Maurice Stephen Parker (born 1949)Maurice S. Parker (1949–)
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and career

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of the

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. From 2007 to 2009, he served as the

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. President Bush nominated him as ambassador on April 30, 2007. He took the oath of office on July 20, 2007, and presented his credentials to the government of Swaziland in September 2007. Parker received his bachelor's degree from the

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and his master's degree from

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. He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, with the class of

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. Prior to his posting in

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, he was Director of the Office of Employee Relations and Foreign Service Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources. He was also Director of Consular and International Programs at the

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at the White House and Principal Officer at the

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s in

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and

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. His other overseas assignments have included

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and

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United States Department of State: Biography of Maurice S. Parker
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