Berry, Randy

Born in 1965 in Custer County, Colorado. Berry's childhood was spent on a family cattle ranch . He graduated from in Lindsborg , Kansas . He continued his education at the University of Adelaide in Australia as . In addition to English , fluent in Spanish and Arabic . Randy Berry is an open homosexual . Married to Right-handed Singh. Together, the couple raise a son and daughter ^{[2] [3]} .

Berry worked as an international education manager for in Phoenix , Arizona . In 1993, he entered the . He served in US diplomatic missions in Nepal , Bangladesh , Egypt , South Africa and Uganda . From 2007 to 2009, he was the US Deputy Ambassador to Nepal. From 2009 to 2012, he served as US Consul General in Auckland , New Zealand . From 2012 to 2015 he was US Consul General in Amsterdam , in the Netherlands ^[3] .

On April 13, 2015, he was appointed . This post was established by Secretary of State John Kerry in February 2015 at the initiative of Congressman and Senator Edward Mark . In this post, Berry adhered to the position of strengthening partnerships with countries that adhered to a common opinion on respect for the rights of LGBT people. He tried to make progress in countries that were on the verge of protecting the rights of LGBT people, and did what he could in countries where LGBT people were persecuted ^{[2] [4]} .

In his first year as a special envoy, Berry visited forty-two countries. In an effort to ensure equal rights for LGBT people, the diplomat focused on combating violence and discrimination against LGBT people and especially actively promoted the observance of LGBT rights in South America . Police in repressive homophobic societies Berry recommended combating terrorism, rather than spending resources on prosecuting LGBT citizens ^[5] . In 2015, he visited the Vatican , where he discussed with officials the problems of violence and severe discrimination against LGBT people in the modern world ^[6] .

At a briefing for journalists in the State Department on April 20, 2016, Berry announced that he would continue to fight violence against LGBT people around the world, in collaboration with other US government departments, including the Department of Justice and the FBI ^[7] .

On January 20, 2017, President Barack Obama also appointed him to the post of deputy assistant secretary of the . On February 13 of the same year, the State Department announced that Berry would continue to hold this position, as well as the post of special envoy to the Trump administration. , head of the homophobic Family Council, called his appointment a “disappointing event” and said that “keeping Berry [on duty] only signals the world that Obama's extreme agenda is still deeply rooted in the Department of State” ^{[8] [9]} . In response, a representative of the Trump transitional group called the assumption that “discrimination of any kind be approved or permitted by the Trump administration” ^[10] absurd.

Berry resigned as Special Envoy for LGBT Rights in November 2017. President Donald Trump appointed him US Ambassador to Nepal in May 2018. His candidacy was approved by the Senate on September 6, 2018 ^[11] . Berry presented his credentials to the President of Nepal on October 25, 2018. ^[12]