- James Howard Holmes
James Howard Holmes was born
April 1 ,1943 , the second son of the Rev. Robert Usher and Bertha Jeannette Cook Holmes. He is a 1965 graduate ofColgate University , as well as, a graduate ofJohns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies , and theNational War College . He joined the Foreign Service in 1967 and has served overseas inPakistan ,New Zealand ,Norway , andLatvia . He is married and has two daughters and four grandchildren.Foreign Service Career
1984-1988 Director of the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
1988-1992 Deputy Director of the Department of State's Policy Planning Staff with responsibilities for European policy
1992-1995 Deputy Chief of Mission in the U.S. Embassy in
Ankara ,Turkey 1995-1998 President's Coordinator for Assistance to Central and Eastern Europe responsible for assistance programs to fourteen Central European states, including start-up of the economic and reconstruction programs in Bosnia and
Croatia 1998-2001 U.S. Ambassador to
Latvia 2002-present Special Advisor for Southeast Europe in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State
He has been president of the American-Turkish Council since 2004.
External links
* [http://skopje.usembassy.gov/ambassador_holmes.html State Department profile]
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