Brent Hardt
D. Brent Hardt | |
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| United States Ambassador to Guyana | |
| In office September 15, 2011 – July 6, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas C. Pierce (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) |
| Succeeded by | Perry L. Holloway |
| United States Chargé d'affaires to The Bahamas ad interim | |
| In office April 10, 2007 – October 25, 2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John D. Rood |
| Succeeded by | Ned L. Siegel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Brent Hardt 1962 (age 63–64) Wisconsin |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MA, PhD Yale University, BA |
D. Brent Hardt is an American career Senior Foreign Service Officer and present Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, B.C., Canada who served in the Western Hemisphere, Europe, and in Political-Military assignments. From 2011-2014 he served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Plenipotentiary Representative of the United States to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He most recently served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France beginning in August 2017. Prior to his arrival in Paris, he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Central Command and as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. Other assignments include service as Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2009-2011, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassies in The Bahamas (2005-2008) and the Holy See in Rome (2002-2005).