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Ambassador Assignments Overseas Report As of March 11Th 2018 Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas 2:17 PM Office of Presidential Appointments (HR/PAS) Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career AFGHANISTAN, Islamic AMB John R. Bass NY CMSFS 10/20/2017 12/5/2017 Republic of ALBANIA, Republic of AMB Donald Lu CA CMSFS 11/25/2014 12/17/2014 ALGERIA, People's AMB John P. Desrocher NY CMSFS 8/9/2017 9/7/2017 Democratic Republic of ANDORRA, Principality of SPAIN, Kingdom of AMB Richard Duke Buchan III FL NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 ANGOLA, Republic of AMB Nina Maria Fite PA CMSFS 11/20/2017 1/5/2018 ANTIGUA and BARBUDA BARBADOS AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ARGENTINE REPUBLIC AMB Edward Charles Prado TX NC 3/29/2018 4/3/2018 Page 1 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career ARMENIA, Republic of AMB Richard M. Mills TX CMSFS 1/2/2015 2/6/2015 AUSTRALIA, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of AUSTRIA, Republic of AMB Trevor D. Traina CA NC 3/29/2018 3/29/2018 AZERBAIJAN, Republic of AMB Vacant BAHAMAS, Commonwealth AMB Vacant of The BAHRAIN, Kingdom of AMB Justin Siberell MD CMSFS 10/20/2017 11/3/2017 BANGLADESH, People's AMB Marcia Stephens Bloom NJ CMSFS 12/19/2014 1/6/2015 Republic of Bernicat BARBADOS ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 DOMINICA, Commonwealth of GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Page 2 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career BELARUS, Republic of AMB Vacant BELGIUM, Kingdom of AMB Vacant BELIZE AMB Vacant BENIN, Republic of AMB Lucy Tamlyn NY CMSFS 10/13/2015 10/23/2015 BOLIVIA, Plurinational State AMB Vacant of BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AMB Maureen Elizabeth Cormack VA CMSFS 11/24/2014 1/6/2015 BOTSWANA, Republic of AMB Earl Robert Miller MI CMSFS 11/24/2014 12/18/2014 BRAZIL, Federative Republic AMB Peter Michael McKinley VA CMSFS 12/15/2016 12/19/2016 of BRUNEI DARUSSALAM AMB Craig B. Allen VA CMSFS 12/19/2014 12/19/2014 BULGARIA, Republic of AMB Eric Seth Rubin NY CMSFS 12/15/2015 1/27/2016 BURKINA FASO AMB Andrew Robert Young CA CMSFS 10/7/2016 11/18/2016 BURMA, Union of AMB Scot Alan Marciel CA CMSFS 2/16/2016 3/2/2016 Page 3 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career BURUNDI, Republic of AMB Anne S. Casper NV CMSFS 7/5/2016 8/15/2016 CABO VERDE, Republic of AMB Donald L. Heflin VA CMSFS 12/18/2014 1/9/2015 CAMBODIA, Kingdom of AMB William A. Heidt PA CMSFS 8/7/2015 9/14/2015 CAMEROON, Republic of AMB Peter Barlerin CO CMSFS 11/21/2017 12/5/2017 CANADA AMB Kelly Craft KY NC 8/9/2017 8/18/2017 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AMB Vacant CHAD, Republic of AMB Geeta Pasi NY CMSFS 7/5/2016 9/9/2016 CHILE, Republic of AMB Carol Z. Perez VA CMSFS 8/1/2016 9/30/2016 CHINA, People's Republic of AMB Terry Edward Branstad IA NC 5/22/2017 5/23/2017 COLOMBIA, Republic of AMB Kevin Whitaker VA CMSFS 4/3/2014 4/28/2014 COMOROS, Union of the MADAGASCAR, Republic of AMB Vacant CONGO , Republic of the AMB Todd Philip Haskell FL CMSFS 5/19/2017 6/26/2017 (Brazzaville) Page 4 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career CONGO, Democratic AMB Vacant Republic of the (Kinshasa) COSTA RICA, Republic of AMB Sharon Day FL NC 8/9/2017 8/10/2017 COTE D’IVOIRE, Republic of AMB Vacant CROATIA, Republic of AMB W. Robert Kohorst CA NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 CUBA, Republic of AMB Vacant CYPRUS, Republic of AMB Kathleen Ann Doherty NY CMSFS 8/7/2015 9/14/2015 CZECH REPUBLIC AMB Stephen King WI NC 10/18/2017 10/18/2017 DENMARK, Kingdom of AMB Carla Sands CA NC 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 DJIBOUTI, Republic of AMB Larry Edward Andre TX CMSFS 11/20/2017 11/21/2017 DOMINICA, Commonwealth ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 of BARBADOS GRENADA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA Page 5 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career DOMINICA, Commonwealth SAINT VINCENT AND THE AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 of GRENADINES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AMB