John Negroponte

John Negroponte
Official portrait, 2007
15th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office
February 27, 2007 – January 23, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byRobert Zoellick
Succeeded byJames Steinberg
1st Director of National Intelligence
In office
April 21, 2005 – February 13, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMike McConnell
United States Ambassador to Iraq
In office
July 29, 2004 – March 17, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byKrzysztof Biernacki (acting)
Succeeded byZalmay Khalilzad
23rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations
In office
September 19, 2001 – June 23, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRichard Holbrooke
Succeeded byJohn Danforth
United States Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
October 26, 1993 – August 5, 1996
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRichard H. Solomon
Succeeded byThomas C. Hubbard
United States Ambassador to Mexico
In office
July 3, 1989 – September 5, 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byCharles J. Pilliod Jr.
Succeeded byJames R. Jones
16th United States Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
November 23, 1987 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byColin Powell
Succeeded byRobert Gates
6th Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
In office
July 19, 1985 – November 23, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byJames L. Malone
Succeeded byFrederick M. Bernthal
United States Ambassador to Honduras
In office
November 11, 1981 – May 30, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byJack R. Binns
Succeeded byJohn Arthur Ferch
Personal details
Born
John Dimitri Negroponte

(1939-07-21) July 21, 1939 (age 85)
London, England
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1971)
Children5
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University

John Dimitri Negroponte (/ˌnɛɡrˈpɒnti/; born July 21, 1939) is an American diplomat. In 2018, he was a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.[1] Prior to this appointment, he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009), and the first ever Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007).

Negroponte served in the United States Foreign Service from 1960 to 1997. From 1981 to 1996, he had tours of duty as United States ambassador in Honduras, Mexico, and the Philippines. After leaving the Foreign Service, he subsequently served in the Bush administration as U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations from 2001 to 2004, and was ambassador to Iraq from June 2004 to April 2005.[2]

  1. ^ "Ambassador John D. Negroponte: Briefing a Future President about Foreign Policy | GW Today | The George Washington University". Gwtoday.gwu.edu. February 24, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, Foreign Affairs Oral History Project: Ambassador John D. Negroponte" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. February 11, 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.