Charge d’Affaires, a.i.

James Creagan

James Creagan, Charge d’Affaires, a.i.

A career diplomat with over thirty years of experience, Ambassador Creagan served as the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from 1996 until 1999.  He also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Italy, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, Consul General in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia.  Other assignments include serving as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon and as a political and labor officer at the U.S. Embassies in Lima, Mexico City, San Salvador, and Rome. He began his career as a Consul in Naples, Italy. 

Mr. Creagan was born in Elyria, Ohio in 1940 and grew up on the shores of Lake Erie in nearby Lorain. He is a 1962 graduate of Notre Dame University and holds a PH. D. from the University of Virginia. He has taught political science at several universities, including Texas A&M. Ambassador Creagan speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.