Gaddi Holguin Vasquez was the 8th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, in Rome, Italy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006. Vasquez was sworn into office on September 7, 2006, by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and served in the position until 2009. Prior to that, he was the first person of Hispanic ancestry to head the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez addresses the National Press Club in Washington DC on October 14, 2004.
Gaddi Vasquez travels to Guatemala and Honduras as Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies in Rome to highlight U.S. support for humanitarian programs.
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
John F. Kennedy greets volunteers on August 28, 1961
The former Peace Corps headquarters at 1111 20th Street, NW in downtown Washington, D.C.
Executive Order 10924
Peace Corps trainees swearing in as volunteers in Madagascar, April 26, 2006.
