Roderick W. Moore

Roderick W. Moore is the first American Ambassador to Montenegro. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29 2007. Then Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, swore him in on September 12 2007, in the Treaty Room of the State Department. He arrived to Montenegro and presented his credentials to Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on September 18 2007.

Career

Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Montenegro, Rod Moore served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade from January 2004 – June 2007. He also served (2000 – 2003) as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria before his transfer to Belgrade. [ [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/94228.htm Roderick W. Moore - US State Department] ]

Earlier in his career, Ambassador Moore held diplomatic postings at U.S. embassies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1988 - 1989) and Sofia (1990 - 1992). From 1992 to 1993, he was the Department of State's representative in Skopje, Macedonia. He later served as Political-Economic Counselor at the American Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia (1996 - 1999) and was Senior Political Adviser at the Office of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996).

In Washington, Ambassador Moore worked in the State Department's Operations Center (1992) and later served as political-military officer in the Department of State for all states in Central and Eastern Europe (1993 - 1995). While assigned as State Department Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy from 1999-2000, he taught about U.S. policy toward the former Yugoslavia.

Education

Ambassador Moore attended Brown University where he received his B.A. in Russian Studies and International Relations in 1986, and an M.A. in Slavic Linguistics in 1987. His languages include Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Czech, French, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

Rod Moore grew up in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where he attended East Greenwich High School. He is the youngest of three sons of David and Winifred Moore. His brothers, Geoff and Dwight, live in Toronto, Canada, and Boxborough, Massachusetts, respectively.

References

2. U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro http://podgorica.usembassy.gov
3. U.S. Department of State http://www.america.gov
4. Government of Montenegro http://www.vlada.cg.yu
5. Euro - Atlantic Club of Montenegro http://www.atacg.org
6. Culture and Arts in Montenegro http://www.montenegrina.net