Stuart Jones | |
Office: | Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs |
President: | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Term Start: | January 9, 2017 |
Term End: | June 2017 |
Predecessor: | Anne W. Patterson |
Office1: | United States Ambassador to Iraq |
President1: | Barack Obama |
Term Start1: | October 2, 2014 |
Term End1: | September 1, 2016[1] |
Predecessor1: | Robert Beecroft |
Office2: | United States Ambassador to Jordan |
President2: | Barack Obama |
Term Start2: | September 5, 2011 |
Term End2: | August 14, 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Robert Beecroft |
Successor2: | Alice Wells |
Alma Mater: | Duke University (BA) University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD) |
Stuart E. Jones (born 1959) is an American diplomat. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2016,[2] and as the United States Ambassador to Jordan from July 21, 2011, to July 28, 2014.[3] [4] [5]
Stuart E. Jones graduated from Duke University and received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[3] [4] [5]
He joined the United States Foreign Service as a career diplomat.[3] [5] He served as Governorate Coordinator in Al Anbar Province in Iraq, and at the National Security Council as Country Director for Iraq.[3] [5] From 1994 to 1996, he was special assistant to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[3] [5] He has also served in Turkey, El Salvador and Colombia.[3] [5]
From 2005 to 2008, Jones served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.[3] [5] From 2008 to 2010, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.[3] [4] [5] Jones also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Baghdad.[3] [4] [5]
On July 21, 2011, Jones was appointed United States Ambassador to Jordan.[3] [4] [5]
On May 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Jones to be the United States Ambassador to Iraq.[6] On June 26, 2014, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jones in a 93–0 vote.[7] He was sworn in by United States Secretary of State John Kerry on September 17, 2014.[8]
As of 2018, Jones works at Bechtel Engineering.
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