Ambassador Michele J. Sison is a career member of the United States’ Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates on May 6, 2004 and sworn in by Secretary of State Powell on July 12, 2004. Prior to her appointment to the UAE, she served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs, charged with providing broad policy oversight of U.S. relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Ambassador Sison’s overseas assignments include service as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan (1999-2002) and as consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai, India (1996-1999). She also served at the U.S. Missions in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (1993-1996); Douala, Cameroon (1991-1993); Cotonou, Benin (1988-1991); Lome, Togo (1984-1988); and Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1982-1984), as well as in Washington. Ambassador Sison is the recipient of numerous U.S. Department of State awards for exceptional service.
Ambassador Sison was born on May 27, 1959 in Arlington, Virginia. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and also studied at the London School of Economics.
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