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William Brownfield

William Rivington Brownfield
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Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assumed office
January 10, 2011
President Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Deputy Luis E. Arreaga
Alexander A. Arvizu
Preceded by David Johnson
United States Ambassador to Colombia
In office
September 12, 2007 – August 10, 2010
President George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded by William Wood
Succeeded by Michael McKinley
United States Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
October 15, 2004 – September 5, 2007
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Charles Shapiro
Succeeded by Patrick Duddy
United States Ambassador to Chile
In office
March 25, 2002 – July 19, 2004
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Philip Goldberg (Acting)
Succeeded by Craig Kelly
Personal details
Born 1952 (age 64–65)
Spouse(s) Kristie Kenney
Alma mater Cornell University
University of Texas, Austin
National Defense University

William Rivington Brownfield (born 1952) is a Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service and the current Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia.

A career Foreign Service Officer, William Brownfield was United States Ambassador to Colombia. He arrived in Colombia on August 31, 2007 and was accredited by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on September 12, 2007. On August 3, 2010, the United States confirmed Peter Michael McKinley as the new ambassador to Colombia.

Prior to arriving in Colombia, Brownfield was Ambassador to Venezuela, and before that Chile.

Ambassador Brownfield's first assignment after joining the Foreign Service in 1979 was in Maracaibo, Venezuela. His other overseas postings include service as Counselor for Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, and assignments in Argentina and El Salvador. He was temporarily assigned as Political Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command in Panama 1989-1990.

In Washington, Ambassador Brownfield's assignments have included Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere (WHA), Director for Policy in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Executive Assistant in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Member of the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff, and Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs.


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