The Honorable Richard Eugene Hoagland | |
---|---|
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Coordinator for international peacemaking efforts on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Pakistan | |
In office January 2011–October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Interim U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group | |
In office Mid 2017–Late 2017 | |
Preceded by | Position established* |
Succeeded by | Andrew Schofer |
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs | |
In office 2013–2015 | |
Senior U.S. liaison to the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria | |
In office 2016–2017 | |
U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan | |
In office 2003–2006 | |
Preceded by | Franklin Huddle |
Succeeded by | Tracey Ann Jacobson |
Chargéd'affaires to Turkmenistan | |
In office July 2007–July 2008 | |
Preceded by | Jennifer Leigh Brush |
Succeeded by | Richard Miles |
U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan | |
In office 2008–January 2011 | |
Preceded by | John M. Ordway |
Succeeded by | John M. Ordway |
U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Afghanistan | |
In office 1991–1992 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 72–73) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Grenoble University of Virginia |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Richard Eugene Hoagland (born 1950,Fort Wayne,Indiana) [1] is a career ambassador in the United States Department of State. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs from 2013-2015. [2] In the summer of 2016,based at the U.S. Embassy in Amman,Jordan,he was the senior U.S. liaison to the Russian Reconciliation Center at the Russian military base in Latakia,Syria. In 2017 he served as interim U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,the group appointed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to coordinate international peace-making efforts on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. [3]
Born in Fort Wayne,Indiana Hoagland earned a graduate degree from the University of Virginia and a certificate in French from the University of Grenoble. He was an African literature professor at the University of Virginia and taught English in Zaire before he joined the foreign service. [2] [4]
As a member of the Senior Foreign Service (Minister-Counselor),Ambassador Hoagland's earlier assignments included Director of the Office of Public Diplomacy in the South Asia Bureau of the State Department (1999-2001) where his additional portfolio was Special Adviser to the National Security Council for public diplomacy on Afghanistan. His foreign assignments have included Russia (where he was Press Spokesman for the U.S. Embassy),Uzbekistan,and Pakistan twice—the first time (1986-1989) working with the Afghan Resistance during the Soviet-Afghan War.
He also served in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research where he was the lead analyst for Afghanistan (1989-1991). Subsequently,because of his expertise on Afghanistan,he was U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Afghanistan (1991-1992). During the course of his career,he has received multiple State Department Meritorious and Superior Honor Awards,as well as Presidential Performance Awards. [2]
Ambassador Hoagland was Director of the Office of Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs,Department of State from June 2001-July 2003. In that position,he wrote and negotiated four of the key bilateral documents defining the Central Asian states' enhanced relationship with the United States. After September 11 2001,he initiated regular U.S.- Russia consultations in response to the mandate by Presidents Bush and Putin that the two governments work together to increase their collaboration and transparency in Central Asia and the Caucasus. In July 2002,this consultative group became part of the ongoing U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group. [2]
He later served as the Ambassador to Tajikistan 2003–06,and as the Chargéd'affaires to Turkmenistan July 2007-July 2008. [2] He then became the U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan from 2008 to January 2011.
From January 2011 to October 2013,he was the United States Deputy Ambassador to Pakistan, [2] a title rarely used by State,but which has been used in other countries where the U.S. has a difficult diplomatic mission (notably in Embassy of the United States,Kabul [5] and in the structure of the U.S. mission to South Vietnam in the 1960s [6] ). The title Deputy Ambassador carries more political responsibility and weight than the more common title of Deputy Chief of Mission.
Ambassador Hoagland was nominated for the United States ambassadorship to Armenia on May 23,2006. His predecessor John Marshall Evans was recalled from his position in May 2006 after publicly speaking about the Armenian genocide. [7] [8] On August 1,2006,the Armenian Assembly of America announced that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Joe Biden together with Senator John Kerry requested a hold on Hoagland's nomination,claiming that he hoped the Administration "will find a way to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide." [9] On September 12 2006,New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez issued a hold on the confirmation vote for Hoagland,stating that "if the Bush Administration continues to refuse to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide,then there is certainly cause for great alarm,which is why I am placing a hold on this nominee." [10] [11]
With the new congress in January 2007,the stalled nomination had expired,and on January 9,2007,Richard Hoagland was renominated as ambassador to Armenia. [12] The nomination was withdrawn by the White House on August 3,2007. [13]
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who serves as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19,2021. He previously served as the United States deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014,and in 2009 he served as Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career. From 2014 to 2021,he served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The OSCE Minsk Group was created in 1992 by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE),now Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),to encourage a peaceful,negotiated resolution to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Matthew James Bryza is a former United States diplomat. His last post in the United States foreign service was the United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
John Marshall Evans is an American former diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Armenia. He was confirmed to this position by the U.S. Senate on June 25,2004.
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report,53% of Azerbaijanis approve of U.S. leadership,with 27% disapproving and 21% uncertain.
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.
Richard Boyce Norland is an American diplomat. He currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Libya.
Philip Thomas Reeker is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State who currently serves as the senior advisor for Caucasus negotiations. He was previously Chargéd'affaires of the United States mission to the United Kingdom from 2021 to 2022 and acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2019 to 2021.
James Warlick is a US diplomat,former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Peter Tomsen is an American retired diplomat and educator,serving as U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992,United States Ambassador to Armenia between 1995 and 1998,and was Deputy Ambassador at the United States Embassy in Beijing from 1986 to 1989. Ambassador Tomsen’s thirty-two year diplomatic career emphasized South and Central Asia,Northeast Asia and the former Soviet Union.
Richard Wayne Bogosian is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Chad from 1990 to 1993 and Niger from 1985 to 1988.
The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the United States in China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang District,Beijing.
John A. Heffern is an American diplomat. Heffern served as the United States Ambassador to Armenia from 2011 to 2014. After being nominated on May 18,2011 by United States President Barack Obama,Heffern was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26,2011 and sworn in as Ambassador on October 6,2011. He was replaced by Ambassador Richard M. Mills Jr. in early 2015.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022,he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.
Lynne M. Tracy is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Armenia. In December 2022,she was confirmed to serve as the United States ambassador to Russia.
Harry Joseph Gilmore was an American diplomat who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Armenia.
Varuzhan Nersesyan is an Armenian diplomat who is currently the ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom. Prior to this,he has served as the ambassador to the United States from November 2018 to July 2021. He was appointed an ambassador to United Kingdom on 16 July 2021.
Angela Price Aggeler is an American diplomat who is the United States ambassador to North Macedonia.