on_Ukraine.ogg/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_speaks_at_UN_Security_Council_Emergency_Meeting_on_Ukraine.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks at <a href="/wiki/UN_Security_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Security Council">UN Security Council</a> Emergency Meeting on <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a><br />Recorded February 23, 2022</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Linda Thomas-Greenfield</b> (born November 22, 1952)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American diplomat who serves as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">United States ambassador to the United Nations</a> under President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>. She served as the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_African_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs">assistant secretary of state for African affairs</a> from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm <a href="/wiki/Albright_Stonebridge_Group" title="Albright Stonebridge Group">Albright Stonebridge Group</a> in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President Biden nominated her to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and she was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on February 23, 2021. She took office after <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_credence" title="Letter of credence">presenting her credentials</a> on February 25, 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Thomas-Greenfield was born in <a href="/wiki/Baker,_Louisiana" title="Baker, Louisiana">Baker, Louisiana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1952 as one of eight siblings.<sup id="cite_ref-besheer_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-besheer-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated from an all-Black high school in <a href="/wiki/Zachary,_Louisiana" title="Zachary, Louisiana">Zachary, Louisiana</a>, in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-ballard_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas-Greenfield earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_University" title="Louisiana State University">Louisiana State University</a> in 1974, and a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">Master of Public Administration</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a> in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During UW-Madison's spring 2018 commencement ceremony, Thomas-Greenfield was awarded an honorary doctor of law by Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Blank" title="Rebecca Blank">Rebecca Blank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <p>Thomas-Greenfield taught political science at <a href="/wiki/Bucknell_University" title="Bucknell University">Bucknell University</a>, before joining the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">Foreign Service</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She served as <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Population,_Refugees,_and_Migration" title="Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration">deputy assistant secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration</a> (2004–2006), principal deputy assistant secretary for African affairs (2006–2008), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Liberia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Liberia">ambassador to Liberia</a> (2008–2012), and director general of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Service" title="United States Foreign Service">Foreign Service</a> and concurrently as the director of human resources (2012–2013).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Thomas-Greenfield held foreign postings in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> (at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Mission_to_the_United_Nations" title="United States Mission to the United Nations">United States Mission to the United Nations</a>), <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Gambia" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2013 to 2017, she served as the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_African_Affairs" title="Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs">assistant secretary of state for African affairs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_African_Affairs" title="Bureau of African Affairs">Bureau of African Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, she was terminated by the Trump administration as part of what was a "purge of senior State Department officials and career professionals over nearly four years," according to the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-latimes_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thomas-Greenfield is a non-resident fellow at <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>, having been the distinguished resident fellow in African studies from fall 2017 to spring 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2020, Thomas-Greenfield was named a volunteer member of <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">President-elect</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s agency review team to support <a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidential transition of Joe Biden">transition efforts</a> related to the United States Department of State.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-latimes_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-latimes-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of November 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linda_Thomas-Greenfield&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Thomas-Greenfield was on leave from a senior vice president position at <a href="/wiki/Albright_Stonebridge_Group" title="Albright Stonebridge Group">Albright Stonebridge Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._ambassador_to_the_United_Nations">U.S. ambassador to the United Nations</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V20210224LJ-0130_(51013313857).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg/220px-V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg/330px-V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg/440px-V20210224LJ-0130_%2851013313857%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Thomas-Greenfield being sworn in by Vice President <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> on February 24, 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On November 24, 2020, Biden announced his plans to nominate her as the next <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to the United Nations">U.S. ambassador to the United Nations</a>, and to include her in his <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Joe_Biden" title="Cabinet of Joe Biden">cabinet</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She appeared before the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">Senate Committee on Foreign Relations</a> on January 27, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the confirmation hearing on her nomination for U.N. ambassador, Thomas-Greenfield said she regretted giving a speech to a Beijing-backed <a href="/wiki/Confucius_Institute" title="Confucius Institute">Confucius Institute</a> in 2019 when she was working for a private consulting firm. She largely agreed with the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Foreign_Relations_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Foreign Relations Committee">Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> on international policies, raising concerns about the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a>'s "malign force" and "debt traps and tactics" in Africa and beyond.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, it was reported that Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> of Texas was delaying a committee vote on her nomination due to her 2019 comments on the People's Republic of China.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas-Greenfield has vowed to stand "against the unfair targeting of Israel" for <a href="/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment,_and_Sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions">Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions</a>, saying that the movement "verges on <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The committee favorably reported her nominations on February 4, 2021. Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on February 23, 2021, by a 78–20 vote to be the UN Ambassador; she was subsequently confirmed, by a 78–21 vote, to be the US representative to the General Assembly of the UN.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She took office after <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_credence" title="Letter of credence">presenting her credentials</a> on February 25, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She succeeded Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Craft" title="Kelly Craft">Kelly Craft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tenure">Tenure</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P20210318AS-1641_(51130058919).