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Robert S. Ford
Ambassador, Algeria
Term of Appointment: 08/11/2006 to present

Ambassador Robert Stephen Ford, of Maryland, is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to Algeria on May 27, 2006, and sworn in on August 11, 2006.  

Ambassador Ford served from 2004 until 2006 as the Political Counselor to the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq and was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bahrain from 2001 until 2004.

Ambassador Ford has also served in a number of other posts since entering the Foreign Service in 1985, including Izmir, Cairo, Algiers, and Yaounde.

Ambassador Ford earned a Master of Arts in 1983 from Johns Hopkins University. He is a recipient of a number of Department of State awards, including the 2005 James Clement Dunn Award for outstanding work at the mid-level in the Foreign Service as well as three Superior Honor Awards and two Meritorious Honor awards.

Ambassador Ford speaks German, Turkish, French, and Arabic.



Released on August 21, 2006

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