Christopher W. S. Ross
Ross in 2011
United States Ambassador to Algeria
In office
August 12, 1988  August 14, 1991
Preceded byL. Craig Johnstone
Succeeded byMary Ann Casey
United States Ambassador to Syria
In office
August 2, 1991  March 22, 1998
Preceded byEdward Djerejian
Succeeded byRyan Crocker
Personal details
Born (1943-03-03) March 3, 1943
Quito, Ecuador
ProfessionDiplomat, Career Ambassador

Christopher W. S. Ross (born October 4, 1943) is an Ecuadorian-born American former diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Algeria and Syria. On January 7, 2009, he was appointed as the UN envoy to Western Sahara. He resigned in March 2017.[1]

He was until recently a special adviser for the Middle East and North Africa at the U.S. mission to the United Nations. His father was Ambassador Claude Gordon "Tony" Ross. In 2003 he was the US State Department Senior Adviser for Arab World Public Diplomacy.[2]

Notes and references

  1. "L'Émissaire de l'ONU pour le Sahara occidental démissionne". Le Monde.fr. 6 March 2017.
  2. US State Department profile on Ross


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