Biographies Listed by Title or Country


Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Deputy Secretary of State
Deputy Secretary of State: William J. Burns
Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources: Thomas R. Nides

Under Secretaries
-Arms Control and International Security: Rose Gottemoeller, Acting
Democracy and Global Affairs: Maria Otero
Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs: Robert D. Hormats
Management: Patrick F. Kennedy
Political Affairs: Wendy R. Sherman
Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs: Tara D. Sonenshine

Assistant Secretaries and Other Senior Officials
Administration: Joyce A. Barr
Afghanistan and Pakistan (Special Representative): Marc Grossman
African Affairs: Johnnie Carson
Anti-Semitism (Special Envoy): Hannah Rosenthal
Arms Control, Verification and Compliance: Rose Gottemoeller
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) Issues (Special Representative): Laura Kennedy
Burma (Special Representative and Policy Coordinator): W. Patrick Murphy
Chief Economist: Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief Information Officer (Acting): Steven C. Taylor
Chief of Protocol: Capricia Penavic Marshall
Civil Society and Emerging Democracies (Coordinator): Tomicah Tillemann
Climate Change (Special Envoy): Todd Stern
-Commercial and Business Affairs (Special Representative): Lorraine Hariton
Conflict and Stabilization Operations: Frederick Barton
Consular Affairs: Janice L. Jacobs
Counselor and Chief of Staff: Cheryl Mills
Counterterrorism: Daniel Benjamin
Cyber Issues (Coordinator): Christopher Painter
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Michael H. Posner
Diplomatic Security: Eric J. Boswell
East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Kurt M. Campbell
Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs: Jose W. Fernandez
Education and Cultural Affairs: Ann Stock
European and Eurasian Affairs: Philip H. Gordon
Executive Secretary: Stephen Mull
Foreign Service Institute: Ruth A. Whiteside
Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Global Food Security (Acting Special Representative): Jonathan Shrier
Global Intergovernmental Affairs (Special Representative): Reta Jo Lewis
-Global Partnerships (Special Representative): Kris M. Balderston
Global Women's Issues (Ambassador-at-Large): Melanne Verveer
Global Youth Issues (Special Adviser): Zeenat Rahman
Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Special Advisor): R. Barrie Walkley
Haiti Special Coordinator: Thomas C. Adams
Holocaust Issues (Special Envoy): Douglas Davidson
Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Alec Ross
-Inspector General: Vacant
Intelligence and Research: Philip S. Goldberg
International Disability Rights (Special Advisor): Judith E. Heumann
International Energy Affairs (Special Envoy and Coordinator): Carlos Pascual
International Information Programs: Dawn L. McCall
International Labor Affairs (Special Representative): Barbara Shailor
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: William R. Brownfield
International Organization Affairs: Esther Brimmer
International Religious Freedom (Ambassador at Large): Suzan Johnson Cook
International Security and Nonproliferation: Thomas M. Countryman
-Israel and the Palestinian Authority (U.S. Security Coordinator) (USSC): Lt. Gen. Michael R. Moeller, USAF
-Kimberley Process for 2012 (Chair): Gillian Milovanovic
Legal Advisor: Harold Hongju Koh
Legislative Affairs: David S. Adams
Medical Services: Gary Renner MD
Middle East Peace (Special Envoy): David Hale
Middle East Transitions (Special Coordinator): William B. Taylor, Jr.
Muslim Communities (Special Representative): Farah Pandith
-Near Eastern Affairs: Vacant
Nonproliferation and Arms Control (Special Advisor): Robert J. Einhorn
North Korea Policy (Special Representative): Glyn Davies
North Korean Human Rights Issues (Special Envoy): Dr. Robert R. King
Nuclear Nonproliferation (Special Representative of the President): Susan Burk
Oceans, Environment, and Science: Kerri-Ann Jones
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons: Luis CdeBaca
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (Special Envoy): Rashad Hussain
Policy Planning: Jake Sullivan
Political-Military Affairs: Andrew J. Shapiro
Population, Refugees, and Migration: Ann Richards
Public Affairs: Mike A. Hammer
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR): David McKean
Secretary Initiatives (Special Adviser): Elizabeth Bagley
Six-Party Talks (Special Envoy): Clifford Hart
South Sudan and Sudan (Special Envoy): Princeton Lyman
South and Central Asian Affairs: Robert O. Blake
Threat Reduction Programs (Coordinator): Bonnie D. Jenkins
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator: Eric Goosby
War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large): Stephen J. Rapp
Western Hemisphere Affairs: Roberta S. Jacobson

