Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
- Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
Francis J. Ricciardone is the current U.S. ambassador to Egypt.[Citation]
url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/52768.htm
title=Biography, Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
publisher=U.S. Department of State
date=September 8, 2005
accessdate=2007-10-12] Ricciardone previously served as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, Ambassador Ricciardone served as Director of the Department's Task Force on the Coalition Against Terrorism and as a Senior Advisor to the Director General of the Foreign Service. From March 1999 until early 2001, he served as the Secretary of State's Special Coordinator for the Transition of Iraq.Early career
Ricciardone was born in Boston and graduated from Malden Catholic High School. Upon graduation summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1973, he received a Fulbright Scholarship for teaching and study in Italy. He went to Iran as a teacher in 1976, traveling widely in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Middle East until he entered the Foreign Service in 1978. He speaks Italian, Turkish, Arabic and French.
Foreign service
Nominated by President George W. Bush on July 25, 2005, and confirmed by the Senate on July 29, 2005, Ricciardone was sworn in as Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt on August 26, 2005.
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* [http://cairo.usembassy.gov/ambassador.htm United States Embassy in Cairo: Ambassador Ricciardone's biography]
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