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Biographies Listed by Title or Country
 - Secretary of State
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Biographies Listed by Title or Country

Secretary of State
--  Condoleezza Rice

Deputy Secretary of State
--  John D. Negroponte

Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator
--  Henrietta H. Fore

Under Secretaries
--  Arms Control and International Security: John Rood
--  Democracy and Global Affairs: Paula Dobriansky
--  Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs: Reuben Jeffery III
--  Management: Patrick F. Kennedy
--  Political Affairs: William J. Burns
--  Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs: James K. Glassman 

Assistant Secretaries and Equivalent Rank
--  Administration: Rajkumar Chellaraj
--  African Affairs: Jendayi Frazer
--  Chief Information Officer, Information Resource Management: Susan Swart
--  Civil Rights: Barry L. Wells
--  Civil Rights: John M. Robinson
--  Consular Affairs: Janice L. Jacobs
--  Counselor of the Department: Eliot A. Cohen
--  Counterterrorism (Coordinator): Dell L. Dailey
--  Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: David J. Kramer
--  Diplomatic Security: Eric J. Boswell
--  Director General: Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
--  Director, Policy Planning Staff: Dr. David F. Gordon
--  East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Christopher R. Hill
--  Economic and Business Affairs: Daniel S. Sullivan
--  Educational and Cultural Affairs: Goli Ameri
--  European and Eurasian Affairs: Daniel Fried
--  Executive Secretary: Daniel B. Smith
--  Foreign Service Institute (Director): Ruth A. Whiteside
--  Global AIDS Coordinator: Mark Dybul
--  Inspector General: Harold W. Geisel (Acting)
--  Intelligence and Research: Randall M. Fort
--  International Information Programs: Jeremy Curtain, Coordinator
--  International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: David T. Johnson
--  International Organization Affairs, Brian H. Hook 
--  International Security and Nonproliferation: John C. Rood
--  International Women's Issues (Senior Coordinator): Andrea G. Bottner,
--  Legal Adviser: John B. Bellinger III
--  Legislative Affairs: Matthew A. Reynolds
--  Medical Services: Laurence G. Brown, MD
--  Near Eastern Affairs: C. David Welch
--  Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Claudia McMurray
--  Overseas Building Operations: Richard J. Shinnick (Ad Interim)
--  Political-Military Affairs: Mark Kimmitt
--  Population, Refugees, and Migration: Vacant
--  Protocol (Chief): Nancy Goodman Brinker
--  Public Affairs: Sean McCormack
--  Reconstruction and Stabilization Coordinator: John Herbst
--  Resource Management (Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer): Higgins, Bradford R.
--  South and Central Asian Affairs: Richard A. Boucher
--  Verification, Compliance, and Implementation: Paula A. DeSutter
--  War Crimes Issues (Ambassador-at-Large): Clint Williamson
--  Western Hemisphere Affairs: Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.

Other Senior Officials
--  Chief of Staff: Brian Gunderson
--  Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy: David A. Gross
--  Director, Office of International Women's Issues: Andrea G. Bottner
--  Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons: Ambassador-Designate Mark P. Lagon
--  Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary, Dr. Nina V. Fedoroff
--  Senior Adviser on Women’s Empowerment: Dr. Shirin Tahir-Kheli
--  Senior Adviser, Coordinator for Iraq: David M. Satterfield
--  Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refuee Issues: James B. Foley
--  Senior Official for APEC: Patricia M. Haslach
--  Senior Represenative to Sudan, Sudan Programs Group: Lauren R. Landis
--  Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues: J. Christian Kennedy
--  Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea: Jay Lefkowitz
--  Special Envoy for Organization of the Islamic Conference: Sada Cumber
--  Special Envoy for Somalia: John M. Yates
--  Special Envoy for Sudan: Richard S. Williamson
--  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism: Gregg Rickman
--  Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs: J. Frank Mermoud