Chiefs of Mission Listed by Country or Organization
Afghanistan: James Cunningham
Albania: Alexander A. Arvizu
Algeria: Henry S. Ensher
Angola: Christopher McMullen
Argentina: Vilma Martinez
Armenia: John Heffern
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Kurt Tong
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): David L. Carden
Australia: Jeffrey L. Bleich
Austria: William C. Eacho, III
Azerbaijan: Richard Morningstar
Bahamas, The: John Dinkelman
Bahrain: Thomas C. Krajeski
Bangladesh: Dan W. Mozena
Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: Larry L. Palmer
Belgium: Howard W. Gutman
Belize: Vinai K. Thummalapally
-Benin: Vacant (Click for more information)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Patrick S. Moon
Botswana: Michelle D Gavin
Brazil: Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
Brunei Darussalam: Daniel Shields
Bulgaria: James B. Warlick, Jr.
Burkina Faso: Thomas Dougherty
Burma: Derek J. Mitchell
-Burundi: Vacant (Click for more information)
Cambodia: William E. Todd
Cameroon: Robert P. Jackson
Canada: David C. Jacobson
Cape Verde: Adrienne S. O'Neal
Central African Republic: Laurence D. Wohlers
Chad: Mark Boulware
Chile: Alejandro D. Wolff
China: Gary Locke
Colombia: P. Michael McKinley
Conference on Disarmament: Laura Kennedy
Congo, Democratic Republic of: James Entwistle
Congo, Republic of the: Christopher W. Murray
Costa Rica: Anne Slaughter Andrew
Cote d'Ivoire: Phillip Carter, III
Croatia: James B. Foley
Cuba: John Caufield
Curacao and Aruba: Valerie Belon
Cyprus: John M. Koenig
Czech Republic: Norman L. Eisen
Denmark: Laurie S. Fulton
Djibouti: Geeta Pasi
Dominican Republic: Raul H. Yzaguirre
Ecuador: Adam E. Namm
Egypt: Anne W. Patterson
El Salvador: Mari Carmen Aponte
Equatorial Guinea: Mark L. Asquino (Ambassador-designate)
-Eritrea: Vacant (Click for more information)
Estonia: Jeffrey D. Levine
Ethiopia: Donald Booth
European Union: William E. Kennard
Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu: Frankie A. Reed
Finland: Bruce J. Oreck
France: Charles H. Rivkin
Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe: Eric Benjaminson
Georgia: Richard B. Norland
Germany: Philip D. Murphy
Ghana: Donald Teitelbaum
Greece: Daniel B. Smith
Guatemala: Arnold A. Chacon
Guinea Bissau and Senegal: Lewis Lukens
Guinea: Patricia Moller
Guyana: D. Brent Hardt
Haiti: Pamela A. White
Holy See: Miguel Humberto Diaz
Honduras: Lisa J. Kubiske
Hong Kong: Stephen M. Young
Human Rights Council: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe
Hungary: Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis
Iceland: Luis E. Arreaga
India: Nancy J. Powell
-India: Vacant
International Religious Freedom: Suzan Johnson Cook
Iraq: James F. Jeffrey
Ireland: Daniel Rooney
Israel: Dan Shapiro
Italy: David Thorne
Jamaica: Pamela E. Bridgewater
Japan: John V. Roos
Jerusalem: Daniel Rubinstein
Jordan: Stuart E. Jones
Kazakhstan: Kenneth J Fairfax
-Kenya: Vacant (Click for more information)
Kosovo: Tracey Ann Jacobson
Kuwait: Matthew H. Tueller
Kyrgyz Republic: Pamela Spratlen
Laos: Karen B. Stewart
