رتشارد أولسون

Richard Olson
Richard Olson 2015.jpg
United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
في المنصب
November 17, 2015 – November 17, 2016[1]
الرئيس Barack Obama
سبقه Jarrett Blanc (Acting)
خلفه Laurel Miller (Acting)
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
في المنصب
October 31, 2012 – November 17, 2015
الرئيس Barack Obama
سبقه Cameron Munter
خلفه David Hale
United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
في المنصب
October 14, 2008 – May 2, 2011
الرئيس George W. Bush
Barack Obama
سبقه Michele Sison
خلفه Michael Corbin
تفاصيل شخصية
وُلِد 1959 (العمر 64–65)
الزوج Deborah Jones
الجامعة الأم Brown University
الخدمة العسكرية
الأوسمة Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award
Superior Honor Award

Richard Gustave Olson Jr. (born 1959[2]) is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer, who formerly served as the United States Ambassador to Pakistan. Prior to his appointment in Pakistan, Olson had served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates as well the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs in the U.S. Embassy, Kabul with the rank of ambassador. He is a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Career Minister.[3]

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Personal life and education

Olson is married to Deborah K. Jones, the former United States Ambassador to Libya. They have two daughters.[4]

Olson earned an undergraduate degree in law and society, and history from Brown University in 1981.[4]


Career

Ambassador Olson with President Barack Obama

Olson joined the U.S. State Department in 1982, and served tenures in Mexico, Uganda, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Iraq, and three tours in the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Olson has also served as the deputy chief of mission at the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from 2006-2008.[3]

He served as U.S. Consul General in Dubai from 2001 to 2003. From 2008 to 2011, Olson was the U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.[3]

Olson served as Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, from June 2011 to June 2012.[5]

Awards and honors

Olson has been awarded the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and the Secretary of Defense’s Exceptional Civilian Service Award,[3] and he is a three times recipient of the State Department’s Superior Honor Award.[4]

المراجع

  1. ^ Retirement of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard G. Olson
  2. ^ "Richard Gustave Olson Jr". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  3. ^ أ ب ت ث ج "Profile: Richard G. Olson – US ambassador to Pakistan". Dawn. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ أ ب ت "Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs". American Embassy in Kabul. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  5. ^ "Obama names new ambassadors to Afghanistan, Pakistan". NDTV. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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مناصب دبلوماسية
سبقه
Michele Sison
United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
2008–2011
تبعه
Michael Corbin
سبقه
Cameron Munter
United States Ambassador to Pakistan
2012–2015
تبعه
David Hale
سبقه
Jarrett Blanc
Acting
United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
2015–2016
الحالي

قالب:US Ambassadors to Pakistan