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James B. Warlick, Jr.

James Warlick
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United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
In office
January 25, 2010 – September 14, 2012
Preceded by Nancy E. McEldowney
Succeeded by Marcie Ries
President Barack Obama
Personal details
Born 1956 (age 60–61)
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Mary Burce Warlick,
United States Ambassador to Serbia

James Warlick (born 1956) is a US diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Bulgaria.

James Warlick a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was announced for nomination by President Barack Obama on October 1, 2009 and confirmed on December 29, 2009 by the United States Senate, and sworn in on January 25, 2010, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Bulgaria.

As of September 2013, he is the U.S. Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, a position that comes to an end on 31 December 2016, according to a message, published by Warlick on his Twitter account.

James Warlick earned a B.A. at Stanford University in 1977, holds a Master of Letters in Politics from Wadham College (1979), Oxford University, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (1980) from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

While Director of the United Nations Political Affairs in IO during 2003-2005, Ambassador Warlick also served as Principal Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer during January 2004 to July 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq.

James Warlick was Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union, including NATO, OSCE, and related arms control and nonproliferation policy issues (2005–2006).

James Warlick served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) from 2006 to 2009, with responsibility for all aspects of U.S. foreign policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations.

Other assignments have included:

Prior to his State Department service, Ambassador Warlick served as Deputy Representative of the Asia Foundation in Washington, DC and the Philippines; and he was a Foreign Affairs analyst in the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress.


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