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Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.

Francis Joseph Ricciardone Jr.
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President of the American University in Cairo
Assumed office
July 1, 2016
Preceded by Lisa Anderson
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office
January 1, 2011 – July 7, 2014
President Barack Obama
Preceded by James Franklin Jeffrey
Succeeded by John R. Bass
United States Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan
In office
2009–2010
United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office
August 2, 2005 – 2008
Preceded by C. David Welch
Succeeded by Margaret Scobey
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
February 21, 2002 – April 3, 2005
Preceded by Michael Malinowski
Succeeded by Kristie Kenney
United States Ambassador to Palau
In office
February 21, 2002 – October 10, 2004
Preceded by Thomas C. Hubbard
Succeeded by Helen Reed-Rowe
Personal details
Born 1951 (age 65–66)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse(s) Marie Ricciardone
Alma mater Dartmouth College
Profession Diplomat
Website francisricciardone.com

Francis Joseph Ricciardone Jr. (born 1952) is the current President of the American University in Cairo. Ambassador Ricciardone was the United States ambassador to Turkey between 2011 and 2014. Previously he was Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was also on leave from the U.S. Department of State as a guest scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (2005–2008), the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau (2002–2005). As a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, he received U.S. government and other organization awards for his work in foreign policy and program management, political reporting and analysis, and peacekeeping.

Ricciardone has extensive diplomatic experience with Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Jordan. He speaks fluent Arabic, Turkish, and Italian. He has served in two multinational military deployments: as chief of the Civilian Observer Unit of the Multinational Force and Observers in Egypt's Sinai Desert, and as political advisor to the U.S. and Turkish commanding generals of Operation Provide Comfort, based in Turkey and operating in Iraq. In Washington, Ricciardone directed the Department of State's 9/11 Task Force on the Coalition Against Terrorism and served as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's special coordinator for the Transition of Iraq (1999–2001). He also has served in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and in senior management positions under the Director General of the Foreign Service and of Human Resources.


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