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Ronald P. Spogli


United States Ambassador to Italy
In office August 10, 2005 – February 6, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Mel Sembler
Succeeded by	David Thorne
United States Ambassador to San Marino
In office March 8, 2007 – February 6, 2009
President	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	David Thorne

Personal details
Born	1948 (age 75–76) Los Angeles, California, United States
Political party	Republican
Profession	Diplomat

Ronald P. Spogli (born 1948) is an American venture capitalist and politician. He is the former United States Ambassador to Italy and to San Marino. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 30, 2005,^[1] after being nominated by President George W. Bush on June 9. He was preceded by Mel Sembler as ambassador to Italy and is the first American ambassador to San Marino from the United States. This new position was created as a result of the excellent relations between the two countries.^[2]

Early life

In 1948, Spogli was born in Los Angeles, California.^[3]

Education

Spogli received an A.B. in history from Stanford University in 1970, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year.^[4] He earned an M.B.A. in 1975 from Harvard Business School, where he was future president George W. Bush's roommate.^[3] He lived abroad in Florence and Milan for two years during his time at Stanford, and became fluent in the Italian language.

Career

Spogli is a co-founder of Freeman Spogli & Co., a private equity investment firm.^[5] Before that he was a managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Dean Witter Reynolds.^[6] In 2002, President Bush appointed Spogli to a three-year term with the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board.^[7] Spogli quit working at Freeman Spogli & Co. on July 31, 2005, and was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Italy on August 10, 2005, and to San Marino in September 2006.^[8] He left post on February 6, 2009. He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2016.

References

^ "Presidential Nomination". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ Winner, Christopher: Area 51: Spogli’s Promise, Retrieved on October 18, 2007
^ ^a ^b "THE NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS MLAN AND TURIN". milan.usconsulate.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ "Ambassador Ronald P. Spogli - Biography". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
^ "J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP BOARD 2004•2005" (PDF). exchanges.state.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ "Managing Principal". penningtonpc.com. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ "Nominations and Appointments". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^ "BIOGRAPHY". state.gov. Retrieved 2007-10-18.

This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Mel Sembler	United States Ambassador to Italy 2005–2009	Succeeded by David H. Thorne
New title	United States Ambassador to San Marino 2006–2009	Succeeded by David H. Thorne

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Chargé d'Affaires	Nelson Throop Boulware Polk Rowan Morris
Minister Resident	Owen Chandler
Kingdom of Sardinia
Chargé d'Affaires	Rogers Baber Wickliffe Niles Kinney Daniel
Minister Resident	Daniel
Kingdom of Italy
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Marsh Astor Stallo Porter Potter
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	MacVeagh Draper Meyer White Griscom Leishman O'Brien Page Johnson Child Fletcher Garrett Long W. Phillips Wadsworth (chargé d'affaires) Kirk
Italian Republic
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dunn Bunker Luce Zellerbach Reinhardt Ackley Martin Volpe Gardner Rabb Secchia Bartholomew Foglietta Sembler Spogli Thorne J. Phillips Eisenberg Markell

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