Michael M. Adler
{{Short description|American businessman and diplomat}}
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| name = Michael Adler
| image = Michael_M._Adler,_U.S._Ambassador.jpg
| office = United States Ambassador to Belgium
| caption = official portrait, 2022
| president = Joe Biden
| term_start = March 15, 2022
| term_end = January 15, 2025https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cfy8A8sbd/
| predecessor = Ronald Gidwitz
| successor = Tim Richardson (Chargé d'affaires)
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| party = Democratic
| education = University of Miami (BBA)
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Michael M. Adler is an American businessman who had served as the United States ambassador to Belgium.
Education
Adler has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces Key Nominations |date=September 22, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/22/president-biden-announces-key-nominations-2/}} {{PD-notice}}
Joe Biden campaign and administration
Adler met Joe Biden in 1973 when his sister, Karen, worked for Biden's U.S. Senate office. Adler served as Biden's national finance chair during his 2008 presidential campaign. Adler was a campaign surrogate during the 2020 election.{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/news/462949/this-man-wants-to-be-the-next-us-ambassador-to-israel-if-it-happens-i-will/|title=This man wants to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. 'If it happens, I will say it's bashert'|date=January 26, 2021|website=The Forward}}
=Ambassador to Belgium=
In September 2021, President Biden nominated Adler to be the United States Ambassador to Belgium.{{cite web |title=South Florida developer nominated to be Biden's ambassador to Belgium |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article254461543.html |website=Miami Herald |date=2021-09-23 |last1=Ocasio |first1=Bianca Padró}}{{cite web | url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/186456/new-us-ambassador-is-a-florida-property-magnate | title=Florida property magnate named new US ambassador to Belgium }} Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 1, 2021. The committee favorably reported his nomination on December 15, 2021. On December 18, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2021 |title=PN1225 - Nomination of Michael M. Adler for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=http://www.congress.gov/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} and presented his credentials on March 15, 2022.{{Cite tweet |number=1503755660512616464 |user=USAmbBelgium |title=Deeply honored to have presented my ambassadorial credentials to His Majesty King Philippe today. I am grateful for our countries' shared commitment to further strengthen US-Belgium ties, fortify transatlantic security and defense, & bolster our dynamic economic & trade relationship. |access-date=June 2, 2022}}
Community involvement
Adler served as chairman of Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he sits on the board of trustees, president of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation,“Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.” The American Jewish Year Book, vol. 108, 2008, pp. 686f. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23605498. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024. where he was able to serve as a representative at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and as former vice chairman of Florida International University's board of trustees.
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Category:Businesspeople from Miami
Category:University of Miami Business School alumni
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Belgium
Category:21st-century American diplomats