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Nancy Powell
Nancy Jo Powell (born 1947, Cedar Falls, Iowa) was the United States Ambassador to India from April 2012 to May 2014. Powell was Director General of the United States Foreign Service, a position she assumed after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Nepal. Powell is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. Powell joined the United States Foreign Service in 1977, and has held assignments in Africa and South Asia. Media reports conjectured that Powell's resignation was inevitable after the officials of the Government of India stopped accepting to meet her, following the Devyani Khobragade incident. Previous positions *United States Ambassador to India, 2012-2014 * Director General of the United States Foreign Service, 2009-2012 *Ambassador to Nepal, July 16, 20072009 *National Intelligence Officer for South Asia, National Intelligence Council, 2006–2007 *Senior Coordinator for Avian Influenza and Infectious Diseases, 2006 (?) *Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Burleigh
Albert Peter Burleigh (born March 7, 1942) is an American diplomat who worked as a Foreign Service Officer and joined the American Academy of Diplomacy. Early life and education Burleigh was born on March 7, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and then Colgate University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963. Career Burleigh was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal from 1963 to 1965, during which time he mastered the Nepali language. In addition to Nepali, he speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhalese. He served as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1997, serving concurrently as ambassador to the Maldives. In 1998–99, he was chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In 1999, President Clinton nominated Burleigh for the post of ambassador to the Philippines and Palau, but the U.S. Senate never acted upon the nomination, and it was eventually withdrawn. In 2009 and again in 2011, he was appointed chargé d'affai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born November 22, 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the 31st United States Ambassador to the United Nations, United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. She served as the U.S. 18th Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C. President Biden nominated her to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and she was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 23, 2021. She took office after Letter of credence, presenting her credentials on February 25, 2021. Early life and education Thomas-Greenfield was born in Baker, Louisiana, in 1952 as one of eight siblings. She graduated from an all-Black high school in Zachary, Louisiana, in 1970. Thomas-Greenfield earned a Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assistant Secretary Of State For African Affairs
The assistant secretary of state for African affairs is the head of the Bureau of African Affairs, within the United States Department of State, who guides operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and advises the United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State and the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. On July 18, 1958, Congress authorized an 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State, assistant secretary of state, enabling the Department of State to create a bureau to deal with relations with the newly independent nations of Africa. At first, when the Department of State established three geographical divisions in 1909, African affairs were the responsibility of the Divisions of Near Eastern and Western European Affairs. Department Order No. 692 of June 15, 1937, transferred responsibility for all African territories except Algeria and the Union of South Africa to the Division of Near Eastern Affairs. A Division of Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assistant Secretary Of State For Legislative Affairs
The assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs is the head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs within the United States Department of State. List of assistant secretaries of state for legislative affairs References External links List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs by the State Department HistorianBureau of Legislative Affairs Website {{United States Assistant Secretaries of State United States assistant secretaries of state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau For International Narcotics And Law Enforcement Affairs
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is an agency that reports to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights within the United States Department of State. Under the umbrella of its general mission of developing policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime, INL plays an important role in the training of partner nation security forces. The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) implements programs aimed at addressing crime, illicit drug activity, and instability in foreign countries. Its efforts focus on four primary objectives: (1) disrupting and reducing illicit drug markets and transnational crime; (2) addressing corruption and illicit financial flows to reinforce democratic institutions and the rule of law; (3) enhancing the capacity of criminal justice systems to promote stable and rights-respecting governance; and (4) utilizing data, research, and strategic r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director General Of The United States Foreign Service
The director general of the Foreign Service is the designated manager of the United States Foreign Service. The director general is a current or former Foreign Service officer, appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. Since November 23, 1975, under a departmental administrative action, the director general has concurrently held the title of Director of the Bureau of Global Talent Management. As the head of the human resources bureau, the director general holds a rank equivalent to an assistant secretary of state and reports to the under secretary of state for management. History Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ... created the position of Director General of the Foreign Service through the Foreign Service Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devyani Khobragade Incident
On December 11, 2013, Devyani Khobragade, then the Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of India in New York City, was charged by U.S. authorities with committing visa fraud and providing false statements in order to gain entry to the United States for Sangeeta Richard, a woman of Indian nationality, for employment as a domestic worker for Khobragade in New York. She was additionally charged with failing to pay the domestic worker a minimum wage. Khobragade was arrested the next day by U.S. federal law enforcement authorities, subjected to a " strip search", presented to a judge, and released the same day. Her arrest and treatment received much media attention particularly in India, and led to a diplomatic row between India and the United States. One week later, Khobragade was transferred by the government of India to the UN mission in New York, subject to clearance from the United States Department of State, which would entitle her to full diplomatic immunity. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of India
The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union territories of India, 36 states and union territories. The government is led by the president of India (currently ) who largely exercises the executive powers, and selects the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India and other ministers for aid and advice. Government has been formed by the The prime minister and their senior ministers belong to the Union Council of Ministers, its executive decision-making committee being the Cabinet (government), cabinet. The government, seated in New Delhi, has three primary branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, whose powers are vested in bicameral Parliament of India, Union Council of Ministers (headed by prime minister), and the Supreme Court of India respectively, with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asia
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's population. As commonly conceptualised, the modern State (polity), states of South Asia include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with Afghanistan also often included, which may otherwise be classified as part of Central Asia. South Asia borders East Asia to the northeast, Central Asia to the northwest, West Asia to the west and Southeast Asia to the east. Apart from Southeast Asia, Littoral South Asia, Maritime South Asia is the only subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere. The British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of Atolls of Maldives, 26 atolls of the Maldives in South Asia lie entirely within the Southern Hemisphere. Topographically, it is dominated by the Indian subcontinent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With nearly billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Demographics of Africa, Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including Geography of Africa, geography, Climate of Africa, climate, corruption, Scramble for Africa, colonialism, the Cold War, and neocolonialism. Despite this lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Foreign Service
The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State. It consists of over 13,000 professionals carrying out the foreign policy of the United States and aiding U.S. citizens abroad.Kopp and Gillespie, ''Career Diplomacy'', pp. 3-4 Created in 1924 by the Rogers Act, the Foreign Service combined all consular and diplomatic services of the U.S. government into one administrative unit. In addition to the unit's function, the Rogers Act defined a personnel system under which the United States secretary of state is authorized to assign diplomats abroad. Members of the Foreign Service are selected through a series of written and oral examinations. They serve at any of the United States diplomatic missions around the world, including embassies, consulates, and other facilities. Members of the Foreign Service also staff the headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
