Francis Ricciardone

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Francis Ricciardone

Francis J. Ricciardone Jr. (* 1951 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is President of the American University in Cairo and a former US diplomat .

After graduating with Honors from Dartmouth College in 1973, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Italy . He went to Iran as a teacher in 1976 and traveled through Southwest Asia , Europe and the Middle East, and joined the US State Department in 1978 .

He has been President of the American University in Cairo since 2016 . From 2011 to 2014 Ricciardone was US Ambassador to Ankara , from 2005 to 2008 in Cairo , and before that in Manila and Palau (2002–2005). He was also an envoy at the US embassy in Kabul . During this time Ricciardone was on leave from the US State Department for a research stay at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).

Private

Ricciardone is married and has two daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography, Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. United States Institute of Peace, archived from the original on August 13, 2008 ; Retrieved January 11, 2009 .
  2. ^ President of The American University in Cairo . March 29, 2015 ( aucegypt.edu [accessed January 15, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Biography, Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. In: US Department of State. September 8, 2005, archived from the original on October 10, 2007 ; Retrieved October 12, 2007 .
  4. ^ Karen DeYoung: Hundreds of New Civilian Employees Proposed for Afghanistan. In: Washington Post. March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009 .
  5. ↑ James Bone, Tom Coghlan: US strengthens diplomatic presence in Afghanistan. In: Times Online. March 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009 .
  6. ^ Testimony of Francis J. Ricciardone Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Turkey July 20, 2010 Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (PDF; 22 kB) (No longer available online.) In: Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010 ; Retrieved August 13, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.foreignpolicy.com

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SURNAME Ricciardone, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ricciardone, Francis J. Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts