Keith Harper (lawyer)
Keith Harper | |
|---|---|
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council | |
| In office June 5, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Eileen Donahoe |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Allegra, Chargé d'Affaires a.i |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Keith Michael Harper 1965 (age 60–61) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) New York University (JD) |
Keith Michael Harper (born 1965) is an American attorney and diplomat who was the first Native American to ever receive the rank of a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and as a lawyer he is known for working on behalf of Native Americans. He was, from June 2014 to January 2017, the U.S. representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.