Chiefs of Mission Listed by Country or Organization
--  Afghanistan: William Braucher Wood
--  Albania: John L. Withers, II
--  Algeria: Robert S. Ford
--  Angola: Dan Mozena
--  Argentina: Earl Anthony Wayne
--  Armenia: Vacant
--  Australia: Robert D. McCallum, Jr.
--  Austria: David F. Girard-diCarlo
--  Azerbaijan: Anne E. Derse
--  Bahamas, The: Ned L. Siegal
--  Bahrain: Joseph Adam Ereli
--  Bangladesh: James F. Moriarty
--  Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: Mary M. Ourisman
--  Belarus: Karen B. Stewart
--  Belgium: Sam Fox
--  Belize: Robert J. Dieter
--  Benin: Gayleatha B. Brown
--  Bermuda: Gregory W. Slayton
--  Bolivia: Philip S. Goldberg
--  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Charles L. English
--  Botswana: Stephen J. Nolan
--  Brazil: Clifford M. Sobel
--  Brunei Darussalam: William E. Todd
--  Bulgaria: Nancy McEldowney
--  Burkina Faso: Jeanine Jackson
--  Burma: Larry M. Dinger
--  Burundi: Patricia Moller
--  Cambodia: Piper Anne Wind Campbell
--  Cameroon: Janet E. Garvey
--  Canada: David H. Wilkins
--  Cape Verde: Marianne M. Myles
--  Central African Republic: Frederick B. Cook
--  Chad: Louis Nigro
--  Chile: Paul E. Simons
--  China (People's Republic of): Clark T. Randt, Jr.
--  Colombia: William R. Brownfield
--  Comoros/Madagascar: R. Niels Marquardt
--  Congo, Democratic Republic of : William J. Garvelink
--  Congo, Republic of: Robert Weisberg
--  Costa Rica: Peter Cianchette
--  Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of: Wanda Nesbitt
--  Croatia: Robert A. Bradtke
--  Cuba: Jonathan D. Farrar
--  Cyprus: Ronald Schlicher
--  Czech Republic: Richard W. Graber
--  Denmark: James P. Cain
--  Djibouti: W. Stuart Symington
--  Dominican Republic: P. Robert Fannin
--  Eastern Caribbean: See Barbados
--  Ecuador: Heather M. Hodges
--  Egypt: Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
--  El Salvador: Charles L. Glazer
--  Equatorial Guinea: Donald C. Johnson
--  Eritrea, State of: Ronald McMullen
--  Estonia: Stanley Davis (Dave) Phillips
--  Ethiopia: Yamamoto, Donald Y.
--  European Union: Vacant
--  Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu: Vacant
--  Finland: Barbara Barrett
--  France: Craig Roberts Stapleton
--  Gabon/Sao Tome & Principe: Eunice S. Reddick
--  Gambia: Barry L. Wells
--  Georgia: John Tefft
--  Germany: William R. Timken, Jr.
--  Ghana: Vacant
--  Greece: Daniel V. Speckhard
--  Guatemala: Stephen G. McFarland
--  Guinea-Bissau: Vacant
--  Guinea: Vacant
--  Guyana: John Melvin Jones
--  Haiti: Janet A. Sanderson
--  Holy See: Mary Ann Glendon
--  Hong Kong: Joseph R. Donovan Jr.
--  Hungary: April H. Foley
--  Iceland: Carol Van Voorst
--  India: David C. Mulford
--  Indonesia: Cameron R. Hume
--  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): Donald T. Bliss, Ambassador
--  Iraq: Ryan C. Crocker
--  Ireland: Thomas C. Foley
--  Israel: James B. Cunningham 
--  Italy: Ronald P. Spogli
--  Jamaica: Brenda LaGrange Johnson
--  Japan: J. Thomas Schieffer
--  Jerusalem: Jacob Walles
--  Jordan: David Hale
--  Kazakhstan: John M. Ordway
--  Kenya: Michael E. Ranneberger
--  Korea, Republic of: Alexander Vershbow
--  Kuwait: Deborah K. Jones
--  Kyrgyz Republic: Vacant
--  Laos: Ravic R. Huso
--  Latvia: Charles W. Larson
--  Lebanon: Michele Sison
--  Lesotho, Kingdom of: Robert Nolan
--  Liberia: Linda Thomas-Greenfield
--  Libya: William B. Milam, (Charge d'Affaires ad interim)
