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Tracey Ann Jacobson (born 1965) [1] is an American diplomat and a former United States ambassador to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kosovo and Ethiopia. [2] She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from January 2017 through October 2017. [3] [4] [5] She retired then returned to active duty in 2021 as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force, [6] [7] and then as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In January 2024, she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq.

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Education

Jacobson received her Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University, and her Master of Arts from the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Jacobson has studied Albanian, Serbian, French, Russian, Spanish, Korean, and Tajik.

Career

Jacobson served as Deputy Executive Secretary at the National Security Council at the White House, where she facilitated the development of foreign policy initiatives for the National Security Advisor and the President.

Jacobson is a career member of the United States Foreign Service and served overseas in Seoul, South Korea, Nassau, Bahamas, and Moscow, Russia. Her domestic assignments included the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for Management. She also served as the Deputy Director of the State Department's Foreign Service Institute.

Jacobson served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, as the U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan (August 2003-July 2006), and as the United States Ambassador to Tajikistan from August 2006 until resigning from that position in August 2009 (replaced by Kenneth E. Gross Jr. as of 12 August 2009). From 2012 to 2015, Jacobson served as the U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo.

From 2015 to 2017, Jacobson served as the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs. [8] After the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Bathsheba N. Crocker in January 2017, Jacobson served as Acting Assistant Secretary until her retirement in October 2017. [3]

Jacobson returned to the Department of State in 2021 as a senior advisor, [9] first serving as the State Department's Director of the Afghanistan Task Force. From February 25, 2022 to September 25, 2023, she had served as Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, at the Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [10]

On January 25, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Jacobson to serve as the United States ambassador to Iraq. [11] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [12] On June 13, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [13]

On January 11, 2025 she has joined to U.S. Embassy Dhaka as Chargé d’affaires ad interim. [14] [15]

Personal life

Jacobson is married to David Baugh, a member of the British Diplomatic Service. [2]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Laura E. Kennedy
United States Ambassador to Turkmenistan
2003–2006		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Tajikistan
2006–2009		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Kosovo
2012–2015		Succeeded by

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  2. 1 2 "Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson". Embassy of the United States, Pristina. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Lynch, Colum (August 27, 2017). "Top State Department Officials Step Down in "Black Friday" Exodus". Foreign Policy . Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ "IO Senior Officials". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jacobson, Tracey Ann: Biography". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Alex Thompson and Tina Sfondeles, "Afghanistan blame game" POLITICO Aug 16, 2021
  7. ↑ Lara Seligman, "Biden directs evacuation flights for Afghan interpreters to begin late July" POLITICO July 14, 2021
  8. ↑ "Tracey Ann Jacobson". U.S. Department of State. August 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tracey Jacobson" . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson".
  11. ↑ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees" (Press release). The White House. January 25, 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  12. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Nominations". foreign.senate.gov. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  14. ↑ Dhaka, U. S. Embassy (2025-01-09). "Embassy Dhaka Welcomes Tracey Ann Jacobson as Chargé d'affaires, ad interim". U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  15. ↑ "Jacobson looks forward to leading US Mission Dhaka with vision: Embassy". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
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