Christopher R. Hill
| Christopher R. Hill | |
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| United States Ambassador to Iraq | |
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In office 2009–2010 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ryan Crocker |
| Succeeded by | James Franklin Jeffrey |
| 25th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs | |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | James A. Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Kurt M. Campbell |
| United States Ambassador to Korea | |
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In office 2004–2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas C. Hubbard |
| Succeeded by | Alexander R. Vershbow |
| United States Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office 2000–2004 |
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| President |
Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Daniel Fried |
| Succeeded by | Victor Henderson Ashe |
| United States Ambassador to Macedonia | |
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In office 1996–1999 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert L. Norman |
| Succeeded by | M. Michael Einik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 (age 64–65) |
| Alma mater |
Bowdoin College Naval War College |
Christopher Robert Hill (born 1952) is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2009–2010. He succeeded Ryan Crocker and preceded James Jeffrey.
On July 1, 2010, Hill was chosen to be the dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver He also serves on the board of International Relief and Development Inc. and is an advisor with Albright Stonebridge Group, a strategic advisory firm.
Hill's father was a diplomat in the Foreign Service and as a child Hill traveled with the family to many countries. After American diplomats were expelled from Haiti, Hill's family moved to Little Compton, Rhode Island where Hill attended Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, graduating in 1970. He then went on to study at Bowdoin College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1974.
Hill was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 1974 to 1976. Hill credits his work with the Peace Corps for teaching him his first lessons in diplomacy. As a volunteer, Hill worked with credit unions and when he discovered that one board of directors had stolen 60 percent of their members' money, he reported on the malfeasance to their members, who promptly re-elected them because the board reflected carefully balanced tribal interests and it really did not matter to the members if the board directors ran a good credit union or not. Hill said the lesson was that "When something's happened, it's happened for a reason and you do your best to understand that reason. But don't necessarily think you can change it." Hill took the Foreign Service exam while he was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.
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