Frances D. Cook | |
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.jpg) Cook in 1997 | |
| 7th Ambassador of the United States to Burundi | |
| In office September 25, 1980 – March 15, 1983 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Thomas J. Corcoran |
| Succeeded by | James R. Bullington |
| 10th Ambassador of the United States to Cameroon | |
| In office December 21, 1989 – January 1, 1993 | |
| President | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Mark L. Edelman |
| Succeeded by | Harriet W. Isom |
| 8th Ambassador of the United States to Oman | |
| In office January 2, 1996 – January 10, 1999 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | David J. Dunford |
| Succeeded by | John B. Craig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frances Dee Cook September 7, 1945 Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America |
| Education | Mary Washington College (1967, B.A.) John F. Kennedy School of Government (1978, M.P.A.) |
Frances Dee Cook (born September 7, 1945, Charleston, West Virginia) was a career Foreign Service Officer who was the US Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi from 1980–1983, Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 1989–1993 and she was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman on December 28, 1995.[1][2]
As Ambassador to Oman and Consul General in Alexandria, Egypt, she was the first female chief of mission in the Persian Gulf, and the first female head of post in the Middle East for the United States.[3]
Cook heads her own international business consulting firm, The Ballard Group and is Managing Director of the Quincy Group, a strategic advisory firm and merchant bank.[3]
- ^ "Frances D. Cook". American Academy of Diplomacy. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Frances D. Cook (1945–)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "U.S. Ambassador Frances D. Cook" (PDF). PerkinsCole. Retrieved 3 November 2019.