- Roger D. Pierce
Ambassador Roger Dwayne Pierce was sworn in as theUnited States Ambassador to theRepublic of Cape Verde by Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice onAugust 26 ,2005 .Pierce is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor. Pierce entered on duty in the Foreign Service in 1978. He has served abroad as consular officer in
Mexico City (Mexico), Santiago (Chile), and as Chief of the Consular Section in Calcutta (India), andIstanbul (Turkey.) He served as Principal Officer inAmsterdam (the Netherlands) and Consul General inCairo (Egypt). Pierce has held domestic assignments in the State Department’s Office of Caribbean Affairs, where he was the desk officer for theBahamas ,Trinidad and Tobago , theNetherlands Antilles , theCayman Islands , and theTurks and Caicos Islands . He served also in the Office of Inspector General. Most recently, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy inTegucigalpa (Honduras).Pierce received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish language and
Latin American Studies fromDavis and Elkins College , Elkins, West Virginia, and a Master of Arts degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Maryland. In 1995, he graduated from theU.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Pierce is a graduate of the 44th Senior Seminar, the Department’s highest level leadership and management training program.ee also
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* [http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/cv1/wwwfcredentials.pdf US Ambassador presents credentials to Republic of Cape Verde]
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