Vacant ECUADOR, Republic of AMB Todd C. Chapman TX CMSFS 12/15/2015 1/15/2016 EGYPT, Arab Republic of AMB Vacant EL SALVADOR, Republic of AMB Jean Elizabeth Manes FL CMSFS 2/1/2016 2/19/2016 EQUATORIAL GUINEA, AMB Julie Furuta-Toy WY CMSFS 10/26/2015 11/23/2015 Republic of ERITREA, State of AMB Vacant ESTONIA, Republic of AMB James Desmond Melville, Jr. NJ CMSFS 8/7/2015 9/18/2015 ETHIOPIA, Federal AMB Michael Arthur Raynor MD CMSFS 8/9/2017 9/1/2017 Democratic Republic of FIJI, Republic of KIRIBATI, Republic of AMB Vacant NAURU, Republic of TONGA, Kingdom of TUVALU Page 6 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career FINLAND, Republic of AMB Robert Frank Pence VA NC 4/4/2018 4/4/2018 FRENCH REPUBLIC MONACO, Principality of AMB Jamie McCourt CA NC 11/20/2017 11/20/2017 GABONESE REPUBLIC SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, AMB Joel Danies MD CMSFS 2/21/2018 3/22/2018 Democratic Republic of GAMBIA, Republic of The AMB Carolyn Patricia Alsup FL CMSFS 10/15/2015 10/30/2015 GEORGIA AMB Vacant GERMANY, Federal Republic AMB Vacant of GHANA, Republic of AMB Robert Porter Jackson VA CMSFS 10/26/2015 11/30/2015 GREECE (Hellenic Republic) AMB Geoffrey R. Pyatt CA CMSFS 8/11/2016 9/28/2016 GRENADA ANTIGUA and BARBUDA AMB Linda Swartz Taglialatela NY CMSES 12/16/2015 1/14/2016 BARBADOS DOMINICA, Commonwealth of SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, Federation of SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Page 7 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career GUATEMALA, Republic of AMB Luis E. Arreaga VA CMSFS 8/9/2017 10/2/2017 GUINEA, Republic of AMB Dennis B. Hankins MN CMSFS 10/26/2015 11/9/2015 GUINEA-BISSAU, Republic of SENEGAL, Republic of AMB Tulinabo Mushingi VA CMSFS 5/19/2017 6/20/2017 GUYANA, Co-operative AMB Perry L. Holloway SC CMSFS 8/7/2015 9/18/2015 Republic of HAITI, Republic of AMB Michele Jeanne Sison MD CMSFS 1/12/2018 2/12/2018 HOLY SEE AMB Callista L. Gingrich VA NC 10/17/2017 10/18/2017 HONDURAS, Republic of AMB Vacant HUNGARY AMB Vacant ICELAND, Republic of AMB Vacant INDIA, Republic of AMB Kenneth Juster NY NC 11/3/2017 11/3/2017 INDONESIA, Republic of AMB Joseph R. Donovan, Jr. VA CMSFS 10/3/2016 11/4/2016 IRAQ, Republic of AMB Douglas Alan Silliman TX CMSFS 7/19/2016 8/4/2016 Page 8 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career IRELAND AMB Vacant ISRAEL, State of AMB David Friedman NY NC 3/24/2017 3/24/2017 ITALIAN REPUBLIC SAN MARINO, Republic of AMB Lewis M. Eisenberg FL NC 8/9/2017 8/10/2017 JAMAICA AMB Vacant JAPAN AMB William Hagerty TN NC 7/20/2017 7/21/2017 JORDAN, Hashemite AMB Vacant Kingdom of KAZAKHSTAN, Republic of AMB George Albert Krol NJ CMSFS 12/19/2014 1/8/2015 KENYA, Republic of AMB Robert F. Godec VA CMSFS 1/7/2013 1/16/2013 KIRIBATI, Republic of FIJI, Republic of AMB Judith Beth Cefkin CO CMSFS 12/11/2014 1/5/2015 NAURU, Republic of TONGA, Kingdom of TUVALU KOREA, Republic of AMB Vacant KOSOVO, Republic of AMB Gregory T. Delawie VA CMSFS 6/29/2015 7/24/2015 Page 9 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career KUWAIT, State of AMB Lawrence Robert Silverman MA CMSFS 7/20/2016 9/9/2016 KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AMB Vacant LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC AMB Rena Bitter TX CMSFS 10/3/2016 10/21/2016 REPUBLIC LATVIA, Republic of AMB Nancy Bikoff Pettit VA CMSFS 6/26/2015 7/29/2015 LEBANESE REPUBLIC AMB Elizabeth Holzhall Richard VA CMSFS 5/20/2016 6/21/2016 LESOTHO, Kingdom of AMB Rebecca Eliza Gonzales TX CMSFS 11/21/2017 11/22/2017 LIBERIA, Republic of AMB Christine Ann Elder KY CMSFS 5/20/2016 6/20/2016 LIBYA AMB Vacant LIECHTENSTEIN, Principality SWISS CONFEDERATION AMB Edward McMullen SC NC 11/8/2017 11/9/2017 of LITHUANIA, Republic of AMB Anne Hall ME CMSFS 7/21/2016 9/16/2016 LUXEMBOURG, Grand Duchy AMB Vacant of MACEDONIA, Republic of AMB Jess Lippincott Baily OH CMSFS 12/23/2014 2/2/2015 Page 10 of 25 Country/Organization Name Additional Countries Title Name State: Career / Appointment Oath of Office Non Career MADAGASCAR, Republic of COMOROS, Union of the AMB Vacant MALAWI, Republic of AMB Virginia E.
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