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Richard Grenell
Richard Grenell is the former acting director of national intelligence (DNI). Donald Trump (R) announced on December 16, 2024, that he had selected Grenell to serve as presidential envoy for special missions in his second presidential term.[1]
He served as acting director of national intelligence from February 20, 2020, to May 26, 2020. President Donald Trump (R) appointed Grenell on February 19, 2020, to replace former acting DNI Joseph Maguire.[2]
Grenell was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[3] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Biography
At the time of his appointment as acting DNI, Grenell was serving concurrently as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations.[4] President Trump first appointed Grenell to the ambassadorship to Germany on May 8, 2018.[5] Grenell resigned from his ambassadorship to Germany and the State Department on June 1, 2020.[6]
Grenell was previously a spokesman for four ambassadors at the United Nations from 2001-2008, including former ambassador John Bolton.[5][7] Grenell has worked as a policy and political communications adviser and founded the consulting company Capitol Media Partners in 2010.[5]
Grenell received a bachelor's degree in Government and Public Administration from Evangel College and a master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[4]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Grenell's professional career:[5]
- February 20, 2020–May 26, 2020: Acting Director of National Intelligence
- May 8, 2018–June 1, 2020: U.S. Ambassador to Germany
- 2010–Present: Founding Partner, Capitol Media Partners
- 2001–2008: Spokesman, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[8][9]
See also
- Donald Trump presidential Cabinet, 2017-2021
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from California, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on December 14, 2024," accessed December 16, 2024
- ↑ Office of the Director of National Intelligence, "Statement by Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on the End of His Tenure," February 19, 2020
- ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Office of the Director of National Intelligence, "Acting Director of National Intelligence," accessed March 17, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The White House, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Individual to a Key Administration Post," October 3, 2019
- ↑ Reuters, "US Ambassador to Germany Grenell Steps Down," June 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence," February 19, 2020
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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