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg/220px-P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg/330px-P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg/440px-P20210318AS-1641_%2851130058919%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1873" /></a><figcaption>Thomas-Greenfield with President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, March 2021</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg/220px-Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg/330px-Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg/440px-Linda_Thomas-Greenfield_and_Naftali_Bennett_at_the_76th_UNGA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1074" /></a><figcaption>Thomas-Greenfield with Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Naftali_Bennett" title="Naftali Bennett">Naftali Bennett</a> in September 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning on March 1, 2021, the United States became <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" title="Presidency of the United Nations Security Council">president</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a>; thus Greenfield became president of the council as head of the United States delegation. Her term ended on March 31, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her next term as president of the UNSC began on May 1, 2022, succeeding her UK counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Woodward" title="Barbara Woodward">Barbara Woodward</a>, who served as UNSC president for April 2022, in the middle of the continuing <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, and ended on May 31, 2022, being succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albanian</a> ambassador, <a href="/wiki/Ferit_Hoxha" title="Ferit Hoxha">Ferit Hoxha</a>, for June 2022. Greenfield would serve another term as UNSC president for August 2023, again succeeding Woodward as she served for July 2023. </p><p>Thomas-Greenfield accused the People's Republic of China of committing <a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_China" title="Persecution of Uyghurs in China">genocide against Uyghurs</a> and of detaining more than one million <a href="/wiki/Uyghurs" title="Uyghurs">Uyghurs</a> and other ethnic minorities in <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang_internment_camps" title="Xinjiang internment camps">Xinjiang internment camps</a>. She said that the United States "will keep standing up and speaking out until China's government stops its crimes against humanity and the genocide of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She expressed concern over reports of escalating ethnic tensions in <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray Region</a> and urged peaceful resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigray War">Tigray War</a> between <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ethiopia" title="Government of Ethiopia">Ethiopia's federal government</a> and the forces of the <a href="/wiki/Tigray_Region" title="Tigray Region">Tigray regional government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 18, 2023, during the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" title="Israel–Hamas war">Israel–Hamas war</a>, the UN Security Council voted on a resolution to temporarily pause hostilities to allow <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_aid" title="Humanitarian aid">humanitarian aid</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza</a>. The war began with the <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel">2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel</a>, which killed approximately 1,200 Israelis. At the time of the vote, more than 3,000 Palestinians had been killed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas-Greenfield, representing the US, was the sole "no" vote on the 15-member council. The resolution failed as the US has <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_veto_power" title="United Nations Security Council veto power">veto power on the UN Security Council</a>. To explain the vote, Thomas-Greenfield said that the US was working on a diplomatic resolution to the humanitarian crisis and that the resolution failed to recognize Israel's right to self defense.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2023, Thomas-Greenfield voted against a humanitarian ceasefire resolution in the 193-member <a href="/wiki/UN_General_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="UN General Assembly">UN General Assembly</a>, where the US does not hold veto power.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said a ceasefire would be "temporary at the best and dangerous at worst."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 20, 2024, Thomas-Greenfield again cast the lone vote against a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. She stated: "Demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about a durable peace. Instead, it could extend the fighting between Hamas and Israel."<sup id="cite_ref-:3_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, the resolution "separately demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2024, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vermont" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xavier_University_of_Louisiana" title="Xavier University of Louisiana">Xavier University of Louisiana</a> both canceled planned commencement addresses by Thomas-Greenfield following student protests over her selection.<sup id="cite_ref-guard-9may2024_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-9may2024-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Thomas-Greenfield's husband, Lafayette Greenfield, worked for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">State Department</a> before his retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-ballard_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-ballard_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ballard-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFThomas-Greenfield2001" class="citation journal cs1">Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (July 1, 2001). "US refugee admissions history and policy". <i>Refugee Survey Quarterly</i>. <b>20</b> (2): 165–169. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Frsq%2F20.2.165">10.1093/rsq/20.2.165</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/45053391">45053391</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Refugee+Survey+Quarterly&rft.atitle=US+refugee+admissions+history+and+policy&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=165-169&rft.date=2001-07-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Frsq%2F20.2.165&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F45053391%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Thomas-Greenfield&rft.aufirst=Linda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Thomas-Greenfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas-Greenfield2013" class="citation web cs1">Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (November 13, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/af/rls/rm/2013/217653.htm">"Countering the Threat Posed by Boko Haram"</a>. <i>U.S. Department of State</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=U.S.+Department+of+State&rft.atitle=Countering+the+Threat+Posed+by+Boko+Haram&rft.date=2013-11-13&rft.aulast=Thomas-Greenfield&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2F2009-2017.state.gov%2Fp%2Faf%2Frls%2Frm%2F2013%2F217653.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Thomas-Greenfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas-Greenfield2014" class="citation journal cs1">Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (January 2014). 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Bruce</a> (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/Mar-Apr-2019/6-Zimbabwe/">"Zimbabwe's Coup: Net Gain or No Gain?"</a>. <i>Military Review</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Military+Review&rft.atitle=Zimbabwe%27s+Coup%3A+Net+Gain+or+No+Gain%3F&rft.date=2019&rft.aulast=Thomas-Greenfield&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft.au=Wharton%2C+D.+Bruce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyupress.army.mil%2FJournals%2FMilitary-Review%2FEnglish-Edition-Archives%2FMar-Apr-2019%2F6-Zimbabwe%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALinda+Thomas-Greenfield" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas-GreenfieldBurns2020" class="citation journal cs1">Thomas-Greenfield, Linda; <a href="/wiki/William_J._Burns_(diplomat)" title="William J. 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(2023–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_appointments_by_Joe_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Political appointments by Joe Biden">Political appointments by Joe Biden</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Cabinet_of_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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