Dan Clune

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim

Biography

Dan Clune assumed responsibility as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim for the Embassy of the United States of America in Canberra, Australia on January 20, 2009.

He arrived in Canberra to serve as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy on 4 February 2007. From 2005 to 2007, he was the director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Monetary Affairs and served as Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Paris Club. From 2002 to 2005, he was the Director of the State Department’s Office of Economic Policy and Public Diplomacy. From 2000 to 2002, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau. Previously, he worked as the Trade Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the OECD, and spent a year at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as Director of Middle East and Mediterranean Affairs. He has also served at U.S. embassies in Lima, Peru and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mr. Clune is a graduate of Boston College and Boalt Hall, the law school at the University of California at Berkeley. He practiced law for ten years in Chicago before joining the Foreign Service in 1985. He has been married for 37 years to Judy Clune, an artist, and has three daughters.

Recent Events

Friday, 11 September 2009 — Canberra

September 11^th Commemoration remarks as prepared for delivery

Tuesday, 9 June 2009 — Sydney

Reception to honor Provost Nutbeam

Wednesday, 1 June 2009 — Murdoch University

Remarks as prepared for delivery

Thursday, 28 May 2009 — Australian Institute for International Affairs (WA)

Remarks as prepared for delivery

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 — Shenton College

Remarks as prepared for delivery

Thursday, 21 October 2008 — De Kerrilleau Society

Remarks as prepared for delivery

Thursday, 25 September 2008 — Canberra Boys Grammar Valedictory Chapel Service and Dinner

Remarks as prepared for delivery

Thursday, 11 September 2008 — Canberra

Amongst Friends, the U.S. Embassy Marks the 7th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks (Remarks by DCM Clune)

August 2008 — Northern Territory

DCM Clune Visits the Northern Territory

Monday, 12 May 2008 — Canberra

DCM Clune Participates in the Sri Chinmoy World Harmony Run

Sunday, 4 May 2008 — Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, ACT

Conservation Volunteers and Embassy Community Plant Trees at Tidbinbilla

November 2007 — South Australia

DCM Clune visits South Australia

Last update: Friday, 11 September 2009 GMT+1000