John R. Bass
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| United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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Assumed office October 20, 2014 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Lawrence C. Mandel |
| Preceded by | Francis Ricciardone |
| Executive Secretary of the Department of State | |
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In office October 8, 2012 – July 18, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen Mull |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Macmanus |
| United States Ambassador to Georgia | |
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In office October 16, 2009 – July 17, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John Tefft |
| Succeeded by | Richard Norland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 52–53) |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
John R. Bass is the Ambassador of the United States to Turkey. He was Ambassador of the United States to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.
Ambassador Bass is from upstate New York, and is a graduate of Syracuse University. He speaks Italian and French. In October 2012 he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the Secretary, the Deputy Secretaries, and the Director of Policy Planning.
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