Trump picks John Coale as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs
John Coale assumes the hostage envoy position following his role in securing the release of over 65 Americans and Allied citizens, according to records shared by Trump.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump appointed John Coale as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs with the rank of ambassador, elevating him from his role as Belarus envoy.
- Trump credited Coale with securing the return of over 65 Americans and Allied Citizens from Belarus over the past year and negotiating the release of more than 800 political prisoners in Eastern Europe.
- Coale replaces Adam Boehler, who the administration credited with bringing back 196 hostages; Boehler will continue to assist in related matters as a senior adviser.
- Following talks with Coale, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners last month, demonstrating the diplomatic channels Coale has cultivated with Minsk over more than a year.
- Coale, 79, has maintained a professional relationship with Trump since the 1990s, while public records indicate his involvement with Scientology dating back to 1989.
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President Donald Trump of the United States nominated John Cole, Special Envoy for Belarus, as Special Representative for Hostage Affairs. "I am pleased to inform you that John Cole, a distinguished lawyer and my incredibly successful Special Envoy for Belarus, will be my candidate for the position of Special Representative of the President for Hostage Affairs at the ambassadorial level," he wrote on the social network that over the past year Co…
Trump picks John Coale as special presidential envoy for hostage affairs | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
President Donald Trump said today that lawyer and current Belarus envoy John Coale, who has been credited with the release of hundreds of prisoners, would be his special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday appointed attorney John Coale, his current special envoy to Belarus, as special envoy for hostage affairs.
Today, United States President Donald Trump appointed the current Belarusian envoy John Cole as the presidential hostage envoy to succeed Adam Böller.
US President Donald Trump has nominated John Cole as Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Issues, with the rank and status of an ambassador. The nomination was sent to the Senate on September 28 and will take effect only after approval by the upper house of Congress. “John Cole, an exceptional lawyer and my highly successful Special Envoy for Belarus, will be my new nominee for Special Presidential Envoy with the rank of ambassador,” Trump wro…
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