Latvia: Mark A. Pekala
Lebanon: Maura Connelly
Lesotho: Michele T. Bond
-Liberia: Vacant (Click for more information)
Lithuania: Anne E. Derse
Luxembourg: Robert A. Mandell
Macedonia: Paul D. Wohlers
Madagascar and Comoros: R. Niels Marquardt
Malawi: Jeanine Jackson
Malaysia: Paul W. Jones
Mali: Mary Beth Leonard
Malta: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
Marshall Islands: Thomas Hart Armbruster
Mauritania: Jo Ellen Powell
-Mauritius and Seychelles: Vacant (Click for more information)
Mexico: E. Anthony Wayne
Micronesia: Doria Rosen
Moldova: William H. Moser
-Monaco: Charles H. Rivkin
Mongolia: Piper Anne Wind Campbell
Montenegro: Sue K. Brown
Morocco: Samuel Louis Kaplan
Mozambique: Douglas Griffiths
Namibia: Wanda Nesbitt
Nepal: Peter W. Bodde
-Netherlands: Vacant (Click for more information)
New Zealand and Samoa: David Huebner
Nicaragua: Phyllis M. Powers
Niger: Bisa Williams
Nigeria: Terence P McCulley
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Ivo Daalder
Norway: Barry B. White
Oman: Richard Schmierer
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Karen Kornbluh
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE): Ian Kelly
Organization of American States: Carmen Lomellin
Pakistan: Cameron Munter
Palau: Helen Reed-Rowe
Panama: Jonathan D. Farrar
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu: Teddy B. Taylor
Paraguay: James H. Thessin
Peru: Rose M. Likins
Philippines: Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Poland: Lee A. Feinstein
Portugal: Allan J. Katz
Qatar: Susan L. Zaideh
Romania: Mark Gitenstein
Russia: Mike McFaul
Rwanda: Donald W Koran
Saudi Arabia: James B. Smith
-Senegal and Guinea Bissau: Lewis Lukens
Serbia: Mary Burce Warlick
Sierra Leone: Michael S. Owen
Singapore: David I. Adelman
Slovakia: Theodore Sedgwick
Slovenia: Joseph Mussomeli
South Africa: Donald H. Gips
South Korea: Sung Kim
South Sudan: Susan D. Page
Spain: Alan D. Solomont
Sri Lanka and Maldives: Michele J. Sison
Sudan: Mary C. Yates
-Sudan: Vacant (click for more information)
Suriname: John R. Nay
Swaziland: Earl M. Irving
Sweden: Mark Francis Brzezinski
Switzerland: Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
Syria: Charles F. Hunter
Tajikistan: Susan Elliott
Tanzania: Alfonso E. Lenhardt
Thailand: Kristie A. Kenney
Timor-Leste: Judith Fergin
Togo: Robert Whitehead
Trinidad and Tobago: Beatrice Wilkinson Welters
Tunisia: Jacob Walles
Turkey: Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
Turkmenistan: Robert Patterson
U.S. Mission to UNESCO: David T. Killion
U.S. Mission to the A.U.: Michael A. Battle, Sr.
Uganda: Scott DeLisi
Ukraine: John F. Tefft
United Arab Emirates: Michael H. Corbin
United Kingdom: Louis B. Susman
United Nations in Geneva: Betty E. King
United Nations/Rome: Ertharin Cousin
United Nations: Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative
Uruguay: Julissa Reynoso
Uzbekistan: George Krol
Venezuela: James M. Derham
Vietnam: David B. Shear
Yemen: Gerald Feierstein
Zambia: Mark Storella
Zimbabwe: Charles A. Ray


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