What is Samantha Power?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Samantha Power | image = Samantha Power in 2023 (cropped).jpg | office = 19th [[United States Agency for International Development|Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = May 3, 2021 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = [[Mark Andrew Green|Mark Green]] | successor = [[Marco Rubio]] (acting) | office1 = 28th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] | president1 = [[Barack Obama]] | deputy1 = [[Rosemary DiCarlo]]<br>[[Michele J. Sison]] | term_start1 = August 5, 2013 | term_end1 = January 20, 2017 | predecessor1 = [[Susan Rice]] | successor1 = [[Nikki Haley]] | birth_name = Samantha Jane Power | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1970|9|21}}}} | birth_place = [[London]], United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Cass Sunstein]]|2008}} | children = 2 | education = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Samantha Power''' (born September 21, 1970) is an [[Irish people|Irish]]-born [[Americans|American]] academic and [[diplomat]]. Power was the 19th Administrator to the [[United States Agency for International Development]] from April 2021 until January 2025 under the [[Joe Biden]] administration. She was the [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] from 2013 until 2017 under the [[Barack Obama]] administration. Power is listed as the 63rd most powerful woman in the world by ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/2/#tab:overall|title=The World's 100 Most Powerful Women|work=Forbes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> Power was born in [[Dublin]], [[Ir