John A. Heffern
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Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Acting |
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Assumed office January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Victoria Nuland |
| United States Ambassador to Armenia | |
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In office October 6, 2011 – December 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Marie L. Yovanovitch |
| Succeeded by | Richard M. Mills, Jr. |
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| Born | Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
John A. Heffern was the United States Ambassador to Armenia from 2011 to 2014. After being nominated in May 18, 2011 by United States President Barack Obama, Heffern was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 26, 2011 and sworn in as Ambassador on October 6, 2011. He was replaced by Ambassador Richard M. Mills, Jr. in early 2015.
Heffern was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, the son of Elleard Buridan Heffern and Beulah "Jo" Heffern. His father served briefly in the Foreign Service, and met his wife in India. Heffern’s mother is a naturalized citizen. After graduating from the Saint Louis Priory School, Heffern attended Michigan State University, receiving his B.A. in 1976.
After college, Heffern served in the office of Senator John C. Danforth (R-Mo.) as the Senator's Office Director and Research Assistant. He joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and has been a career Senior Foreign Service officer ever since. His early postings included in China, Taiwan, and Ivory Coast. He was later assigned to Kuala Lumpur, and then held postings in Washington, among them as Malaysia Desk Officer, related to Southeast Asia. He later From 1994 to 1996, he served as a Pearson Fellow on the Asia Subcommittee for the House International Relations Committee, for Congressman Doug Bereuter (R-Nebraska). He subsequently served as Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to NATO (USNATO).
Following postings in the Human Resources Bureau in Washington as Executive Assistant to Under Secretary for Political Affairs and as Deputy Chief of Mission at U. S. Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, he reported in 2009 to the U. S. Mission to NATO as the Deputy Permanent Representative. Most recently, he has served as Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) at USNATO, in Brussels, Belgium.
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