Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Linda Thomas-Greenfield (* 1952 in Baker , Louisiana ) is an American diplomat who was Ambassador to Liberia and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs at the US State Department .
Life
Thomas-Greenfield graduated from school with a degree in political science at the Louisiana State University System , which she graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent postgraduate study of political science at the University of Wisconsin System she completed in 1976 with a Master of Arts (MA) and also did her doctorate there. She then took on a professorship for political science at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania .
In 1982 she entered the State Department as a diplomat and found employment at various embassies and at the headquarters of the State Department in Washington, DC.First , she worked for consular affairs at the embassy in Jamaica , before moving to the embassies in Nigeria , Gambia and finally worked in Kenya . After working from 1991 to 1993 as an assistant in the office of the Director-General of the Foreign Service, she became a member of a delegation in Rwanda in 1994 that dealt with the genocide there .
She then worked for the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations in Geneva and at the Embassy in Pakistan as well as in the Human Resources Department (Bureau of Human Resources) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In recognition of their achievements at work for refugees, she was in 2000 after the former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher called Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs awarded.
In 2004 she became Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and in 2006 First Deputy Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the African Affairs Department ( Bureau of African Affairs) before she was Ambassador to Liberia between August 2008 and her replacement by Deborah R. Malac in April 2012 as the successor to Donald E. Booth . In 2010 she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Louisiana State University Alumni Association.
After completing her work as Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield became Director General of the Foreign Service in 2012 and, at the same time, Director of Human Resources . She thus headed a staff of around 400 employees, which deals with all questions of personnel matters for the approximately 70,000 staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is therefore responsible for recruitment, selection and dismissal procedures, promotions and retirement matters.
On August 6, 2013, Linda Thomas-Greenfield finally succeeded Johnnie Carson as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs at the US State Department . Previously, Donald Yamamoto was Acting Vice Undersecretary of State for African Affairs between April and August 2013. As such, she is responsible for developing and directing US foreign policy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the US State Department (accessed May 15, 2015)
- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Who Is Linda Thomas-Greenfield? in allgov.com (accessed on May 15, 2015)
- From the segregated South to the US Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle . In: The Washington Post, August 5, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Bureau of African Affairs on the homepage of the US State Department
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas-Greenfield, Linda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baker , Louisiana |