Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Edwin R. Nolan

Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Edwin R. Nolan. Photo: State Dept.

Edwin (“Ned”) Nolan has been Chargé d’Affaires ad interim since September 2011 and Deputy Chief of Mission of Embassy The Hague since January 2010.  Mr. Nolan is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor.  Prior to arriving in The Hague, he served in the Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau of the Department of State in Washington as Director of the Office of Canadian Affairs (2007-09).  From 2005-2007, he was Deputy Director of the Office of UK, Benelux and Irish Affairs, and from 2002-2005 Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Mr. Nolan spent four years in Dublin, Ireland as Political/Economic Affairs Chief where he worked extensively on the Northern Ireland Peace Process.  Other assignments have included Deputy Director of the Policy Planning and Coordination Office for Latin America at the Department of State, and Country Director for the Nordic countries in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  Earlier postings included Norway, Sweden and Canada, working in political affairs with a focus on arms control and political/military issues.  He is a three-time recipient of the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award for his work on Latin America, U.S.-Nordic Defense Cooperation, and for his efforts toward a settlement of the Cyprus problem.

Mr. Nolan is a native of the Boston area.  He received his Bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Boston College and carried out graduate study at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  Mr. Nolan is married to the former Patricia O’Neill of Melrose, MA, and has two children, Ryan and Katherine.