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Michael Ratney was born on 1961, is an American diplomat (born 1961). Discover Michael Ratney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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His wife is Karen Sasahara
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Michael Ratney Net Worth
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Timeline
Michael Alan Ratney (born 1961) is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia since April 2023.
He previously served as the chargé d'affaires of the United States embassy in Israel.
Raised in Massachusetts, Ratney is a 1979 graduate of Bedford High School.
He has a bachelor of science in mass communication from Boston University and a master of arts in international affairs from the George Washington University.
Ratney is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor.
He joined the service in 1990.
Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, he served as the Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute.
His most recent assignment before this was chargé d’affaires a.i. at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
Ratney served as the dean of the School of Language Studies at the Foreign Service Institute.
He was previously on the National Defense University faculty.
He served as the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary for the Levant and Israel and Palestinian Affairs, and was the U.S. special envoy for Syria.
Earlier, Ratney was the U.S. consul general in Jerusalem.
He was the deputy assistant secretary for international media in the State Department’s Bureau of Public Affairs.
Prior to this, he served as a spokesman for the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
Other assignments include serving as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Doha, Qatar, as well as tours in Mexico City, Baghdad, Beirut, Casablanca, Bridgetown, and Washington, D.C.
On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Ratney to be the next United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
On April 25, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate.
Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 16, 2022.
The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on June 23, 2022.
On September 28, 2022, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden placed a hold on Ratney's nomination due to a Saudi national killing Fallon Smart, a teenager from Wyden's home state of Oregon.
The Saudi national responsible for Smart's death was reportedly aided by the Saudi government in fleeing the United States, and Wyden urged any ambassador to Saudi Arabia to make this a priority.
His nomination expired at the end of the year and was returned to President Biden on January 3, 2023.
President Biden renominated Ratney the same day.
The committee favorably reported the nomination to the Senate floor on March 8, 2023.
Ratney was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Senate via voice vote on March 14, 2023.
He presented his credentials to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 27, 2023.
Ratney has won multiple State Department performance awards, including a Presidential Meritorious Service award.
Ratney is married to fellow Foreign Service officer Karen Sasahara; she has served as the US ambassador to Kuwait since November 2023.
Ratney speaks Arabic and French.
