Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
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| 29th United States Ambassador to Japan | |
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In office November 19, 2013 – January 18, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Jason Hyland |
| Preceded by | John Roos |
| Succeeded by | Jason Hyland (Acting) |
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy November 27, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Edwin Schlossberg (m. 1986) |
| Relations | See Kennedy family |
| Children | 3, including Rose and Jack |
| Parents |
John F. Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
| Education |
Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
 Booknotes interview with Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy on In Our Defense, April 28, 1991, C-SPAN
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. She is a niece of Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy and older sister of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Caroline Kennedy was just short of her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following year, Caroline, her mother, and brother settled on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she attended school. Kennedy graduated from Radcliffe College and worked at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she met her future husband, exhibit designer Edwin Schlossberg. She went on to receive a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School. Most of Kennedy's professional life has spanned law and politics, as well as education reform and charitable work. She has also acted as a spokesperson for her family's legacy and co-authored two books on civil liberties with Ellen Alderman.
Early in the primary race for the 2008 presidential election, Kennedy and her uncle Ted endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama for President; she later stumped for him in Florida, Indiana, and Ohio, served as co-chair of his Vice Presidential Search Committee, and addressed the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. After Obama's selection of United States Senator Hillary Clinton to serve as Secretary of State, Kennedy expressed interest in being appointed to Clinton's vacant Senate seat from New York, but she later withdrew from consideration, citing "personal reasons." Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand ultimately replaced Clinton as the junior New York Senator. In 2013, President Obama appointed her as ambassador to Japan.
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