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FILE PHOTO: U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic attend the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2020. REUTERS\/Michael Dalder\/File Photo<\/p>\n
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has resigned after little more than two years in the job, an embassy spokesman said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Ambassador Grenell resigned from his post and the State Department on June 1,” said the spokesman.<\/p>\n
Robin Quinville, deputy chief of mission at the embassy, will take over as Charge d’Affaires until a new ambassador is confirmed but the spokesman said any questions on Grenell’s successor should be directed to the White House.<\/p>\n
In his two years as ambassador, Grenell has not been shy to voice criticism of German policies on NATO and its involvement in the NordStream 2 gas pipeline from Russia.<\/p>\n
Germany’s dpa news agency reported last month that Grenell would step down soon after the U.S. Senate confirmed Representative John Ratcliffe, also a political ally of Trump, as the permanent director of national intelligence (DNI).<\/p>\n
In February, Trump had named 53-year old Grenell as acting DNI.<\/p>\n
Reporting by Madeline Chambers, editing by Ed Osmond<\/p>\n
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