James Knight (diplomat)
| James Knight | |
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| United States Ambassador to Chad | |
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Assumed office September 6, 2013 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Mark Boulware |
| United States Ambassador to Benin | |
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In office November 3, 2009 – April 28, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Gayleatha Brown |
| Succeeded by | Michael Raynor |
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| Born | 1948 (age 68–69) |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Rector Bell |
| Alma mater |
Wichita State University University of Chicago |
James A. Knight (born 1948) is the United States Ambassador to Chad, having been confirmed on May 23, 2013. He previously served as ambassador to Benin from 2009 to 2012. He speaks French and Portuguese.
Knight is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He was formerly the State Department's Director of the Office of East African Affairs after serving as Team Leader of the Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (see the Ninawa campaign), based in Mosul, Iraq. Before Iraq, he was Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) for the U.S. Mission to Angola as well as the DCM for Embassy Praia in Cape Verde.
Earlier experience includes assignments to the embassies in Ethiopia; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Banjul, the Gambia; and Lagos, Nigeria. Before the Foreign Service Knight worked as an economic development specialist for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Niger and as a software developer for the private sector.
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