John Desrocher | |
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United States Ambassador to Algeria | |
In office September 5, 2017 –January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Joan A. Polaschik |
Succeeded by | Elizabeth Moore Aubin |
Personal details | |
Born | Plattsburgh,New York | October 14,1964
Spouse | Karen Rose |
Education | Georgetown University |
John Paul Desrocher [1] (born October 14,1964) [2] is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria from 2017 to 2021. [3] [4] He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has served as an American diplomat since 1988.
Desrocher is a graduate of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. [5]
Desrocher is a former deputy chief of mission and consul general at seven U.S. overseas missions. [6] He served as Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo,and then,from 2006 and 2009,he was the U.S. Consul General in Auckland,New Zealand. [5] In 2009 and 2010,he was the Minister Counselor for Economic Coordination in Baghdad,Iraq. [5] He then served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. [5]
From 2014 to 2017,he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Egypt and Maghreb Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the United States Department of State. [5]
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