Jack Markell

Jack Markell
Markell in 2023
United States Ambassador to Italy and San Marino
Incumbent
Assumed office September 23, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Lewis Eisenberg
United States Ambassador to the OECD
In office February 11, 2022 – August 21, 2023[1]
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Daniel Yohannes
Succeeded by	Karen Enstrom (Chargé d'Affaires)
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 15, 2012 – August 4, 2013
Deputy	Mary Fallin
Preceded by	Dave Heineman
Succeeded by	Mary Fallin
73rd Governor of Delaware
In office January 20, 2009 – January 17, 2017
Lieutenant	Matthew Denn
Preceded by	Ruth Ann Minner
Succeeded by	John Carney
Treasurer of Delaware
In office January 16, 1999 – January 20, 2009
Governor	Tom Carper Ruth Ann Minner
Preceded by	Janet Rzewnicki
Succeeded by	Velda Jones-Potter
Personal details
Born	Jack Alan Markell (1960-11-26) November 26, 1960 (age 63) Newark, Delaware, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Carla Smathers
Children	2
Education	Brown University (BA) University of Chicago (MBA)
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Website	Government website Campaign website

Jack Alan Markell^[2] (born November 26, 1960) is an American politician and diplomat. He has been the United States ambassador both to Italy and to San Marino since September 2023. He had served as the United States ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. He previously served as the 73rd governor of Delaware from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Markell served three terms as the state treasurer of Delaware from 1999 to 2009. After term-limited Governor Ruth Ann Minner was prevented from running for reelection, Markell announced his intention to run. He defeated lieutenant governor of Delaware John Carney with 51% of the vote in the Democratic primary, and defeated the Republican nominee, former Delaware Superior Court judge Bill Lee, with 67% of the vote in the 2008 general election, becoming Delaware's first Jewish governor. Markell won reelection in 2012 by a margin of over 40%.

On May 12, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Markell to serve as the United States ambassador to Italy and San Marino.^[3] He was confirmed by the Senate on July 27, 2023.^[4]