James Franklin Jeffrey is an American diplomat who served most recently as the United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement and the Special Envoy to the International military intervention against ISIL.
John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was the United States Ambassador to Russia between July 31,2014 and September 28,2017. He had previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine,Georgia,and Lithuania.
Robert Orris Blake Jr. is an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from 2006 to 2009,Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and Ambassador to Indonesia from 2014 to 2016.
Christopher William Dell is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Angola,Zimbabwe,and Kosovo.
Frank George Wisner II is an American businessman and former diplomat who had served as acting United States Secretary of State for a few hours following the resignation of the previous acting United States Secretary of State Arnold Kanter at noon on January 20,1993 until the confirmation by the United States Senate and swearing in of Warren Christopher as United States Secretary of State later that day. He is the son of CIA official Frank Wisner (1909–1965). On January 31,2011,he was sent to Egypt by President Barack Obama to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests against the regime that had swept the country. A White House spokesman said that Wisner had vast experience in the region as well as close relationships with many Egyptians in and out of government. The New York Times reported that he was a personal friend of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.
Francis Joseph Ricciardone Jr. is a former President of the American University in Cairo. Ambassador Ricciardone was the United States ambassador to Turkey between 2011 and 2014. Previously he was Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan. He was also on leave from the U.S. Department of State as a guest scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (2005–2008),the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau (2002–2005). As a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,he received U.S. government and other organization awards for his work in foreign policy and program management,political reporting and analysis,and peacekeeping.
The relations between Estonia and the United States have been constant and strong since Estonia regained its independence in 1991. The United States and Estonia are allies and partners.
Diplomatic relations between Syria and the United States are currently non-existent;they were suspended in 2012 after the onset of the Syrian Civil War. Priority issues between the two states include the Arab–Israeli conflict,the Golan Heights annexation,Iraq War,alleged state-sponsorship of terrorism,occupation of Lebanon,etc.
Brandon Hambright Grove Jr. was the United States Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic and Zaire (1984–87) and served on the board of directors of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
David Duane Pearce is an American diplomat who served from 2013 to 2016 as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. He also served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria,2008–11 and as the U.S. Consul General in Jerusalem from 2003-2005. He was the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan from 2011-2012;and served as the Acting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia from 2012-2013.
Political relations between the State of Palestine and the United States have been complex and strained since the 1960s. While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine,it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people;following the Oslo Accords,it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of the Palestinian territories.
Charles Aaron Ray is an American former diplomat who acted as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe between 2009 and 2012. He is a former Foreign Service Officer and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who held the position of U.S. Ambassador twice,and retired with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He is also a retired U.S. Army officer who was decorated twice for his actions in combat during the Vietnam War,and later served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs.
Terence Patrick McCulley is the former United States Ambassador to The Ivory Coast and a retired member of the Senior Foreign Service,with the rank of Minister-Counselor. McCulley was nominated by President Barack Obama to this post on June 26,2013,and presented his credentials to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on November 21,2013. He is currently the Senior Managing Director of the Africa practice at McLarty Associates and the Chairman of the U.S.-Nigeria Council.
Rafael Harpaz is an Israeli diplomat in the Israeli Foreign Service. Since September 2024 Harpaz is serving as Israel’s ambassador to the Republic of Korea. From September 2021 until August 2024 Harpaz was serving as Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific at Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From 2018 to 2021 Harpaz served as the Israeli ambassador to the Philippines. From 2012 to 2015,he served as the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
Gina Kay Abercrombie-Winstanley(born 1957) is an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed on March 29,2012. She was sworn in on April 18,2012,and presented her credentials to George Abela,President of Malta,on May 2,2012. On April 12,2021,she was sworn in to serve as chief diversity and inclusion officer for the United States Department of State.
Alexander Mark Laskaris is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Chad since August 2022. He also served as the United States ambassador to Guinea from 2012 to 2015. Laskaris was the faculty leader in the National War College at the National Defense University.
Eugene Stewart Young is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of the Congo since 2022.
