Colin Luther Powell was an American politician,statesman,diplomat,and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first Black secretary of state. He was the 15th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989,and the 12th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.
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.
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world.
William Blaine Richardson III was an American politician,author,and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration,a U.S. congressman,chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention,and chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change (DMCC) was an ad hoc organization of 27 retired and United States military officers and Foreign Service Officers who supported Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts against incumbent Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s.
Alexander Fletcher Watson is a retired American ambassador and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Peru from 1986 to 1989.
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,and as the ambassador to the United Kingdom and Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board under President Bill Clinton.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and international relations scholar who has been serving as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Jack Foust Matlock Jr. is an American former ambassador,career Foreign Service Officer,teacher,historian,and linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet affairs during some of the most tumultuous years of the Cold War,and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991.
Donald E. Booth is an American diplomat who is serving as the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan. Between August 2013 and January 2017,he was the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan. Prior to his appointments as special envoy,Booth served as the Ambassador of the United States to Liberia,Zambia,and Ethiopia.
Henry Allen Holmes was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1982 to 1985 and a career diplomat.
David B. Dunn is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Togo from 2005 to 2008. He also served as United States Ambassador to Zambia from 1999 to 2002.
Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29,2011,and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8,2011. Previously,he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee,Shapiro was ordered on January 5,2017,to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. On August 30,2021,President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran.
Earl Anthony Wayne is an American diplomat. Formerly Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs,Ambassador to Argentina and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan,Wayne served nearly four years as Ambassador to Mexico. He was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate in August,2011. He departed Mexico City for Washington July 31,2015 and retired from the State Department on September 30,2015. Wayne attained the highest rank in the U.S. diplomatic service:Career Ambassador. He is currently a Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence at American University's School of International Service where he teaches courses related to diplomacy and US foreign policy. Wayne also works with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,the Atlantic Council,the Center for Strategic and International Studies,. Wayne is co-chair of the Mexico Institute's Advisory Board at the Wilson Center. He is also on the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy Council of America. Wayne is an independent consultant,speaker and writer and works with several not-for-profit professional associations. He was an adviser for HSBC Latin America on improving management of financial crime risk from 2015 until 2019 and served on the board of the American Foreign Service Association from 2017 to 2019.
Jeffrey Laurence Bleich is an American lawyer and diplomat from California.
African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international development,diplomacy,and defense through their work with the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Agency for International Development,the U.S. Information Agency,and the U.S. Congress,and other notable agencies and non-governmental organizations. The creators acknowledge the presence of the interagency contributions to the foreign affairs realm,and welcome additional content to showcase the achievements of African-Americans in other relevant USG agencies.
Katherine Simonds Dhanani is an American diplomat. She was nominated as the Ambassador of the United States to Somalia,having been nominated for the position on 25 February 2015 by U.S. President Barack Obama. Dhanani is the first official U.S. envoy to the country in over two decades. On May 11,2015,it was reported that Dhanani had withdrawn her nomination to the post of Ambassador to Somalia for personal reasons.
Arlene Render is an American former diplomat. An officer of the United States Foreign Service,she served as the United States Ambassador to the Gambia,Zambia,and Ivory Coast. She was also noted for her role amidst the initial onset of the Rwandan genocide.
