Deputy Chief of Mission

Deputy Chief of Mission James D. Melville, Jr.

James Melville arrived in Berlin and assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Mission in Germany on August 16, 2012.

Mr. Melville’s most recent position with the State Department was as Executive Director of the Bureaus of European and Eurasian Affairs and International Organization Affairs. As Executive Director of EUR and IO, Mr. Melville directed support for all of EUR and IO’s 79 overseas posts, as well as the domestic requirements for both bureaus. Prior to that assignment, he served as Minister-Counselor for Management Affairs at Embassy London from 2008 to 2010 and at Embassy Moscow from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Melville’s first Foreign Service assignment was as Assistant GSO in the U.S. Embassy to the German Democratic Republic from 1986-1988. He has also served in Seychelles, St. Petersburg, at the U.S. Mission to NATO, and in Paris. In Washington, he has worked in Legislative Affairs, as a Senior Watch Officer in the Operations Center, and at the Foreign Service Board of Examiners.

Mr. Melville speaks Russian, German and French. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he graduated from Boston University with an honors degree in history, has a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law, and is a member of the bars of New Jersey and New York. He is originally from Bradley Beach, New Jersey and is married to Joanna Melville. Their sons were both born in Berlin and currently live in New Jersey.