--  Liechtenstein: Peter R. Coneway
--  Lithuania: John A. Cloud
--  Luxembourg: Ann Wagner
--  Macedonia: Philip T. Reeker
--  Madagascar: R. Niels Marquardt
--  Malawi: Peter Bodde
--  Malaysia: James Keith
--  Maldives: Robert O. Blake
--  Mali: Vacant
--  Malta: Molly Bordonaro
--  Marshall Islands: Clyde Bishop
--  Mauritania: Mark Boulware
--  Mauritius: Cesar B. Cabrera
--  Mexico: Antonio O. Garza, Jr.
--  Micronesia; Miriam K. Hughes
--  Moldova: Michael D. Kirby
--  Monaco: Craig Roberts Stapleton
--  Mongolia: Mark C. Minton
--  Montenegro: Roderick W. Moore
--  Morocco: Thomas Riley
--  Mozambique: Vacant
--  NATO: Kurt Volker, U.S. Permanent Representative
--  Namibia: Gail D. Mathieu
--  Nepal: Nancy Powell
--  Netherlands Antilles and Aruba: Timothy J. Dunn
--  Netherlands: James B. Culbertson
--  New Zealand and Samoa: William P. McCormick
--  Nicaragua: Robert J. Callahan 
--  Niger: Bernadette Allen
--  Nigeria: Robin R. Sanders
--  Norway: Benson K. Whitney
--  OECD: Christopher F. Egan
--  OSCE: Julie Finley
--  Oman: Gary A. Grappo
--  Organization of American States: Hector E. Morales, Jr., Permanent Representative
--  Pakistan: Anne W. Patterson
--  Palau: Mark Bezner
--  Panama: Barbara J. Stephenson
--  Papua New Guinea: Leslie V. Rowe
--  Paraguay: Liliana Ayalde
--  Peru: P. Michael McKinley
--  Philippines: Kristie A. Kenney
--  Poland: Victor Ashe
--  Portugal: Thomas F. Stephenson
--  Pristina, Kosovo: Tina S. Kaidanow, Chief of Mission 
--  Qatar: Chase Untermeyer
--  Qatar: Joseph LeBaron 
--  Romania: Nicholas Frank Taubman
--  Russia: John Beyrle
--  Rwanda: Michael R. Arietti
--  Sao Tome & Principe/Gabon: Eunice S. Reddick
--  Saudi Arabia: Ford M. Fraker
--  Senegal: Vacant
--  Serbia: Cameron Munter
--  Seychelles: Cesar B. Cabrera
--  Sierra Leone: June Carter Perry
--  Singapore: Patricia Herbold
--  Slovakia: Vincent Obsitnik
--  Slovenia: Yousif B. Ghafari
--  Somalia: John M. Yates, Special Envoy
--  South Africa: Eric M. Bost
--  Spain: Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
--  Sri Lanka and Maldives: Robert O. Blake
--  Sudan, Special Envoy: Richard S. Williamson
--  Sudan: Alberto M. Fernandez, Charge d'Affaires
--  Suriname: Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes
--  Swaziland, Kingdom of: Maurice S. Parker
--  Sweden: Michael M. Wood
--  Switzerland: Peter R. Coneway
--  Syria: Vacant
--  Tajikistan: Tracey Ann Jacobson
--  Tanzania: Mark Green
--  Thailand: Eric G. John
--  Timor-Leste: Hans G. Klemm
--  Togo: David B. Dunn
--  Trinidad and Tobago: Roy L. Austin
--  Tunisia: Robert F. Godec
--  Turkey: Ross Wilson
--  Turkmenistan: Vacant
--  Uganda: Steven A. Browning
--  Ukraine: William B. Taylor
--  United Arab Emirates: Martin R. Quinn
--  United Kingdom: Robert Holmes Tuttle
--  United Nations/Geneva: Warren W. Tichenor, Ambassador
--  United Nations/Paris: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver, Permanent Representative
--  United Nations/Rome: Gaddi H. Vasquez, Ambassador
--  United Nations/Vienna: Ambassador Greg Schulte, Permanent Representative
--  United Nations: Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative
--  Uruguay: Frank E. Baxter
--  Uzbekistan: Richard B. Norland
--  Venezuela: Patrick Duddy
--  Vietnam: Michael W. Michalak
--  Yemen: Stephen Seche
--  Zambia: Vacant
--  Zimbabwe, Republic of: James D. McGee

  
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