William Dale Montgomery
| William Dale Montgomery | |
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| 1st United States Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro | |
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In office January 4, 2002 – February 24, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Richard M. Miles (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Michael C. Polt |
| 2nd United States Ambassador to Croatia | |
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In office January 8, 1998 – September 17, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Peter W. Galbraith |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence G. Rossin |
| United States Ambassador to Bulgaria | |
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In office October 27, 1993 – January 17, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Kenneth Hill |
| Succeeded by | Avis T. Bohlen |
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| Born | 1945 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | American |
William Dale Montgomery (born 1945) is a retired United States diplomat. He served as US ambassador in Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro.
Montgomery served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1970, including one year of service in the War in Vietnam. He started his career as a United States Foreign Service Officer in 1974. He was Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and then Deputy Secretary of State Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr.. He was Deputy Chief of the Mission in Sofia from June 1988 to May 1991.
His other assignments have included Economic-Commercial Officer in the Embassy in Belgrade, Commercial Officer and Political Officer in the Embassy in Moscow, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam, as well as assignments in Washington, D.C.. He served as US Ambassador to Bulgaria from October 1993 to January 1996. In 1996-1997 he served in US State Department Special Advisor for Bosnian Peace Implementation.
Montgomery was selected as Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro upon the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on 17 November 2000, and was confirmed as the US Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro on 15 November 2001. He retired in February 2004.
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