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Katrina Swett is an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Slovakia from 2001 to 2003. She is the daughter of former U.S. Representative Tom Lantos and his wife Annette Tillemann-Lantos. Swett graduated from Harvard University in 1977 with a degree in government and international relations. She then attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she earned a master's degree in international relations in 1979. Swett began her career in public service in 1979, when she joined the staff of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She served as a staff member for the committee until 1981, when she joined the United States Department of State as a foreign service officer. She served in various positions in the State Department until 1989, when she joined the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2001, Swett was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Ambassador to Slovakia. She was confirmed by the United States Senate and served in that position until 2003. Swett is currently the president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, a non-profit organization founded by her parents in 2008. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. As of 2021, Katrina Swett's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.
| Popular As | Yvonne Katrina Lantos |
| Occupation | N/A |
| Age | 68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | 8 October, 1955 |
| Birthday | 8 October |
| Birthplace | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
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Katrina Swett Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Katrina Swett's Husband?
Her husband is Richard Swett (m. 1980)
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| Husband | Richard Swett (m. 1980) |
| Sibling | Not Available |
| Children | 7 |
Katrina Swett Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Katrina Swett worth at the age of 68 years old? Katrina Swett’s income source is mostly from being a successful . She is from United States. We have estimated Katrina Swett's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
| Salary in 2022 | Under Review |
| House | Not Available |
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In 2016, the International Center for Law and Religion Studies and J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University presented Swett the International Religious Liberty Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the promotion and preservation of religious freedom.
Ann Kuster did go on to win the general election in the 2012 U.S. House of Representatives campaign.
On January 14, 2010, Katrina Swett announced her candidacy for the Democratic Primary for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2010 elections. Her more left leaning opponent, Ann McLane Kuster, won the primary election, but Kuster lost in the general election to her Republican opponent, Charles Bass.
In 2009, Swett was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for her efforts in setting up the Tom Lantos Institute in Budapest, continuing her late father's work for the benefit of ethnic minorities there. In 2016 in the company of more than 100 other recipients of Hungarian state awards, Swett returned the Knight's Cross in protest of the Hungarian government's commendation of Zsolt Bayer, a writer, publisher, public speaker, and member of the Fidesz party for his rhetoric, what she considers antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and antiziganist.
On January 18, 2007, Katrina Swett announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the 2008 elections in New Hampshire, in hopes of being the Democratic nominee to unseat incumbent Republican John E. Sununu. She began fundraising for the 2008 Senate campaign. After former Governor and 2002 nominee Jeanne Shaheen announced her candidacy, Swett withdrew and endorsed Shaheen, who went on to win the election.
Swett was national co-chair of Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential race. She accused General Wesley Clark of apostasy on the AUMF in the Iraq War of 2003, and for having linked Al-Qaeda with Iraq. In 2006, she supported Lieberman's successful 2006 re-election campaign as an Independent against Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger.
She co-hosted a political talk show, "Beyond Politics" on WMUR-TV Channel 9 with former Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Tamposi. She ran in 2002 against Republican incumbent U.S. Representative Charles Bass and received less than 41% of vote, losing by 16%.
She ran for Congress in 2002, trying unsuccessfully to recapture the seat previously held by her husband. General Wesley Clark endorsed her; he had known the Swetts when he was SACEUR and they lived in Denmark. She received financial support from her parents, Nancy Pelosi, John and Lisa Pritzker, a San Francisco Supervisor and her husband, Warren Hellman, Herbert Sandler and Marion Sandler, Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, David Geffen, and other well known Californians.
She is the wife of Ambassador and former Congressman Richard Swett and daughter of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, vice president of Swett Associates, Inc., a consulting firm. Swett met Richard Swett at Yale, where she became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, largely through her interactions with Jeffrey R. Holland. Katrina and Richard married in 1980. They have seven children and live in Bow, New Hampshire.
She skipped high school, entered college at 14, and transferred to Yale where her older sister Annette was a student. She earned a degree in Political Science there in 1974 at 18, and her Juris Doctor in 1976 from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. At 21, she joined the staff of then U.S. Senator Joe Biden's Senate Judiciary Committee. In 2006 she earned her Ph.D. in History with a focus on Human Rights and United States Foreign Policy from the University of Southern Denmark.
Katrina Swett (born October 8, 1955) is the President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. She is also an American educator and the former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2012 to 2013, and then in 2014 to 2015. She ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic candidate for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district during the 2002 United States midterm elections.
