Michael Waltz
Ambassador to the United Nations
Michael George Glenn Waltz was born in January 1974 in Boynton Beach, Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international studies from the Virginia Military Institute. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army National Guard.
Waltz was a special forces officer and is the first Green Beret to be elected to the U.S. Congress. He is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He is still an active member of the Reserve and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served a senior role at the Pentagon as Director for Afghanistan policy within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and served as a senior adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney for South Asia and Counterterrorism in the George W. Bush Administration.
Waltz co-founded a partnership that was involved in providing special information on foreign policy and defense issues to the government and became a regular on many news broadcasts.
Waltz was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, assuming office in January 2019. He resigned his congressional seat to serve as President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor in January 2025. President Trump nominated Waltz to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in May 2025. He was confirmed by the Senate and sworn into the position in September 2025.
Waltz is married to Brenda Craig, and they have two children. He is a Protestant.
In the News…
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz defended the U.S. military action in Venezuela that captured Nicolas Maduro at a United Nations Security Council meeting.
Ambassador Waltz said, “There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation.”
“I want to reiterate President Trump gave diplomacy a chance. He offered Maduro multiple off-ramps. He tried to de-escalate… The United States will not waver in its actions,” the ambassador said.
Maduro lost his country’s election by a wide margin in 2024, but refused to leave office. Multiple nations around the globe previously labeled Maduro’s government “illegitimate.”
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Ambassador Michael Waltz
United States Mission to the United Nations
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
