Patrick F. Kennedy

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Patrick Kennedy
Under Secretary of State for Management
In office November 15, 2007 – January 26, 2017
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Henrietta Fore
Succeeded by	Brian Bulatao
In office September 1, 1996 – August 20, 1997 Acting
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard Moose
Succeeded by	Bonnie Cohen
United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform
In office September 2001 – May 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Donald Hayes
Succeeded by	Mark Wallace
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Acting
In office January 31, 1998 – August 11, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Eric Boswell
Succeeded by	David Carpenter
Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
In office May 20, 1993 – July 13, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Arthur Fort
Succeeded by	William Eaton
Personal details
Born	Patrick Francis Kennedy (1949-06-22) June 22, 1949 (age 75) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse	Mary Swope
Education	Georgetown University (BS)

Patrick Francis Kennedy (born June 22, 1949)^[1] is a former career Foreign Service Officer who served as the U.S. State Department's Under Secretary of State for Management. He was Director of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation. He has been Deputy Director for Management at the cabinet level Office of the Director of National Intelligence; he returned to the Department of State on May 7, 2007. Kennedy was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform and previously served as Chief of Staff for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He was the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration for the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2001. In 2014, Kennedy was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.^[2]