Luis E. Arreaga

Who is Luis E. Arreaga?

Luis Arreaga was the United States Ambassador to Iceland. He was nominated by President Barack Obama, and assumed his duties at post in September 2010.

He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Panama, U.S. Consul General in Vancouver, Canada and as director of the Executive Secretariat Staff at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He has also served as Deputy Director of the State Department's Operations Center and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. Other overseas postings include United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, the United States Embassy in Spain, and the Agency for International Development in Peru, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Luis holds a PhD in Economics and a Master's Degree in Management from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.