Caroline Kennedy

**Caroline Bouvier Kennedy** (born November 27, 1957) is an American diplomat who served as the 27th United States ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024 under President Joe Biden. She was the 29th United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 under Barack Obama. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only living and surviving child President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

### Early life

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957, She was born at Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, New York City to parents were then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy and socialite Jacqueline Kennedy. Kennedy was born a year after her mother had a miscarriage in August 1956, of her older sister named Arabella Kennedy.

She spent the first few years of her life in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. At this time, her father was in the United States Senate. In November 1960, her father became the 35th president of the United States. Two weeks later, on November 25, her mother gave birth to a son, John F. Kennedy Jr.

On January 20, 1961, Kennedy's father was inaugurated and became the 35th president of the United States. She was three years old at the time. Her family became the new first family and moved into the White House.

During her childhood in the White House, Kennedy was often seen playing with her father in the Oval Office while her brother was underneath the presidential desk.

When Kennedy was five years old, her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. This was just days before her sixth birthday. On November 25, the state funeral for her father was held in Washington, D.C. She went to the funeral with her family.

On December 6, 1963, the Kennedy's officially moved out of the White House. They moved back to Georgetown and later left public life.

### Education

Kennedy and her family later moved to Manhattan in New York. She graduated from Concord Academy in 1975. She then graduated from Harvard University's Radcliffe College with a bachelor's degree in Arts in 1980. Kennedy also graduated from Columbia Law School with a law degree in 1988.

### Career

After graduating, she worked as a research assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Film and Television Department in New York.

She is also the honorary president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and a member of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee.

### Marriage and family

Caroline Kennedy met fashion designer Edwin Schlossberg while working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Film and Television Department in New York City. They got married on July 19, 1986, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts. The couple has three children, two daughters, Rose Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg and one son Jack Schlossberg.

### United States Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017)

In July 2013, then President Barack Obama nominated Kennedy as the next United States ambassador to Japan. In October 2013, she was confirmed by the Senate as the next ambassador. On November 12, 2013, Kennedy was sworn in as the 29th United States ambassador to Japan by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kennedy was the first female ambassador from the United States to the country.

As ambassador, Kennedy had strongly advocated for literacy, women's rights, and LGBT rights in the country.

Kennedy served as the ambassador to Japan from 2013 until her resignation upon the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2017.

### 2020 Presidential election and Democratic National Convention

During the 2020 United States presidential election, Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg appeared virtually at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. They did this because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kennedy and her son endorsed Joe Biden for president.

### United States Ambassador to Australia

In December 2021, President Biden nominated Kennedy as the next United States ambassador to Australia. By May 2022, she was confirmed by the Senate as the next ambassador. Kennedy was sworn in as the 27th ambassador to Australia on June 10, 2022.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Caroline Kennedy
- **image**: Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **office**: List of ambassadors of the United States to Australia, United States Ambassador to Australia
- **president**: Joe Biden
- **term start**: July 25, 2022
- **term end**: November 28, 2024
- **predecessor**: Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.
- **office1**: List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan, United States Ambassador to Japan
- **president1**: Barack Obama
- **term start1**: November 19, 2013
- **term end1**: January 18, 2017
- **predecessor1**: John Roos
- **successor1**: Bill Hagerty
- **birth name**: Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
- **birth place**: New York City, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **relatives**: Kennedy family
 Bouvier family
- **education**: Radcliffe College (Bachelor of Arts, AB)
Columbia University (Juris Doctor, JD)
- **awards**: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2021)
- **successor**: Vacant