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Christopher Landau (Christopher Thomas Landau) was born on 13 November, 1963 in Madrid, Spain, is an American lawyer and diplomat (born 1963). Discover Christopher Landau'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 60 years old?

Popular As Christopher Thomas Landau
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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 13 November, 1963
Birthday 13 November
Birthplace Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spain

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Who Is Christopher Landau's Wife?

His wife is Caroline Bruce Landau (m. July 12, 1997)

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Parents George W. Landau (father)
Wife Caroline Bruce Landau (m. July 12, 1997)
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Christopher Landau Net Worth

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1938

His father, who was Jewish, was born in Vienna and fled to South America after the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938.

Landau was raised Catholic.

Landau attended the American School of Asunción, Paraguay, for five years.

He is fluent in Spanish which he learned from childhood.

1940

He wrote his senior thesis, which was awarded the Hoopes Prize, on United States relations with the leftist government of Venezuela in the mid 1940s.

1963

Christopher Landau (born November 13, 1963) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mexico from 2019 to 2021.

He was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump.

Landau was born in Madrid, Spain, where his father, George Landau (later United States Ambassador to Paraguay, Chile, and Venezuela), was then stationed with the Foreign Service.

1981

Landau graduated from Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1981.

1985

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in history, summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1985, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year, earned a Certificate in Latin American Studies, and received the Sophia Freund Prize for the highest grade point average in his graduating class.

1989

He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1989, where he was articles co-chair of the Harvard Law Review and won the Sears Prize for the highest grade-point average in his second year.

Landau is related to Israeli sculptor Sigalit Landau.

After graduating from law school, Landau clerked for then-judge Clarence Thomas of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

1990

He later clerked for Justices Antonin Scalia and Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1990 and 1991 Terms, respectively.

During the former clerkship, Landau was co-clerk with Lawrence Lessig; during the latter clerkship, he was co-clerks with Gregory G. Katsas, Gregory E. Maggs and Stephen R. McAllister.

1993

In 1993, Landau joined Kirkland & Ellis as an associate, becoming a partner in 1995.

1994

From 1994 to 1995, Landau was an adjunct professor of administrative law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

2017

In 2017, the Chief Justice of the United States appointed him to the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Landau served as a Trustee of the United States Supreme Court Historical Society, and Chair of the Society's Programs Committee.

He was also a Director of the Diplomacy Center Foundation, which supports the United States Diplomacy Center at the United States Department of State.

2018

He was chairman of the firm's appellate practice until he left after 25 years to join Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in 2018.

He has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including two on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and has briefed and argued appeals in all of the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

2019

On March 26, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Landau as United States Ambassador to Mexico.

On August 1, 2019, the Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination by voice vote.

He was sworn into office on August 12, 2019, arrived in Mexico on August 16, 2019, and presented his credentials to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on August 26, 2019.

As Ambassador, Landau made the issue of immigration a top policy priority.

2020

On September 9, 2020, President Trump added Landau to a list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States.

After Joe Biden succeeded Trump as President, Landau left his post as ambassador in 2021, and was replaced by former U.S. Senator from Colorado Ken Salazar.

As Ambassador to Mexico, Landau was noted for his heavy usage of social media.

In 2020, he launched a challenge on Twitter to boost his follower count in order to exceed the 150,000 followers boasted by the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, noting his follower count was only 40,000 despite Mexico's much larger population.

Landau tweeted in Spanish "This is an outrage! … Mexico has to be #1!"

By July 2020, Landau's follower count had exploded to 245,000, in what Slate described as providing "an unexpected lesson in American digital diplomacy."

In September 2020, Landau was accused of cyberbullying a Mexican college student who criticized him on Twitter.

Landau replied by sarcastically saying "Obviously, your great education and knowledge of the world would allow you to do diplomatic work much better than the ‘rudimentary’ communications of this ‘white foreigner.' The student reportedly closed their account on Twitter following the exchange.