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Diplomatic Spotlight International Visitor Leadership Program 80th Anniversary In honor of the 80th anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the State Department hosted an event for embassy cultural attachés at the newly built National Museum of American Diplomacy. For the past 80 years, the IVLP has connected current and emerging leaders from around the world to the United States through short-term exchanges, with over 225,000 alumni, including Albanian Ambassador Floreta Faber and Singaporean Ambassador Ashok Mirpuri, both of whom spoke at the event.
Ambassador of Albania Floreta Faber talks about her experience as an IVLP alumni.
April 2020
Bahraini Basketball Diplomacy Ambassador of Bahrain Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, a fan of the Boston Celtics, invited friends to the Verizon Center to watch the Celtics play the Washington Wizards, who won the game.
Ambassador of Albania Floreta Faber, Ambassador of Armenia Varuzhan Nersesyan, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce, Ambassador of Latvia Māris Selga, Ambassador of Singapore Ashok Mirpuri and Ambassador of Croatia Pjer Šimunović.
Joon Suk Hwang, director of the Korean Cultural Center, and Sang Hwa Park, director of the Korean Embassy Education Center.
The National Museum of American Diplomacy tells the story of the history, practice, and challenges of American diplomacy.
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Ambassador of Bahrain Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa and Ambassador of Azerbaijan Elin Suleymanov.
Mary Kane, director of the National Museum of American Diplomacy, welcomes guests.
Vladislav Nastas of the Embassy of Moldova and Sofia Gegechkori of the Embassy of Georgia.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Marie Royce and President of the National U.S.Arab Chamber of Commerce David Hamod stand by an original piece of the Berlin Wall that is housed at the National Museum of American Diplomacy.
Ambassador of Hungary László Szabó and his wife Dr. Ivonn Szeverényi.
Patent and Trademark Lunch Jacob Comenetz and Vera Beutin, both of the German Embassy Cultural Section.
Mary Kane, director of the National Museum of American Diplomacy, right, talks to guests.
Lara Romano, deputy chief of the Embassy of Croatia, talks to guests.
PHOTO: MICHAEL A. CLEVELAND
Jan Du Plain of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and Bauyrzhan Nurbalin of the Embassy of Kazakshstan.
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The National Museum of American History next to the State Department features exhibits in a main visitor hall and a Founding Ambassadors Concourse space for students and special programs.
Secretary of the District of Columbia Kimberly A. Bassett and Popy Rufaidah of the Embassy of Indonesia.
Ambassador of Slovenia Stanislav Vidovic; Ambassador of Kazakhstan Erzhan Kazykhanov; Ambassador of Estonia Jonatan Vseviov; Ambassador of Germany Emily Haber; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Andrei Iancu; a tour guide; and coach Kathy Kemper of the Institute for Education visit USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Va., as part of a lunch arranged by the Institute for Education.