Gene Cretz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gene Cretz

American diplomat

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1950

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, United States

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gene Allan Cretz (born 1950) is a career diplomat who retired from the Senior Foreign Service in 2015.
Before retiring, he was the U.S.
Ambassador to Ghana.
Before this, he was the first U.S.
Ambassador to Libya since 1972, after being nominated in July 2007 by President Bush.
His nomination was confirmed by the US Senate on November 21, 2008.
He was sworn-in as U.S.
Ambassador to Libya by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on December 17, 2008, at the State Department.
He arrived in Libya on December 27, 2008.
Cretz speaks several languages, including Arabic, Dari, Urdu, and Chinese.
President Barack Obama nominated him for the post to Ghana in April 2012.
He was sworn-in as the U.S.
Ambassador to Ghana by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on September 11, 2012.
His retirement ceremony was held at the U.S.
State Department on Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
He is married to the former Annette Williams and the couple has two adult children, Jeffrey and Gabrielle.