Thomas M. Countryman
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Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs Acting |
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In office October 12, 2016 – January 27, 2017 |
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Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rose Gottemoeller |
| Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation | |
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In office September 29, 2011 – January 27, 2017 |
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Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Vann Van Diepen (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | C.S. Eliot Kang (Acting) |
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| Born | 1957 (age 59–60) |
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Washington University Harvard University |
Thomas M. Countryman (born 1957) is a career diplomat who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation from 27 September 2011 to 27 January 2017.
Thomas M. Countryman is a graduate of Bellarmine Preparatory School, in Tacoma, Washington, and of Washington University in St. Louis, and studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
He joined the United States Department of State in 1982. From 1983 to 1985, he was posted at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He worked in the Department's Office of Eastern European and Yugoslav Affairs 1985-88.
He spent 1988 through 1990 studying the Arabic language and Arab culture in the U.S. and Tunisia. He was posted to the U.S. embassy in Cairo during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. From 1991 to 1993, he was the senior officer for reporting on political, security, and religious affairs within Egypt.
He spent 1993-94 in the Office of Counterterrorism. From 1994 to 1997 he was the special advisor to United States Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright on Middle East affairs and was the U.S. liaison to the United Nations Special Commission.
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