Joan Donoghue
Joan Donoghue | |
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Donoghue in 2022 | |
| President of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office February 8, 2021 – February 6, 2024 | |
| Vice President | Kirill Gevorgian |
| Preceded by | Abdulqawi Yusuf |
| Succeeded by | Nawaf Salam |
| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
| In office September 13, 2010 – February 6, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Buergenthal |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Cleveland |
| Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
Acting | |
| In office March 23, 2009 – June 25, 2009 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Bellinger |
| Succeeded by | Harold Koh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1956 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
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Joan E. Donoghue (born December 12, 1956) is an American lawyer, international legal scholar, former U.S. State Department official, and former president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She was first elected to the court in 2010, re-elected in 2014, and elected by the ICJ judges to be president of the ICJ in 2021. She was the third woman to be elected to the ICJ and the first American woman elected as president of the court.