Nicholas Dean
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh
In office
June 17, 2011 – November 24, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJames F. Moriarty
Succeeded byDan Mozena
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Virginia

Nicholas Dean is an American diplomat and former Ambassador to the Bangladesh. He served as the special envoy for Holocaust of the state department.[1][2]

Early life

Dean earned a B.A.in History from the University of Virginia. He also went to graduate school in the University of Virginia.[3]

Career

Dean served in the United States Embassy to Georgia as the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Political-Economic Counselor. He was the Energy Officer in the United States Embassy to Russia. He served in the United States Embassy in Australia as the Commercial Office. He was the German desk officer in Washington D.C. at the State Department. He served in Leipzig, Germany as the Principal Staff Officer. In September 2003, he was appointed the deputy director of the State Department's Office of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan Affairs.[3] In 2011, he served as the Chargé d'Affaires of the US embassy to Bangladesh based in Dhaka.[4] As the head of the US mission to Bangladesh, he called on the Bangladesh government to deploy troops to Afghanistan.[5]

Dean served as the Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues under President Barack Obama.[6][7] He served as the Director of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.[8][9] He served in the White House as the Senior Director for South Asia of National Security Staff.[10]

Personal life

Dean is married to a fellow Foreign Service officer.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "How The State Department Is Combating Anti-Semitism". Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "The tip of a huge iceberg of Holocaust distortion". The Jerusalem Post (Opinion). Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Biography of Nicholas Dean, Deputy Director, Office of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan Affairs". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "US bargained for Yunus's Grameen control". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "US keen about Bangladeshi troops in Afghanistan". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "President Obama Announces Presidential Delegation to Attend the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau". whitehouse.gov. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "U.S. Special Envoy Nicholas Dean to Visit Latvia". U.S. Embassy in Latvia. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Trust Fund Management and Administration". rmicfatf.com. RMI. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Guests from the National Science Foundation, US Embassy in Palau and US Department of State visited PICRC". picrc.org. Palau International Coral Reef Center. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Foreign Secretary's Busy Engagements in Washington DC" (PDF). bdembassyusa.org. Ministry of Foreign Affairs External Publicity Wing. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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